Amherst is revolutionizing the way U.S. real estate is priced, managed and financed in order to unlock opportunities for all market participants. Driven by data, analytics, and technology, Amherst has a 20-year history of anticipating where the next risks and opportunities are likely to emerge and designing actionable strategies for investors to capitalize on opportunities across residential real estate, commercial real estate and public securities. Amherst, along with its affiliates and subsidiaries, has more than 900 employees, $5 billion under management and approximately $15 billion under advisement and oversight. www.amherst.com.

We are seeking an experienced data and technology innovator to join our senior leadership team to modernize our data platform and help us maintain our industry-leading position in the real estate market for the years to come.

Responsibilities:

• Define and drive data strategy across Amherst and internal business units to build a best-in-class data platform to drive current and future products, analytics and modeling

• Provide vision, strategy and policy guidance for data acquisition, data usage and data management activities

• Deliver strategic and tactical planning, focusing on solutions for current and future business data problems and opportunities

• Ownership of data collection with a focus on data quality and integrity 

• Roll out enterprise-wide data governance framework, with focus on organization, policies, principles and standards, and governance metrics

• Establish and maintain strategic working relationships with senior business leaders, outside companies and/or software/data vendors

• Remain current on relevant industry research pertaining to data analytics, data modeling, machine learning and scientific computing

• Identify innovative solutions to drive new business development opportunities

• Develop, lead and manage Data Engineering, Data Science and Data Analytics & Visualization

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of relevant work experience in data, data analytics and/or data visualization

• Degree in Computer Science Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a quantitative discipline. Master’s degree is preferred

• Deep technical knowledge of current enterprise data and analytic platforms, technologies and data tools for today’s modern world

• Extensive experience with the following technologies: RMDBS, Statistical Packages, Big Data Platforms, Cloud computing, Machine Learning concepts

• Advanced financial/quantitative analytical skills

• Prior experience designing data & analytic strategies and communicating the vision to a community of business stakeholders

• Extensive experience leading large, complex technology projects, including strategic and tactical planning and implementation, analysis, design, and deployment

• Proven track record in managing a team, and successful ability to influence others toward achieving shared goals

• Ability to communicate at all levels with both business and technology representatives, with a strong understand of business data requirements and technology capabilities

• Entrepreneurial vision for technology, analytics and business growth

• Prior experience in financial services, mortgage or real estate highly preferred

​Amherst is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or veteran status, and encourage all applicants to apply.