Lead Data Scientist

The Company

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. 

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards.  Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade. 

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day.  We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Description Summary:

What you need to know about the role-
At PayPal, we continue to push the boundary of what technology can help people around the world accomplish. For that, we are seeking far and wide for that select handful of exceptional world-class problem solvers with a passion for data insights and a relentless execution focus.

Meet our team-
Our team helps to power the product organization by delivering actionable insights and business intelligence at scale to all levels of the business – our customers, our product management team and our executive leadership team.

Job Description:

Your way to impact

• In this role, you will lead a team to develop solutions for complex, ambiguous and high-visibility business challenges.

• You will be a thought partner to the product teams and will partner with these teams to understand the insights they require to manage and grow their business and leverage cross-functional teams to develop and land solutions that meet their needs at scale.

• You are deeply curious and persistent in gaining knowledge about our products and go-to-market strategy. By having a deep understanding into our products’ performance and by turning the data into useful intelligence that can inform product strategy,.

• You will play an important role in PayPal’s ability to deliver market-winning products.  Beyond a strong data analysis background, if you are a self-starter who is data-driven, proactive, and insightful, we would like to talk with you.

Your day to day

In your day-to-day role you will:

• Help to launch, measure, and scale new solutions to improve Consumer Onboarding experiences

• Identify new opportunities through deep dive analyses leveraging our rich datasets of user behavioral and transactional data

• Translate ambiguous, unstructured business problems into actionable data-driven analyses

• Size potential impact of new ideas and help prioritizing product roadmaps based on impact

• Bring clarity to the performance of our key metrics and flows through well designed dashboards and reports

• Act as thought partner to our product team and lead cross-functional projects (partner teams include product, engineering, design, user research, finance, machine learning, marketing, compliance, risk, customer service/operations)Define and cultivate best practices in data logging and experimentation

What do you need to bring-

• 8+ years of experience in analytics, engineering or management consulting or equivalent analytical and project management experience

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in a quantitative field (such as Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics or Engineering) or equivalent field experience

• Accomplished team leader, with experience managing high-performing Data Scientists and Quantitative Analysts

• Exceptional problem-solving skills, with strong ability to drive towards action and impact

• Experience in managing analytics projects from inception to delivery, including developing structured solutions

• Experience with visualizations, dashboards, and reports. Experience with data modeling, machine learning algorithms, and data science techniques is a plus

**We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don’t hesitate to apply.

Additional Job Description:

Subsidiary:

PayPal

Travel Percent:

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For the majority of employees, PayPal’s balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.

We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com.

Who We Are:

Click Here to learn more about our culture and community.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.  In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.  If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [email protected].  

Belonging at PayPal: 

Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.

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We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don’t hesitate to apply.