Assistant Director - Data Scientist

## About the Role Join Moody's Credit Center of Excellence (COE) team responsible for developing, enhancing, and maintaining industry-leading credit analytics and predictive modelling capabilities. As an Assistant Director Data Scientist, you will design innovative ML/deep-learning solutions to enhance modeling and address complex financial, economic, and operational problems. ## Responsibilities - Design and implement ML/deep learning solutions for credit risk modeling - Partner across business units to identify analytical opportunities - Build scalable analytical platforms and production ML systems - Provide technical leadership on modeling strategy - Develop and validate credit analytics used globally for investment decisions ## Requirements - Ph.D. in Economics, Finance, Computer Science, Statistics, or related quantitative field; or Master's with 2-3 years financial industry experience - Strong theoretical grounding in econometrics, statistics, and quantitative modeling - Python or R programming proficiency - Fluent English communication ## Preferred Qualifications - Expertise in deep learning architectures (transformers, state-of-the-art frameworks) - Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) - Production ML systems experience