PEP Screening and Strategy Lead

PEP Screening and Strategy Lead focuses on solution design & implementation: oversee the full lifecycle of pep screening solutions—from conceptual design to implementation—ensuring scalability, performance, and compliance w.

What the role involves

• Solution Design & Implementation: Oversee the full lifecycle of PEP screening solutions—from conceptual design to implementation—ensuring scalability, performance, and compliance w.
• Ensure accuracy and integrity in production environments.
• Cross-Functional Execution: Work hand-in-hand with engineering teams to operationalize regulatory changes, deploy system enhancements.
• List Management & Risk Definition: Collaborate with advisory and policy teams to continuously refine PEP list definitions, classifications, and thresholds to ensure comprehensive c.
• Insight & Decision Support: Analyze complex, large-scale datasets to extract meaningful insights.
• Communicate findings that support key business and compliance decisions.

Skills and requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) with a minimum of five years of relevant work experience in financial crime, compliance analytics, or data science.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL (Google Cloud BigQuery), Python (Pandas, NumPy, PySpark), R, Tableau, and Power BI.
• Demonstrated expertise in data structure analysis, profiling, and query optimization.
• Familiarity with Lexis Nexis World Compliance+ and other leading screening data sources.

Confirmed role details

• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and strategic direction to junior data scientists, fostering skill development and analytical excellence within the team.
• Production Integration: Ensure seamless integration and real-time deployment of analytical solutions in partnership with engineering, maintaining system reliability and robust perf.

Additional role context

• We are seeking a seasoned PEP Data Scientist and Strategy Lead to define and align global PEP screening strategies with regional and regulatory nuances.
• Design data-driven, scalable solutions that unify PEP policies across jurisdictions—balancing global standards with local compliance expectations.
• This position is highly cross-functional, requiring close collaboration with engineering, product, advisory, and regulatory teams to ensure consistent alignment with business goals.