Senior Director, Risk Data Science

PayPal

San Jose, California, United States
Base: $232,000 - $398,750 annually depending on lo...
3d onsite
18+ years technical experience
5+ years executive leadership
Fraud domain expertise
This role involves leading a team of approximately 75 data scientists to architect the next generation of fraud prevention capabilities for PayPal's global network

Job Summary

  • This role involves leading a team of approximately 75 data scientists to architect the next generation of fraud prevention capabilities for PayPal's global network.
  • The Senior Director will drive the strategic shift from reactive fraud detection to proactive, autonomous fraud prevention powered by cutting-edge Applied AI and Machine Learning.
  • Candidates will have access to one of the world's richest datasets and compute resources to solve complex security problems while balancing sub-millisecond latency requirements.

Matching Summary

This role involves leading a team of approximately 75 data scientists to architect the next generation of fraud prevention capabilities for PayPal's global network.

Salary

Base: $232,000 - $398,750 annually depending on location; Bonus/Equity: Annual performance bonus and equity may be included; Benefits: Comprehensive choice-based programs including PTO, healthcare, and financial security resources

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 18+ years technical experience
  • 5+ years executive leadership
  • Fraud domain expertise
  • Deep Learning model deployment
  • Graph Neural Networks (GNNs)
  • Real-time decisioning engines
  • Managing managers

Nice-to-have

  • Ph.D. in quantitative field
  • GenAI-driven anomaly detection
  • Reinforcement Learning experience
  • Transformer-based models
  • Industry conference representation
  • Research publication record
  • Payments ecosystem familiarity

Key Requirements

  • 12+ years relevant experience with Bachelor's degree OR equivalent
  • 5 years of experience leading others
  • Extensive hands-on experience building fraud prevention models
  • Proven track record mentoring expert AI/ML teams
  • Experience managing large multi-layered data science teams

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