AVP, Model Development (L11)

Job Description: Role Title: AVP, Model Development (L11) Company Overview: COMPANY OVERVIEW: Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry’s most complete digitally enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet and more. • We have recently been ranked #5 among India’s Best Companies to Work for 2023, #21 under LinkedIn Top Companies in India list, and received Top 25 BFSI recognition from Great Place To Work India. We have been ranked Top 5 among India’s Best Workplaces in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Top 10 among India’s Best Workplaces for Women in 2022. • We offer 100% Work from Home flexibility for all our Functional employees and provide some of the best-in-class Employee Benefits and Programs catering to work-life balance and overall well-being. In addition to this, we also have Regional Engagement Hubs across India and a co-working space in Bangalore. Organizational Overview: Our Analytics organization comprises of data analysts who focus on enabling strategies to enhance customer and partner experience and optimize business performance through data management and development of full stack descriptive to prescriptive analytics solutions using cutting edge technologies thereby enabling business growth. Role Summary/Purpose : AVP, Model Development (People Manager Role) will be part of India Analytics Hub (IAH). In this role, your primary objective is to develop statistical and machine learning models and analytical solutions for various business functions in Synchrony, including marketing, consumer/commercial acquisition risk, credit, customer behaviors, customer experience and operational risk. This includes model design, data extraction, model development, model documentation and validation, communicating to stake holders, and relevant ad-hoc analysis. Selected candidate will use their experience and modeling knowledge to execute projects and to lead a team of analysts, managers and AVPs. Candidate is also expected to manage multiple initiatives and deliver results within deadlines and with a focus on accuracy and attention to detail. This is a great opportunity for a person with good statistical and machine learning knowledge. We’re proud to offer you choice and flexibility. You have the option to work from home or come into one of our offices. You may be occasionally requested to commute to office for in person engagement activities such as team meetings, training and culture events etc. Essential Responsibilities: • Lead model development team in building Statistical and Machine Learning models. • Responsible for delivery of various engagements of the team viz., model development, documentation, validation, testing, monitoring and other organization wide initiatives. • Enabling portfolio teams to use relevant models to come up with Optimal Strategies. • Develop alternative predictive methodologies / tools to challenge the existing methodologies using latest techniques and industry level best practices. • Proactively manage strong working relationships to ensure stakeholder satisfaction and assist hiring for the team (whenever required) • Support the model risk management process including model validation, response to independent review questions and assisting in the development of action plans to address model governance/validation findings. Required Skills/Knowledge • Prior hands-on experience in building predictive models (using techniques like logistic, linear regression, decision tree, clustering, Random Forest, XG Boost, Text Mining – Topic Modeling, Sentiment Analysis etc.) • Minimum 6+ years of hands-on analytics work experience with strong programming skills (SQL, SAS and Python/R). • Minimum 3+ years of Experience in managing People ; Coordinates work , supervises & evaluates performance, ensures employees are trained • Excellent oral and written communication skills with ability to collaborate ,articulate and present solutions cutting across functional teams in a simple yet compelling manner • Experience with the application of regulatory requirements for Model Risk Desired Skills/Knowledge: • Exposure to big data programming - Pyspark, Hive, Scala etc. • Exposure to predictive tools like H2O, SAS Viya, AWS SageMaker, Alteryx etc. • Understanding of US credit card or retail business • Good knowledge on NLP Techniques and GenAI Models Eligibility Criteria: BS or MS in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, or another quantitative field with 6+ years of hands-on Analytics experience (Distance learning not valid) or in lieu of a degree with 8+ years of experience. Work Timings: This role qualifies for Enhanced Flexibility and Choice offered in Synchrony India and will require the incumbent to be available between 06:00 AM Eastern Time – 11:30 AM Eastern Time (timings are anchored to US Eastern hours and will adjust twice a year locally). This window is for meetings with India and US teams. The remaining hours will be flexible for the employee to choose. Exceptions may apply periodically due to business needs. Please discuss this with the hiring manager for more details. The position is remote, where you have the option to work from home. For Internal Applicants: • Understand the criteria or mandatory skills required for the role, before applying. • Inform your Manager or HRM before applying for any role on Workday. • Ensure that your Professional Profile is updated (fields such as Education, Prior experience, Other skills) and it is mandatory to upload your updated resume (Word or PDF format) • Must not be any corrective action plan (First Formal/Final Formal, PIP) • L9+ employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in their current role and level are only eligible • L9+ Employees are eligible to apply Grade/Level: 11 Job Family Group: Data Analytics