management
Posted May 28Head of Data Science - Fraud Insights
at Socure
United StatesHybrid
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Responsibilities
- Design studies and analytical frameworks that produce findings you can stand behind publicly.
- Transform complex multivariate findings into white papers that get cited, presentations that land at Money20/20, regulatory briefings that shape policy, and customer insights that create competitive advantage.
- BUILD & LEAD A WORLD-CLASS TEAM Recruit, mentor, and develop a team of researchers, data scientists, and analysts who share your appetite for rigor and storytelling.
- Create a culture where intellectual curiosity, methodological discipline, and external credibility are the standard.
- INFLUENCE PRODUCT, MODELS & STRATEGY Build tight feedback loops with Socure's modeling, product, and engineering organizations so that what you learn in the data becomes new signals, smarter models, better products, and stronger go-to-market positioning.
- DRIVE GO-TO-MARKET DIFFERENTIATION Collaborate with Marketing and Growth to develop research-backed thought leadership that strengthens Socure's brand recognition, supports pipeline generation, and reinforces market leadership.
Requirements
- Your audience ranges from a CRO at a top-5 bank to a Congressional staffer to a Socure ML engineer, and you'll adjust register without losing substance.
- You will have a direct line into the strategic roadmap and report directly to the Chief AI & Innovation Officer.
- Comfortable with panel data methods, diff-in-diff, regression discontinuity, survival analysis, network econometrics, and the full toolkit of applied causal inference. - Deep Fraud Domain Expertise.
- You understand the adversarial game theory at play and respect the sophistication of the actors on the other side. - Data Fluency at Scale.
- You understand graph structures, feature engineering at the identity level, and the operational realities of productionizing insights.
- Conversant in Python, SQL, graph analytics, and ML frameworks. - External Credibility & Presence.
- You can write a 2-page brief for a CEO that captures all the important nuance, and go 10 levels deep with a PhD data scientist without losing them.
- QUALIFICATIONS - Advanced degree (MS or PhD strongly preferred) in Economics, Statistics, Econometrics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field - 10+ years of applied
- experience in data science, fraud analytics, risk research, or quantitative economics, with demonstrable impact at scale - Proven expertise in fraud, identity risk, financial crime, or adjacent domains - Strong command of causal inference, statistical modeling, and modern ML/AI techniques applied to adversarial or risk problems - Track record of external thought leadership — publications, conference presentations, regulatory engagement, or equivalent market-facing credibility - Exceptional written and
- Experience leading and developing high-performing technical teams PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS -
- Experience with graph-based analytics, identity network modeling, or fraud ring detection using Neo4j, AWS Neptune, or custom graph frameworks - Familiarity with the regulatory landscape governing identity verification, fraud prevention, and consumer financial protection (CFPB, FinCEN, OCC, state AGs) -
- Experience with device intelligence, behavioral biometrics, email/phone/IP signals, or browser fingerprinting in a fraud context - Published research or white papers in peer-reviewed journals, industry publications, or prominent market forums -
- Experience working in or alongside financial services, fintech, credit bureaus, payments networks, or fraud consortia - Exposure to explainable AI, model governance, or adverse action frameworks relevant to consumer-facing decisioning Reports to: Chief AI & Innovation Officer Required Location: SF, NY, Seattle, or Miami Please note that we cannot provide sponsorship now or in the future.
Contact
- Follow Us! YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/Socure | LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/socure/ | X (Twitter) https://x.com/socureme | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/socure/
Additional details
- WHY SOCURE? Socure is building the identity trust infrastructure for the digital economy — verifying 100% of good identities in real time and stopping fraud before it starts.
- The mission is big, the problems are complex, and the impact is felt by businesses, governments, and millions of people every day.
- We hire people who want that level of responsibility.
- People who move fast, think critically, act like owners, and care deeply about solving customer problems with precision.
- If you want predictability or narrow scope, this won’t be your place.
- If you want to help build the future of identity with a team that holds a high bar for itself — keep reading.
- ABOUT THE ROLE Socure sits on one of the most consequential datasets in the world — a global identity graph spanning hundreds of millions of identities, incorporating PII, device signals, behavioral telemetry, network relationships, and a continuous feedback loop of real-world fraud and verification outcomes across thousands of clients.
- The patterns inside this graph tell the story of how fraud evolves: who the adversaries are, how they adapt, and where they're going next.
- We are not looking for someone to report what happened.
- We are looking for someone who can explain why it happened, predict what comes next, and make that story impossible to ignore — for regulators, customers, boards, and the market.