Primary Office Location:
626 Washington Place. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 15219.
Position Title: Senior Data Scientist
Business Unit: Strategy and Innovation
Reports to: Manager of Data Science
Position Overview:
This position leads the development and deployment of advanced analytics and machine learning solutions across fraud detection, document intelligence, customer analytics, and treasury forecasting. The Senior Data Scientist partners with business leaders to translate complex financial and operational problems into scalable models and AI solutions, with a focus on production deployment, model governance, and measurable business impact.
Primary Responsibilities:
Lead the design and development of machine learning models across use cases such as fraud detection, customer behavior modeling, document intelligence (OCR/Doc AI), and financial forecasting.
Partner with senior leadership and stakeholders to identify opportunities, define analytical approaches, and translate business needs into data-driven solutions.
Architect and oversee end-to-end production ML systems, including data pipelines, feature stores, model deployment, and monitoring of model performance and drift.
Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to junior and mid-level data scientists; review work to ensure quality, accuracy, and best practices.
Communicate complex analytical findings to both technical and non-technical audiences; influence decision-making through clear storytelling and recommendations.
Establish and maintain best practices in modeling, documentation, model governance, and performance monitoring to ensure scalability and compliance.
Design and evaluate experiments (e.g., A/B testing, back testing) to measure model impact on business outcomes such as fraud loss reduction, customer retention, and revenue growth.
Drive innovation by researching and applying new tools, techniques, and methodologies in data science and analytics.
Collaborate cross-functionally with data engineering, IT, and business teams to ensure alignment and successful implementation of solutions.
Design and implement NLP, computer vision, and hybrid rule-based/ML systems for document extraction, classification, and text analytics use cases.
Performs other related duties and projects as assigned.
All employees have the responsibility and the accountability to serve as risk managers for their businesses by understanding, reporting, responding to, managing and monitoring the risk they encounter daily as required by F.N.B. Corporation's risk management program.
F.N.B. Corporation is committed to achieving superior levels of compliance by adhering to regulatory laws and guidelines. Compliance with regulatory laws and company procedures is a required component of all position descriptions.
Minimum Level of Education Required to Perform the Primary Responsibilities of this Position:
BA or BS
Minimum # of Years of Job Related Experience Required to Perform the Primary Responsibilities of this Position:
5
Skills Required to Perform the Primary Responsibilities of this Position:
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Excellent organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills
Detail-oriented
Excellent project management skills
MS Excel - Intermediate Level
MS PowerPoint - Intermediate Level
Ability to use a personal computer and job-related software
Excellent management skills
Python (pandas, scikit-learn, etc.)
SQL (advanced querying, data extraction)
Machine Learning (supervised/unsupervised)
Statistical modeling & experimentation
Data Wrangling & Feature Engineering
Licensures/Certifications Required to Perform the Primary Responsibilities of this Position:
N/A
Physical Requirements or Work Conditions Beyond Traditional Office Work:
N/A
