Model Risk Management Lead, Machine Learning

Affirm
Canada
Workplace: RemoteFull time145,000 - 205,000 annuallyFunction: Capital Markets, Trading & QuantExperience: 4-6 yearsEducation: mastersSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Interpersonal skills"]

Lead validation and monitoring of machine learning models used for credit underwriting, risk, and fraud detection; identify weaknesses and drive improvements; collaborate across teams to implement and maintain Affirm's Model Risk Management framework and respond to audit/regulatory requests.

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3 months ago

Model Risk Management Lead, Machine Learning

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Job Summary

Lead validation and monitoring of machine learning models used for credit underwriting, risk, and fraud detection; identify weaknesses and drive improvements; collaborate across teams to implement and maintain Affirm's Model Risk Management framework and respond to audit/regulatory requests.
Location: Canada
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Capital Markets, Trading & Quant

Key Responsibilities

  • •Perform independent validation and ongoing monitoring of machine learning models used for credit underwriting, credit risk, and fraud detection.
  • •Identify model weaknesses and opportunities for improvement.
  • •Collaborate with model owners to remediate validation findings.
  • •Partner cross-functionally to implement and maintain the company’s Model Risk Management framework.
  • •Collaborate with Internal Audit, Internal Controls, and Compliance to ensure timely resolution of audit and regulatory requests.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: 145,000 - 205,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceTime OffEquityFlexible Spending

Key Requirements

  • •4-6 years of professional experience in model development, validation, or data science
Experience:4-6 yearsMachine learningCredit riskFraud detectionData science
Education:Master's in Math, Data Science, Computer Science
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingInterpersonal skills
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonSQLScikit-learnPysparkCloudDatabases

Company Brief

Affirm
Provides point-of-sale lending and buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) solutions for consumers and merchants, enabling installment payments, consumer financing, and embedded financial services through APIs and partnerships with retailers and platforms.
Industry: Lending
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2012
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