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Model Risk Management Lead, Machine Learning

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Remote · Canada$12,083–17,083 gross/mofull-timeAffirm Careers

We’re looking for an intelligent, driven professional to join our Model Risk Management (MRM) team. This team seeks to establish, maintain and oversee an effective MRM framework to identify, quantify, monitor, mitigate and report on model risk throughout the company.

Responsibilities

  • Perform independent challenges of machine learning models used for credit underwriting, credit risk, and/or fraud detection through thorough validation and ongoing monitoring
  • Identify model weaknesses and opportunities for improvement
  • Collaborate with model owners to remediate model validation findings
  • Partner cross-functionally to implement and maintain the company’s MRM framework
  • Partner with Internal Audit, Internal Controls, and Compliance to ensure timely resolution of audit and regulatory requests
  • What We Look For
  • 4-6 years of professional experience in related technical areas such as model development, model validation, data science
  • Deep and broad knowledge and experience in machine learning modeling, credit underwriting, credit risk management, and/or fraud detection and fraud risk management
  • Proven ability to work with script languages(e.g., Python) and large-scale dataset (e.g., SQL)
  • Extensive experience with machine learning platforms and frameworks (e.g., scikit-learn, pyspark) and cloud-based coding environments and databases

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    Remote
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    Lead
    Posted
    19 Jun 2026
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