Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Brigit is a holistic financial health company helping everyday Americans build a brighter financial future. They are seeking a Director of Data Science to lead and grow their data science team, focusing on integrating new models and optimizing existing ones in credit risk and payments.

Responsibilities

• Managing and growing a team of data scientists focused on modeling key business problems
• Mentoring and guiding team members as they build out quantitative models in python using industry-standard techniques
• Evangelizing the data science team’s capabilities and integrating with product, engineering and operations teams to build a roadmap and backlog of data science solutions with business impact
• Running quarterly planning with the engagement of business stakeholders to ensure that the team is running in the right direction
• Helping lead the team’s adoption of AI-assisted development and agentic workflows, including identifying practical use cases, setting working norms, and ensuring these tools are used with appropriate review, validation, privacy, and quality standards
• Working closely with our Modeling Engineer to optimize and improve our infrastructure for model research, development and deployment

Skills

• 2+ years of Data Science management with a team of >3
• 5+ years of modeling/data science experience overall
• 2+ years of experience at a consumer product company
• Deep technical expertise in SQL and Python, with experience in analytics and machine learning tools (dbt, Airflow, Spark, MLflow, etc.)
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to distill complex analysis into actionable insights for commercial and executive stakeholders
• A passion for developing talent and building a high-impact culture rooted in accountability, data-driven decisions, and business outcomes
• Hands-on familiarity with modern AI-assisted coding and agentic tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI Codex, or similar, with a strong point of view on how these tools can improve data science productivity, quality, and business impact
• A Master's or PhD in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, or Applied Mathematics) is strongly preferred
• Experience applying predictive modeling to credit risk assessment, churn prediction, loss and revenue forecasting is beneficial

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible PTO Policy
• 401k plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Physical and mental wellbeing benefits including Wellhub for access to virtual workouts and discounted gym memberships, and Headspace for covered virtual therapy sessions and unlimited on demand health support
• Monthly reimbursements to use against wifi and cell phone bills
• Annual reimbursement for Learning & Development
• Help hard working Americans build a brighter financial future
• High-growth company
• A dynamic, flexible and collaborative start-up work environment with a highly talented team

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