Research Director

The Research Director is a critical leadership position within our company. This role involves managing a high-performing group responsible for driving profitability and strategic decision-making through advanced data analytics, optimization strategies, and predictive modeling related to loan funding and issuance (specifically in the Personal Loans product, which is our companys largest product).
This is primarily a management-focused role, requiring a high level of technical understanding to guide the team, combined with the professional maturity, scientific rigor and executive presence necessary to effectively collaborate with and present to company leadership.
Responsibilities
Leading, mentoring and managing a group (2 teams) of Data Scientists
Defining and executing overall strategy, ensuring alignment with the companys financial goals and product roadmap.
Oversighting of the group's projects, initiating new ideas and proactively improving the companys abilities.
Leading research on Affiliates, balancing between higher ranking metrics and profitability
Fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making, continuous learning, and high-velocity iteration within the team.
Directing the team in performing sophisticated data research to identify pricing and decisioning opportunities to impact profitability.
Translating complex data insights into clear, actionable business recommendations for partnerships and operational teams, to ensure seamless integration of data-driven solutions.
Serving as the primary representative of the group, presenting complex findings, strategic recommendations, and group performance metrics to the company's executive team and other departments.
Guiding the development, validation, and deployment of advanced predictive models to enhance performance.