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Job Description/Areas of Responsibility

The Manager, Risk Analytics will report to eBay's Sr. Director of Risk Management, and lead analysis and reporting of fraud and other risks that occur on eBay's website, as well as measure eBay's effectiveness in managing those risks.

Key Day-to-Day Responsibilities/Skills of Manager

1. Advanced Risk Analytics - The Manager will design and lead the execution of sophisticated quantitative analyses that translate eBay's fraud/risk data into digestible and actionable insights. This role requires a strong understanding of analytical methods (ROI/NPV, regression, correlation, sampling, significance testing, cohort analysis), and the computer/technical skills and software applications used to manipulate and present large volumes of complex data (SQL/relational databases, Excel/VBA, Excel PivotTables, SAS), as well as a hands-on understanding of the fraud/risk mgmt function (predictive modeling, performance measurement of risk management techniques).

2. Global Risk Reporting - The Manager will lead the creation of reports, analysis tools, and forecast processes that ensure global delivery of actionable information related to eBay's risk profile. This role requires the Manager to be expert in the principles of data infrastructure and standard report design (database schemas, fact/dimension definition).

3. Strong presentation skills (oral and written) - The Manager will present extensively to the Global Risk Management Organization (including Senior Executives). This requires the Manager to have excellent communication skills and the ability to translate complex quantitative information into presentations that are easily understood by general management.

4. Management - Manage a team of 5 Statisticians and Business Analysts who have highly quantitative, analytical, and technical backgrounds.

The Manager should possess prior experience (ideally 3-plus years) in managing quantitative research resources.

Qualifications:

Masters degree in Computational Finance, Statistics, or Operations Research.

Minimum of 8 years' work experience in a relevant field, preferably within the Finance, Risk Management, or Quantitative Research Department of a financial institution or retailer.

Strong analytical/technical skills (understanding of RDBMS, SQL, Excel) are required.

Additionally, the candidate must demonstrate high energy/creativity, strong organizational skills, a relentless customer-focus, an Education entrepreneurial spirit, strong interpersonal and communication skills, a deep practical understanding of quantitative methods, and superb attention to detail.

Contact:
David Hazlewood
Recruiter
eBay Inc.
dhazlewo@ebay.com