Data Science Manager

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October 31

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Kuda

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Fintech • Banking • B2C

Kuda is a digital banking platform designed to provide seamless and free financial services primarily for Africans. The app facilitates free transfers, cashless payment options, and interest-earning on savings. Kuda offers features such as bill payment, gift card purchasing, and budgeting tools. It provides users with a Kuda debit card for online and offline transactions, offering a simple solution for managing finances. The platform also supports businesses with tools like POS systems, invoicing, payroll, and business loans. Licensed under various financial authorities, Kuda expands its services across Nigeria, the UK, Canada, and soon Uganda, aiming to offer convenient banking with transparency and customer-focused solutions.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2019

💳 Fintech

🏦 Banking

👥 B2C

📋 Description

• Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a team of data scientists, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment. • Model Development: Lead the design, development, and deployment of machine learning models for credit scoring, fraud detection, and collections. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product, engineering, and compliance teams to integrate models into production systems. • Data Analysis: Analyze large, complex datasets to extract actionable insights and inform business strategies. • Model Monitoring: Oversee the performance of deployed models, ensuring they meet business objectives and regulatory standards. • Stakeholder Communication: Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership and other stakeholders. • Continuous Improvement: Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously enhance model performance and team capabilities.

🎯 Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field. • Experience: Minimum of 6 years in data science, with at least 2 years in a leadership role managing teams and projects. • Technical Skills: Proficiency in Python, SQL, and machine learning libraries (e.g., scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch). Strong knowledge of cloud environments and services (AWS, Google Cloud). • Domain Knowledge: Experience in credit risk modeling, fraud detection, or financial services is highly desirable. • Leadership: Strong ability to lead teams, manage projects, and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Regulatory Awareness: Understanding of financial regulations and compliance standards, particularly in the Nigerian context.

🏖️ Benefits

• **Why join Kuda?** • At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize your welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:** • 💜A great and upbeat work environment populated by a multinational team • 👴Pension • 📈Career Development & growth • 😁Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays • 🎁Competitive paid time off (Parental, Moving day, Birthday, Study leave etc) • 💯Group life insurance • 💖Medical insurance • 🎁Well-fare package (Wedding, Compassionate and etc) • ✅ Perkbox • 🏃‍♀️Goalr - employee wellness app • 🥇Award winning L&D training • 💒 We are advocates of work-life balance, working in a hybrid in office schedule • *Kuda is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Kuda is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent.*** • *We don’t regard colour, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.*