Senior Data Scientist, Strategy & Corporate Development

Questrade is on a mission to help Canadians to become much more financially successful and secure.

For nearly 30 years, Questrade Financial Group has been delivering on that mission through investing, banking, mortgages, and real estate. Together, we tilt finance in favour of ambitious Canadians, creating new ways for them to seize the financial future they deserve.

We're looking for people who are ready to enter their career inflection point. Mission-driven, exceptional folks that never settle. The work here is hard because the responsibility is real. If that's the standard you've been looking for, keep reading.

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The return on your career investment

• Compensation and incentives built to reward the value you bring.
• RRSP matching of up to 6%.
• Health and wellness resources and programs, including $5,000 in mental health practitioner coverage.
• $5,000 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses, every year.
• 100% parental top-up, up to 26 weeks for birthing parents and 18 weeks for non-birthing parents.
• A hybrid environment, with at least three days in the office built for working together.
• Paid vacation, personal, and sick days.
• A community care day to give back to the causes you care about.

This job posting is for an existing vacancy.

We’re looking for our next Senior Data Scientist

The Senior Data Scientist leverages advanced analytics skills to surface strategic insights to assist Questrade in growing and delivering customer-centric solutions in a multi-product / multi-channel financial services environment. The Senior Data Scientist utilizes advanced Data Science skills to solve strategic business problems for Questrade. The incumbent will tackle a wide variety of business issues such as customer acquisition, customer engagement, retention, pricing, and more to make positive contributions. The incumbent is well-versed in all aspects of Data Science including problem formulation, data engineering, in-depth analysis, machine learning, communication, story-telling and process change monitoring; he/she will contribute significantly to the fabric of the Strategy & Corporate Development team. The Senior Data Scientist acts as the lead of a functional capability in the department providing guidance and assistance to other members.

The mandate

In this role, you will:

• Support Strategy and Corporate Development team with data requests to inform decision making
• Collaborate on customer segmentation and profitability analysis
• Contribute to set up and inputs for customer / product profitability models
• Build and refine predictive models
• Identify opportunities to embed data and analytics throughout strategy and new product development process on an ongoing basis
• Make improvement recommendations to analytics data infrastructure
• Build dashboards to support insight generation and business management

You’re ready for this mandate if you have the following qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in data science, analytics or related field
• Ability  to assess business situations and translate this into credible analytics frameworks 
• Hands-on experience in working with large-scale customer, transactional and financial datasets
• Advanced proficiency in Python and SQL for data extraction, analysis and model development
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in business discussions and story-telling
• Ability  to multi-task with minimal supervision and uphold commitments made
• A self-learner capable of independent study of new concepts and tools
• Ability to review and critique technical work of team
• Ability to coach and mentor other team members

Enter your career inflection point. Apply now. 

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Technology and AI

We mix human ingenuity with advanced technology. For ambitious builders like you, we provide the latest technology to enable your creativity. You'll have everything you need to build the best outcomes and products for our clients.

Diversity and Inclusion

At Questrade Financial Group of Companies, we’re committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and accessible work environment where individuals are treated with dignity and respect. Our global team reflects the diversity of the communities we serve and operate in.

Accessibility statement

Candidates selected for an interview are contacted directly. If you require accommodation during the recruitment or selection process, please let us know. We will work with you to meet your needs.

AI in hiring

Questrade Financial Group of companies Applicant Tracking System uses artificial intelligence (AI) for application screening. The AI system operates on predetermined criteria, with final decisions subject to human review.