Lead Data Scientist

We are seeking a Lead Data Scientist to drive end-to-end data science initiatives, transforming complex data into strategic decisions and automated solutions across the organization. You will operate at the intersection of high-level technical execution and cross-functional business partnership, building and scaling advanced analytical solutions that deliver measurable impact across all business domains at Forward Financing.

Requirements

• Design, develop and deploy advanced statistical or machine learning models for credit risk, pricing, collections, fraud, and other high-impact business use cases that drive better data-driven decisions
• Lead end-to-end delivery of data science initiatives from problem framing and model design through deployment, monitoring and ongoing maintenance
• Partner with cross-functional teams including Portfolio Strategy, Engineering, Product, Underwriting, Sales and Collections to integrate models into our applications, and proactively identify and solve problems in critical business areas
• Define and set standards for model development, code quality, and documentation; guide technical design decisions across the team
• Act as a technical mentor to team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and rigorous analytical standards
• Communicate complex technical concepts and business implications to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Build and maintain production machine learning pipelines and monitoring systems to ensure models are reliable, scalable and continuously improving

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• commuter benefits
• flexible time-off policy
• paid parental leave
• 401k match for US employees
• wellness reimbursement
• volunteering days
• annual professional development budget
• charitable donation match