Director of Data Science, Credit

Job overview

The Director of Data Science, Credit role is listed in Chicago, IL; the posting also describes Mission Lane as a remote-first workplace. Annual base salary is $184,000 to $219,000, with eligibility for annual incentive and equity programs. Mission Lane uses data, technology, and service to help consumers make financial progress through its credit card offerings. The director owns credit acquisition modeling strategy and provides technical leadership to data scientists. The role supports accurate, fair, compliant, and explainable underwriting decisions while aligning modeling work with business growth and risk goals.

What you'll do

• Set credit acquisition modeling strategy and roadmap
• lead data scientists building and maintaining models
• establish model design, code quality, and production standards
• oversee model risk and monitoring practices
• align with Credit Risk, Portfolio, Data Engineering, and company leadership.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

director of data science

credit

chicago il

mission lane

credit acquisition models

data science leadership

credit risk

underwriting

python

fair lending

$184k–$219k/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Annual incentive and equity program eligibility
• paid time off, 401(k) match, wellness stipend, health/dental/vision insurance options, disability coverage, paid parental leave, flexible spending account, and life insurance.

Why this role

The role includes approximately 4–6 or more trips per year for in-person collaboration and requires experience managing data scientists and production supervised-learning models.

About the employer

Mission Lane is hiring for this role. Industry: Sales Financing. Sector: 52.