About the Role

We are hiring a Senior Staff Scientist for Forecasting to lead our forecasting strategy and execution across Chime.  This role will report directly to the Chief Data Officer, and will engage with many teams: all of Data – Analytics, Data Science, ML Platform, Data Engineering, and our partners, including Finance, Marketing, Product, Risk, Member Services, and Strategy.

In this role, you will lead development of our most critical forecasts, which includes guiding analysts, data scientists, and platform engineers in the delivery of forecasts and infrastructure to support forecasting efforts. This role will involve execution, strategy, partnership, architecture, mentoring, and more, in support of Chime’s mission to help everyday people achieve financial peace of mind, together.

This role can be remote, with regular engagement with teams based in San Francisco, CA.

In this role, you can expect to

• Guide strategy and technical roadmaps for delivery of forecasts and their technical dependencies, including forecasting platforms, data engineering, and more.
• Effectively communicate and partner with senior leadership and the executive team on a regular basis
• Guide investments in forecasting technology and practice to accelerate and improve our ability to anticipate the future, as well as to learn quickly when reality and predictions diverge.
• Develop new initiatives to cultivate best practices and skills development across the organization, and demonstrate those expectations in your own work.

To thrive in this role, you have

• Advanced degree with concentration in Statistics, Operations Research, Econometrics, or related areas
• 10+ years of industry experience, with at least 5+ years of experience in forecasting, including experience with time series modeling and analysis, scenario modeling, and planning. Leadership of impactful and enduring forecasting efforts is expected.
• Substantial experience in analytics, technical leadership, and are a practical problem solver, able to work with technical and non-technical partners
• Experience guiding technical best practices, leading cross-functional technical initiatives, and experience working with platform engineering and data engineering partners
• A passion for how forecasting can help deliver a better future

A little about us

We created Chime because we believe everyone deserves financial peace of mind. By eliminating unnecessary fees and helping people grow their savings automatically, we’ve empowered millions of Americans to take control of their finances.

Chime is the largest and fastest-growing U.S. player in the challenger-banking space. Through our banking partners, we offer access to bank accounts with fee-free overdraft, provide members the chance to receive early access to their paychecks, help them improve their credit, and more!

We’ve built one of the most experienced leadership teams in Fintech and were recently valued at over $25.5B. We’ve raised over $1.7B in funding from leading investors including Sequoia Capital Global Equities, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, General Atlantic, Tiger Global, Dragoneer, DST, Coatue, Iconiq, Menlo Ventures and others.

What we offer

• 💰 Competitive salary based on experience
• ✨ 401k match plus the usual medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
• 🏝 Generous vacation policy and company-wide Take Care of Yourself Days 
• 🖥  Virtual events to connect with your fellow Chimers- think cooking classes, music festivals, mixology classes, paint nights, etc., and delicious snack boxes, too!
• 💚  A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to join one of the most experienced teams in FinTech and help create a completely new kind of banking service

We know that great work comes from great, and inclusive teams. At Chime, we specifically look for individuals of varying strengths, skills, backgrounds, and ideas. We believe this gives us a competitive advantage to better serve our members and helps us all grow as Chimers and individuals.

We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. Chime is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. To learn more about how Chime collects and uses your personal information during the application process, please see the Chime Applicant Privacy Notice. 

Chime requires employees to be fully vaccinated (and boosted if eligible) against COVID-19 in order to work in one of its offices, join Company-sponsored activities, or travel for business purposes. This job may require periodic office attendance and/or business travel and therefore candidates will need to be eligible for these activities by their start date.

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