People Analytics Senior Data Scientist
PayPal Inc.

Who we are

Fueled by a fundamental belief that having access to financial services creates opportunity, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) is committed to democratizing financial services and empowering people and businesses to join and thrive in the global economy. Our open digital payments platform gives PayPal's 392 million active account holders the confidence to connect and transact in new and powerful ways, whether they are online, on a mobile device, in an app, or in person. Through a combination of technological innovation and strategic partnerships, PayPal creates better ways to manage and move money, and offers choice and flexibility when sending payments, paying or getting paid. Available in more than 200 markets around the world, the PayPal platform, including Braintree, Venmo and Xoom, enables consumers and merchants to receive money in more than 100 currencies, withdraw funds in 56 currencies and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in 25 currencies.

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Job Description Summary:
PayPal is looking for an experienced data scientist to join the fast-growing People Analytics & HR Tech organization. The Senior Data Scientist will conduct research and provide analytical solutions to enable PayPal leaders to make evidence-based decisions. The Senior Data Scientist will partner closely with other People Analytics Consultants on the team and the engineering team to build scalable products for the enterprise.

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership of analytical projects in the Global People Analytics & HR Tech organization
• Build and test ML models for the Global People Analytics & HR Tech organization by collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders across HR, finance, product, engineering, and legal functions.
• Drive better talent decision making through story-telling with data
• Collaborate closely with other team members to identify opportunities for advanced analytics
• Perform AI/ML research in the areas such as model fairness, explainability, security and privacy
• Provide thought leadership on how to use advanced statistics and ML/AI in HR
• Work effectively in a complex, global, fast-paced matrixed environment, replete with tight deliverable timeframes and multiple stakeholders

Qualifications:

• Masters or Ph.D. in computer science, mathematics, or related quantitative discipline
• 3+ Years working as a data scientist or applied quantitative researcher
• 5+ Years industry hands-on experience deriving insights from people/employee data with Python or R
  • Experience applying Python frameworks, libraries (e.g., scikit-learn, Numpy, Scipy, Pandas) or equivalent
  • Experience applying and presenting statistical methods (e.g., regression, experimental design, etc.) and machine learning (e.g., GBM, clustering, random forest, etc.).
  • Experience with building and deploying predictive models
  • Experience applying natural language processing (NLP) and organizational network analysis (ONA) strongly preferred
• Ability to communicate technical details to executive audience in a clear and concise manner
• Experience in developing end-to-end analytic solutions, from ETL to model building, and deployment to model health/performance monitoring
• Demonstrated track record of handling sensitive data and exercising proven discretion
• Experience in the technology or financial industry strongly preferred

Subsidiary:
PayPal

Travel Percent:
0

Primary Location:
San Jose, California, United States of America

Additional Locations:
Austin, Chicago, New York, Remote Georgia, Remote Washington

We're a purpose-driven company whose beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We hold ourselves to our One Team Behaviors which demand that we hold the highest ethical standards, to empower an open and diverse workplace, and strive to treat everyone who is touched by our business with dignity and respect. Our employees challenge the status quo, ask questions, and find solutions. We want to break down barriers to financial empowerment. Join us as we change the way the world defines financial freedom.

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 paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.

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