What you’ll be doing
Leading your team to develop, maintain and deliver advanced analytical models, to support Climate Change and Financial Crime, employing relevant statistical techniques and adhering to current modelling standards and validation regulation. You will also support the wider Retail Financial Risk Modelling to embed machine learning into models. You’ll need to plan effectively and prioritise activities, to ensure your team are working on several business-critical activities at one time. You’ll also need to pro-actively engage and communicate with the wider business on developments/enhancements and how they will impact business decisions. Coach and develop your team in machine learning modelling. About you To be successful in this role you will: Have experience in delivering innovative and creative data science/advanced analytics solutions to address complex business problems, using coding in SAS/Python/R or similarHave deep knowledge of different advanced techniques, such as Gradient Boosting, Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines, unsupervised learning methodologies etc., including of their merits and limitationsHave hands-on experience of leading, motivating and mentoring a team to deliver machine learning models for the businessHave a strong knowledge of Risk modelsHave a proven track record of senior stakeholder management, with high quality communication and influencing skillsHave a PhD, MSc or strong quantitative degree ideally from a Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science or related subject Our Customer First behaviours are all about putting customers and members at the heart of how we work together. You can strengthen your application by showing the behaviours that resonate with you, and how you might have already demonstrated these. Say it straight - This is about being honest and direct with good intent and saying what needs to be said in the room. It’s also about being clear, precise, and using language that we and, importantly, our customers and members can understand.Push for better - This is about aiming high and constantly looking for better in how we work together and serve our customers and members.Get it done - This is about prioritising what will have the greatest impact, being decisive and taking accountability for delivering on the end-to-end outcome. We know applying for jobs can sometimes feel like you’re sending an application into a black hole. We review each application individually. So, it’s a good idea to call out your most relevant experience on your application to give yourself the best chance. The extras you’ll get There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including: A personal pension – if you put in % of your salary, we’ll top up by a further %Up to days of paid volunteering a yearLife assurance worth x your salaryA great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice schemeGympass – Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness.Access to an annual performance related bonusAccess to training to help you develop and progress your career days holiday, pro rataWhat makes us different Nationwide is the world’s largest building society. With over million customers, we have a relationship with almost a quarter of the UK’s population. We’ve got the scale to compete with the big banks, but we’re not a bank. As a building society, we’re owned by our members – that’s our customers who have their current account, mortgage or savings with us. It means we can do things differently to deliver our Purpose – Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society. When you work at Nationwide, you can experience that difference for yourself. You’ll be part of a high-performing, purpose-driven organisation that offers rewarding career experiences and a highly competitive range of benefits to match. You’ll also be joining us at an important time as we seek to reach more and more people in the UK. We want everyone in the UK to know that they don’t have to bank with a bank. They can choose a modern mutual instead.