What are the responsibilities and job description for the Specialist - Data Scientist position at Ally?
Ally and Your Career
Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too?
Work Schedule: Ally designates roles as (1) fully on-site, (2) hybrid, or (3) fully remote. Hybrid roles are generally expected to be in the office a certain number of days per week as indicated by your manager. Your hiring manager will discuss this role's specific work requirements with you during the hiring process. All work requirements are subject to change at any time based on leader discretion and/or business need.
The Opportunity
At Ally, we have a passion for AI. We are seeking a talented Specialist - Data Scientist - to join our AI and Advanced Analytics enablement team. In this role, you will collaborate with model developers, data scientists, and risk partners to help onboard models to the model platform. You will be instrumental in the evolution of MLOps at Ally. You will serve as a trusted advisor to analytical teams across the Enterprise. You will be a change agent and the voice of the customer. You will support AI platforms and tools and enable next generation analytical outcomes responsibly at speed and scale. You will further enhance our dynamic culture though our data literacy and democratization initiatives, such as by providing training informed by best practices. You will assist business partners with migrating and refactoring as information technology continues to modernize and systems evolve. You can break down and organize complex ideas, leveraging strong written and verbal communication skills, and hone presentations to target audiences with varied capabilities and experiences. You possess a robust data and analytical background with strong, hands-on problem-solving experiences. You are comfortable learning new technologies and systems, gaining or possessing business acumen, and being a subject matter expert. You have a great work ethic, deliver results on multiple projects with an attention to detail by working with internal and external partners, and can innovate with a customer-service mindset. You will be a member of a cross-functional agile AI platform and enablement squad with the mission to understand, design, deploy, and maintain end user solutions.
The Work Itself
The Skills You Bring
Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. Our Total Rewards program includes industry-leading compensation and benefits plus additional incentives that are designed to meet your needs and those of your family so you can get the most out of your career and your life, including:
Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.
Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at work@ally.com. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
Base Pay Range: An individual's position in the range is determined by the scope and responsibilities of the role, work experience, education, certification(s), training, and additional qualifications. We review internal pay, the competitive market, and business environment prior to extending an offer.
Emerging
65000
Experienced
90000
Expert
115000
Incentive Compensation: This position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan.
Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too?
Work Schedule: Ally designates roles as (1) fully on-site, (2) hybrid, or (3) fully remote. Hybrid roles are generally expected to be in the office a certain number of days per week as indicated by your manager. Your hiring manager will discuss this role's specific work requirements with you during the hiring process. All work requirements are subject to change at any time based on leader discretion and/or business need.
The Opportunity
At Ally, we have a passion for AI. We are seeking a talented Specialist - Data Scientist - to join our AI and Advanced Analytics enablement team. In this role, you will collaborate with model developers, data scientists, and risk partners to help onboard models to the model platform. You will be instrumental in the evolution of MLOps at Ally. You will serve as a trusted advisor to analytical teams across the Enterprise. You will be a change agent and the voice of the customer. You will support AI platforms and tools and enable next generation analytical outcomes responsibly at speed and scale. You will further enhance our dynamic culture though our data literacy and democratization initiatives, such as by providing training informed by best practices. You will assist business partners with migrating and refactoring as information technology continues to modernize and systems evolve. You can break down and organize complex ideas, leveraging strong written and verbal communication skills, and hone presentations to target audiences with varied capabilities and experiences. You possess a robust data and analytical background with strong, hands-on problem-solving experiences. You are comfortable learning new technologies and systems, gaining or possessing business acumen, and being a subject matter expert. You have a great work ethic, deliver results on multiple projects with an attention to detail by working with internal and external partners, and can innovate with a customer-service mindset. You will be a member of a cross-functional agile AI platform and enablement squad with the mission to understand, design, deploy, and maintain end user solutions.
The Work Itself
- Interfacing with analytic teams to understand their needs and use cases
- Understand end user needs, define functional requirement
- Act as customer during design, UAT testing during deployment
- Develop & deliver user training for analytics, gather feedback from interactions
- Provide consulting to enable analytics involving analytical tools and data platforms
- Facilitate the migration of analytics from legacy to next generation tools and platforms
- Enable analytics by developing data, reporting, and analytical solutions
- Enable analytics through collaboration and facilitating interactions and providing x-as-a-service
- May interface with senior management to convey information.
- Onboard new analytical tools (e.g., DataRobot)
- Configure data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, AWS)
The Skills You Bring
- BS in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistics
- At least 1 year of analytical experience
- Experience with SQL and Python; R, SAS, JAVA, and scripting are a plus
- Experience with Snowflake (Snowpark, Streamlit, Cortex) is a plus
- Experience with AWS (Sagemaker, S3, EC2, Lambda) is a plus
- Experience with data visualization, testing, quality, and preparation of analytics end products
- Proven success working with business stakeholders and supporting their needs
- Strong analytical problem-solving ability
- Demonstrated ability to take "inventor mentality" to solve open ended problems
- At least 1 year of experience working in the Auto Finance, Banking, or Financial Services sector is a plus
- Comfortable conducting end user training, creative direction, teamwork, and time management as well as Agile methodologies
Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. Our Total Rewards program includes industry-leading compensation and benefits plus additional incentives that are designed to meet your needs and those of your family so you can get the most out of your career and your life, including:
- Time Away: 11 paid holidays, 20 paid time off days, and 8 hours of volunteer time off, yearly (paid time off is prorated based on start date)
- Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan pay downs and 529 educational save up assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, employee stock purchase plan, and financial learning center and financial coach access.
- Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including medical, dental and vision, employee, spouse and child life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions, Healthcare FSA, critical illness, accident & hospital indemnity insurance, and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.
- Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy and fertility assistance as well as paid parental and caregiver leave, Dependent Day Care FSA back-up child and adult/elder care days and childcare discounts.
- Work-Life Integration: other benefits including Mentally Fit Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.
- Other compensations: depending on the role for which you are considered, you may be eligible for travel allowances, relocation assistance, a signing bonus and/or equity.
- To view more detailed information about Ally’s Total Rewards, please visit this link: https://www.ally.com/content/dam/pdf/corporate/ally-total-rewards-snapshot.pdf
Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.
Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at work@ally.com. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
Base Pay Range: An individual's position in the range is determined by the scope and responsibilities of the role, work experience, education, certification(s), training, and additional qualifications. We review internal pay, the competitive market, and business environment prior to extending an offer.
Emerging
65000
Experienced
90000
Expert
115000
Incentive Compensation: This position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan.
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