Senior Data Scientist, Strategy & Corporate Development

Title: Senior Data Scientist, Strategy & Corporate Development

Location: North American Centre, 5700 Yonge St, North York, ON M2N 5M9, Canada, 70 York St, Toronto, ON M5J 1S9, Canada

What’s in it for you as an employee of QFG?

Health & wellbeing resources and programs 

Paid vacation, personal, and sick days for work-life balance

Competitive compensation and benefits packages

Work-life balance in a hybrid environment with at least 3 days in office

Career growth and development opportunities

Opportunities to contribute to community causes

Work with diverse team members in an inclusive and collaborative environment

 

This job posting is for an existing vacancy. 

 

We’re looking for our next Senior Data Scientist. Could It Be You?

The Senior Data Scientist leverages advanced analytics skills to surface strategic insights to assist Questrade in growing and delivering customer-centric solutions in a multi-product / multi-channel financial services environment.

The Senior Data Scientist utilizes advanced Data Science skills to solve strategic business problems for Questrade. The incumbent will tackle a wide variety of business issues such as customer acquisition, customer engagement, retention, pricing, and more to make positive contributions. 

The incumbent is well-versed in all aspects of Data Science including problem formulation, data engineering, in-depth analysis, machine learning, communication, story-telling and process change monitoring; he/she will contribute significantly to the fabric of the Strategy & Corporate Development team. The Senior Data Scientist acts as the lead of a functional capability in the department providing guidance and assistance to other members.

 

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In this role, responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Supporting Strategy and Corporate Development team with data requests to inform decision making

Collaborating on customer segmentation and profitability analysis

Contributing to set up and inputs for customer / product profitability models

Building and refining predictive models

Identifying opportunities to embed data and analytics throughout strategy and new product development process on an ongoing basis

Making improvement recommendations to analytics data infrastructure

Building dashboards to support insight generation and business management

 

So are YOU our next Senior Data Scientist? You are if you…

Have 3+ years of experience in data science, analytics or related field

Are able to assess business situations and translate this into credible analytics frameworks 

Have hands-on experience in working with large-scale customer, transactional and financial datasets

Possess advanced proficiency in Python and SQL for data extraction, analysis and model development

Have excellent verbal and written communication skills in business discussions and story-telling

Are able to multi-task with minimal supervision and uphold commitments made

Are a self-learner capable of independent study of new concepts and tools

Have the ability to review and critique technical work of team

Have the ability to coach and mentor other team members

 

Compensation Information:

• Base salary range: $120,000 - $130,000

The final compensation package will be commensurate with the successful candidate's experience, skills, and geographic location (Canada). It includes a comprehensive benefits plan and a competitive incentive (bonus) program for Full-Time Permanent roles.

 

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