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Senior Data Scientist (Vive)

Job Description:

Vive Financial is a subsidiary of Progressive Leasing (www.progleasing.com). Founded in 1999, Progressive Leasing, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prog Holdings [NYSE: PRG], provides convenient access to simple and affordable purchase options for credit challenged consumers and won the 2018 Top 100 Employee Choice Award as a best place to work. Progressive's customer payment software products provides lease-purchase technology solutions through 30,000+ retail locations in 46 states.

We are currently hiring a Senior Data Scientist to help grow our company and ensure our mission is achieved!

This posting is for Vive Financial, a subsidiary of PROG Holdings (NYSE: PRG). Applying to this posting means that you are applying for a position at Vive Financial.

This position is eligible for remote work with some days in the office in our Draper, Utah location. Candidate must live within a 60-mile radius of Draper, Utah.

WE ARE: A team of hungry entrepreneurs with big dreams, gritty FinTech experts, passionate about disrupting big markets, joined on a mission to modernize and accelerate our technical environment. We like to move quickly, break things, make mistakes, and get better every day, as long as we are continuously delivering.

YOU ARE: A driven analytics professional. As a Senior Data Scientist, you will blend analytics, data mining, machine learning, and software engineering to build solutions that will result in massive improvements to the way we do business. You will be responsible for developing and improving key decision systems and predictive models to drive maximum business impact. You will develop a profound understanding of our customers, business processes, products, and financials by studying the data that describe each of these elements of our business. You will be at the forefront of this rapidly evolving field and have the opportunity to develop your own tools and technologies as you do. Most importantly, you’ll be part of a team that forms the backbone of a fast-growing company at the forefront of an exciting, growing industry.

YOUR DAY-TO-DAY:

Deliver innovative enhancements to a portfolio of products with high impact both to the company’s financial success and to the lives of our customers
Build, maintain, and improve decision systems and predictive models that are key to our competitive advantage
Explore new data sources both internal and external and use findings to further improve and optimize model performance
Design, implement, and read in-market experiments testing new algorithms, technologies, and processes to better serve our customer and stay ahead of the competition
Recommend and support strategic business changes through rigorous analytics, deep understanding of the business, and creative problem solving
Identify, evaluate, and help implement emerging advanced analytics technologies and methods
Be part of a collegial, fast-growing team of like-minded data scientists who work and play together, and who love what they do and where they do it!

YOU'LL BRING:

Master’s degree in a quantitative or technical field (Math, Statistics, Engineering, Economics, Physics, Computer Science, etc.)
3+ years work experience with data exploration and machine learning tools such as those found in R or Python
3+ years work experience applying advanced statistical modeling techniques to solve problems
Ability to craft rigorous research / evaluation design approaches, based upon understanding of clients' research needs
Demonstrated ability applying advanced statistical modeling techniques to solve problems
Ability to craft rigorous research / evaluation design approaches, based upon understanding of clients' research needs
Track record of achieving business results through creative problem solving and careful implementation

YOU MIGHT ALSO HAVE:

Advanced knowledge and experience with querying languages (SQL, etc.)
Understanding of modern software development and engineering practices including scrum/agile, Git, and DevOps

WE OFFER:

Competitive Compensation
Eligibility for quarterly bonuses
Full Health Benefits: Medical/Dental/Vision
Life Insurance
Paid Parental Leave
Company Matched 401k
Paid Time Off + Paid Holidays
Employee Stock Purchase Program
Tuition Reimbursement
Charitable Gift Matching
And more!

WHO WE ARE

SInce 1983, Vive Financial has offered a line of credit serving prime and near-prime consumers. Our mission is to create a better today and unlock the possibilities of tomorrow through financial empowerment. We provide flexible and affordable payment options for various goods and services including: medical procedures, furniture, retail, home improvement and more!

Vive Financial does not discriminate in any aspect of employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Vive Financial does business. All new hires must pass a pre-employment criminal background check and drug test.