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PayPal Sr Data Scientist 
France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 
411222935

02.09.2025

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Lead the development and implementation of advanced data science models.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements.
  • Drive best practices in data science.
  • Ensure data quality and integrity in all processes.
  • Mentor and guide junior data scientists.
  • Stay updated with the latest trends in data science.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Your way to impact:

  • You will own & execute fraud prevention strategies for our global merchant lending products

  • You will utilize large, complex datasets to make data-driven decisions and answer business questions

In your day-to-day role, you will:

  • Conceive, design, and monitor risk management strategies to manage fraud losses and improve business profitability for credit products

  • Identify opportunities and gaps within current portfolio of PayPal’s Fraud Risk controls, including continuously evolving fraud trends

  • Formulate & propose solutions to ensure optimal balance between user experience, business enablement, operational expense and loss exposure

  • Effectively communicate complex findings and strategy recommendations to both technical and non-technical audience

  • Monitor performance of existing & new solutions and optimize to ensure desired results

  • Work closely with partners in Risk Platform, Data Science, Operations, Product Management, Legal & Compliance and other teams to formulate and execute fraud risk solutions

What you need to bring:

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, Finance, Economics or related quantitative discipline

  • 5+ years proven credit or fraud risk analytics experience or equivalent

  • Must be an intuitive, organized analytical thinker, exceptional problem solver with the ability to perform detailed analysis

  • Strong written, oral, and interpersonal skills a must including the ability to explain and/or present analysis

  • Aptitude and willingness to roll-up the sleeves and get involved in the details

  • Must have good business judgment with demonstrated ability to think creatively and strategically

  • Ability to work with leadership & stakeholders to define project scope and direction, driving large pieces of the work independently

  • Ability to maintain a flexible work schedule to collaborate effectively with teams across multiple time zones

  • Proficient in Python, R, SQL

  • Proficient in Excel, Powerpoint & Word

Our Benefits:

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