About the Role
JPMorganChase's Card business is seeking a Data Scientist Director to lead the Customer & Strategic Analytics team within Card Data & Analytics. This senior leadership role requires technical depth in AI/ML, the ability to translate business strategy into technical execution, and a proven track record of building high-performing analytics teams. You will lead a group responsible for delivering AI and analytics solutions that shape product strategy, customer experience, and competitive positioning across the Card portfolio.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the AI and analytics strategy for Card D&A, identifying high-value opportunities for generative AI, agentic AI, and advanced analytics.
- Stay current on emerging AI/ML techniques and evaluate new capabilities, tools, and vendor offerings.
- Partner with Data, Product, Technology, Risk, and Finance to deliver AI and ML solutions from ideation through production deployment.
- Lead analytics supporting customer experience, benefits, product design, portfolio performance, and pricing and targeting strategies.
- Drive measurement frameworks, experimentation (including A/B testing and causal inference), and personalization strategies.
- Build and lead competitive intelligence capabilities by monitoring market trends, competitor positioning, and industry benchmarks.
- Deliver forward-looking analyses that inform strategic planning and product roadmap decisions.
- Serve as the connective tissue between business strategy and technical execution, translating business problems into analytical frameworks and model outputs into executive-ready recommendations.
- Define analytical priorities with senior stakeholders, interpret results, and drive data-informed decisions.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a multi-layered team of analytics leaders, data scientists, and analysts.
- Attract and retain top analytics talent through hiring, onboarding, and skills development programs.
- Champion a culture of innovation, intellectual rigor, inclusion, and collaborative problem-solving.
Requirements
- Master's or PhD in a quantitative field and 10+ years of progressive analytics experience.
- Senior leadership experience managing and developing multi-disciplinary analytics teams, including managers and individual contributors.
- Strong technical foundation in AI/ML, including experience evaluating and adopting emerging techniques, guiding architecture decisions, and moving solutions from prototype to production.
- Working knowledge of GenAI and agentic AI patterns, including large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, and agentic frameworks.
- Exceptional ability to translate between technical and business audiences, with a track record of influencing senior leaders and cross-functional partners.
- Experience scoping and prioritizing a portfolio of analytical workstreams across multiple business domains in a large enterprise environment.
- Proficiency in Python and/or R, and experience with modern data platforms such as Snowflake or Databricks.
- Experience with causal inference, A/B testing, and experimentation frameworks at scale.
Skills
- AI/ML
- Generative AI
- Agentic AI
- Advanced Analytics
- Python
- R
- Snowflake
- Databricks
- Causal Inference
- A/B Testing
- Experimentation Frameworks
- Competitive Intelligence
- Talent Development
- Coaching
- Organizational Design
Location
- New York, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Director
- 10+ years
Education Level
- Master's or PhD
Benefits
- Comprehensive health care coverage
- On-site health and wellness centers
- Retirement savings plan
- Backup childcare
- Tuition reimbursement
- Mental health support
- Financial coaching
About the Company
- Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America’s households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products.
- Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do.
- We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.
- Our Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing.
- We’re proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth and have the most-used digital solutions – all while ranking first in customer satisfaction.
- The CCB Data & Analytics team responsibly leverages data across Chase to build competitive advantages for the businesses while providing value and protection for customers.
- The team encompasses a variety of disciplines from data governance and strategy to reporting, data science and machine learning.
- We have a strong partnership with Technology, which provides cutting edge data and analytics infrastructure.
- The team powers Chase with insights to create the best customer and business outcomes.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company.
- We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law.
- We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.
- Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans
