Head of Risk, Decision Science & Portfolio Strategy
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Pipe TechnologiesFintech, Lending
Remote, United StatesFull-TimeSenior
Salary270,000 - 300,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Required Skills
- PythonSQLData AnalysisMachine Learning
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in credit risk, preferably at a fintech, marketplace lender, or bank.
- Deep expertise in credit strategy for MCA or unsecured loan products.
- Hands-on background in machine learning and statistical modeling (e.g., gradient boosting, logistic regression).
- Fluency in Python and SQL.
- Experience translating model outputs into underwriting policies and approval logic.
- Proven track record of improving portfolio performance in high-growth environments.
- Ability to build monitoring frameworks and early-warning systems.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills.
- First-principles operator mindset for debugging data quality issues.
- Experience identifying and integrating net-new data sources.
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end performance of all statistical and machine learning models.
- Develop underwriting policies, approval strategies, and pricing frameworks.
- Establish portfolio monitoring and early-warning systems for risk management.
- Manage the data quality roadmap and acquire new data sources for improved decisioning.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Capital Markets, and Finance to scale risk infrastructure.
- Lead and mentor a team of seven risk specialists.
- Collaborate with Risk Operations to implement credit strategy into production systems.
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