Head of Data Science - Fraud Insights

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. This person will sit directly at the intersection of rigorous research, macroeconomic and regulatory intelligence, and the richest identity dataset in the industry. WHAT YOU'LL DO OWN THE RESEARCH AGENDA Bring the rigor of an applied economist to fraud — proper identification strategies, causal inference, and natural experiments. Design studies and analytical frameworks that produce findings you can stand behind publicly. Answer questions like: What drove the surge in synthetic identity fraud post-CARES Act? How do adversarial networks respond to model updates? What are the second-order effects of regulatory changes on fraud displacement across verticals? TURN THE IDENTITY GRAPH INTO INTELLIGENCE Work across Socure's global identity graph to surface fraud rings, adversarial coalitions, emerging attack typologies, and behavioral shifts before they become industry crises. Extract insights from the full identity stack: PII, device intelligence, email/phone/network signals, behavioral biometrics, and the longitudinal performance feedback flowing back from Socure's clients. BRIDGE THE OUTSIDE WORLD TO INTERNAL MODELS Serve as the connective tissue between external signals — regulatory guidance, legislative changes, CFPB and FinCEN trends, macroeconomic shifts that alter fraud incentives, emerging typologies from industry consortia — and Socure's internal research, modeling, and product roadmaps. When a new regulation drops or a fraud pattern surfaces in the press, you already have the data story and the analysis ready. TELL STORIES THAT CHANGE MINDS You are not a metrics reporter — you are a narrative architect. 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. 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. 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. You will have a direct line into the strategic roadmap and report directly to the Chief AI