Data Scientist - Lead Gen

Purpose Financial

$80K — $110K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field, advanced degree preferred.
  • 2+ years experience in data science or related field, focusing on digital lead generation.
  • Proficiency in machine learning techniques and Python libraries like Pandas and XGBoost.
  • Experience in SQL for data manipulation and analysis.
  • Proficiency with reporting tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Ability to solve complex problems with higher-level mathematics.

Responsibilities

  • Develop data science strategy for lead generation through ping trees and offer walls.
  • Build models predicting conversion, approval, funding, and customer lifetime value.
  • Maintain lead scoring models to assess acquisition leads.
  • Design and execute A/B tests to enhance model accuracy.
  • Automate data pipelines and analyses for efficiency.
  • Integrate and evaluate large datasets to understand consumer behavior.
  • Collaborate with Marketing, Credit Risk, Engineering, and Operations teams.

Benefits

  • Dynamic work environment with a focus on data-driven decision making.
  • Opportunity to contribute to innovative consumer loan acquisition strategies.
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams across the organization.
  • Access to advanced tools and resources for data analysis.
  • Flexibility to adapt to a fast-paced and evolving market.
Full Job Description
Brand: Purpose Financial

Address: 322 Rhett Street, Greenville, South Carolina, United States - 29601

Position Summary

Are you passionate about turning data into revenue? Join Purpose Financial's fast-growing Lead Generation team, where data scientists play a central role in driving customer acquisition strategy across credit-based channels. This position reports to the Director, Data Science - Lead Generation and supports the data science strategy powering ping tree and offer wall-based consumer loan acquisition. This role contributes to lead scoring, routing, experimentation, and performance optimization to drive profitable growth across third-party acquisition channels.

Job Responsibility

  • Develop data science strategy for ping tree and offer wall lead generation
  • Build and maintain models predicting conversion, approval, funding, loss, and lifetime value across acquisition funnels
  • Build and maintain lead scoring models to prioritize high-quality acquisition leads
  • Support real-time lead valuation, routing, and acceptance logic
  • Design and execute A/B tests across acquisition funnels to improve model accuracy and business outcomes
  • Automate data pipelines, reporting, and analysis to drive efficiency and provide actionable insights
  • Develop processes to cleanse, integrate, and evaluate large, diverse datasets to derive insight into consumer financial behavior
  • Evaluate new lead sources and traffic types in partnership with Marketing
  • Perform ad-hoc analyses to support strategic decision-making and business initiatives
  • Ensure compliance with company policies and industry regulations
  • Collaborate closely with Marketing, Credit Risk, Engineering, and Operations teams

Accountability

Understand, adhere to, and enforce all corporate policies.

Job Responsibilities Cont.

Education Required

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or related disciplines (Advanced degree preferred).

Experience Required

  • 2+ years of experience in data science or a related field, with a focus on attributable digital lead generation or customer acquisition.
  • Proactive and self-driven with a strong sense of ownership - takes initiative, follows through, and holds themselves accountable for outcomes
  • Experience with credit-based customer acquisition strategies, lead generation models, and marketing analytics in the financial services or consumer lending industry
  • Proficiency in machine learning techniques and Python libraries (Pandas, scikit-learn, XGBoost, SHAP), with hands-on experience building and deploying machine learning models using Python or R
  • Proficiency in SQL for data manipulation and analysis
  • Proficiency in reporting tools such as Tableau or Power BI
  • Comfortable solving complex problems using higher-level mathematics; ability to combine data from multiple sources and interpret business performance
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to communicate in person, by phone, and through email
  • Flexibility to adapt to a dynamic, fast-paced environment with changing priorities


Knowledge Required

Excellent written and verbal communications skills; adaptability and flexibility to a changing environment; and comfortable working in a dynamic, high volume, fast-paced environment. Ability to understand and ensure compliance with policies, procedures, and laws governing our industry/business and products.

Physical Requirements

Sitting for long periods of time; standing occasionally; walking; bending; squatting; kneeling; pushing/pulling; reaching; twisting; frequent lifting of less than 10 lbs., occasional lifting of up to 20 lbs.; driving and having access during the workday to an insured and reliable transportation; typing; data entry; grasping; transferring items between hands and/or to another person or receptacle; use of office equipment to include computers; ability to travel to, be physically present at, and complete the physical requirements of the position at any assigned location.

Competencies

Analytics
Business Knowledge
Data Science
Data Visualization
OKR
Statistical Analysis

Travel

up to 5%

Attire

Business Casual

Other

Must be eligible to work in the USA and able to pass a background check.

Requisition ID: 46144

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