Director of Data Analytics- Position is eligible for a Remote location

Company: First American
Location: Scottsdale
Posted on: September 12, 2020

Job Description:

Director of Data Analytics- Position is eligible for a Remote location Job Family: Data Management & Analytics

Requisition Number: R015636

Work Location: Scottsdale , AZ

Secondary Location: Dallas, TX, US;

Employment Category: Full Time – Regular

Docutech, A First American Company, offers a wide range of document technology solutions for mortgage, home equity and consumer lending, including document generation, eDelivery, eSign and print fulfillment. Our efficient solutions enable lending professionals to produce accurate and compliant loan packages in all 50 states. A career at Docutech means joining First American (NYSE: FAF), a global leader in providing title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions. First American has been helping customers achieve and protect their dream of homeownership since 1889. People are the key to our continued success, and we invest in diverse talents and backgrounds and empower our teams to achieve more than they could anywhere else. First American has an award-winning culture and has been named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for the fifth consecutive year and to more than 50 regional Best Places to Work lists. For more information, please visit www.firstam.com

Job Summary The Director of Analytics will serve as a leader to the analytics team and a liaison to both corporate and to the market. This role requires a professional who can engage with product, sales, marketing, technology and clients and direct analytics development based on corporate, product and market needs. This role requires experience building and applying predictive models in mortgage banking, real estate finance and finance.

Remote location will be considered.

Essential Functions

Product Validation and Business Intelligence: Define, execute and support strategies for advancing analytics in support of product development and business intelligence activities. Identify corporate and client needs as well as product validation opportunities driven by analytics. Act as analytical expert to recommend and develop innovative analytic solutions. Collaborate with product, technology, analytical, sales and enterprise teams.

Data Exploration and Analysis: Develop or apply mathematical or statistical theory and methods to collect, organize, interpret and summarize data to provide usable information. Leverage skills in handling very large datasets to perform exploratory analysis, construct relevant variables, and perform sample design.

Client Interaction: Support clients in using and understanding analytical applications. Understand client problems and presents the solutions to the client.

Manage Analytics Roadmap and Team: Direct analytical roadmap activities and prioritization. Direct analysts in modeling and analysis.

Brand Enhancement: Produce analytics, reports, whitepapers, etc. that develop Interthinx’s brand.

Knowledge and Skills/Technology Used

Extensive experience with large datasets

Strong knowledge and experience with diverse statistical and data mining methods (e.g. – GLM/Regression, Trees, Clustering, PCA, SVM, Time Series analysis, etc.) and data visualization techniques

Demonstrated proficiency with statistical packages such as SAS or R

Understanding of RDBs and interactive SQL programming skills

Aptitude for picking up new technologies and modeling techniques

Ability to communicate findings in a clear and concise manner in both written and verbal presentations

Ability to translate analytical solutions into product recommendations and features

Ability to define and execute a vision for analytics for both internal and client-facing applications

Typical Education

Master's Degree plus 7 years experience OR

PhD plus 4 years of experience required

Typical Range of Experience

7+ years experience building predictive and descriptive statistical models

First American invests in its employees’ development and well-being, empowers them to provide superior customer service and encourages them to serve the communities where they live and work. First American is committed to diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer. For more information about our Company and our dedication to putting People First, check out firstam.com/careers.

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