Head of Data Science

1 month ago

Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria M-Kopa Nigeria Full time

JOB SUMMARY

RequirementsYour experience should definitely include:Experience building data science models in a consumer lending company, with experience in some combination of credit scoring, repayment forecasting, and/or risk assessment.Experiencing line-managing data scientistsOther skills and experience:Building models to predict loan repayment or similar financial flows for an active financial portfolioConsumer Credit/Lending experienceExperience and a high capacity for managing multiple problems and assignments at the same time and delivering high-quality outputsProficiency in data mining and data modelling techniques.ML Ops experience in an Agile environmentKnowledge of machine learning algorithms and their applications in data analysis.Experience of ML models in Production supporting finance/credit Preferred skills include R, Python, DAX, and PowerBI or similar data visualisation tools (eg. Tableau) Additional skillsTeam Management skills, managing a team of full stack Data Scientists that are integrated into consumer Product teams.A balance of strategic direction, model design, business impact & insights and reviews.Debt receivables

RESPONSIBILITIES

As the Head of Data Science at M-KOPA you will be, managing a distributed Data Science team in a growing FinTech environment.Training team members throughout the organization to improve data fluency, and collaborating with the business to allow data-driven decision-making on critical business questions.This is an opportunity to work in a company where progress, and humility are valued as highly as technical excellence? At M-KOPA we use the latest technologies and tools to build fantastic customer experiences with a socially and environmentally conscious mission that echoes throughout the organisation.Following a hiatus hiring for this role and some internal moves and restructuring we are now back recruiting for this role. This is a Senior role reporting directly to the CTO. You'll be leading a team of Data Scientists that focus on;Building mission critical machine learning models for a global-scale financial technology company.

REQUIRED SKILLS

Analytics, Data models and architectures, Big data and data analytics, Data mining, Data analysis

REQUIRED EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree

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