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Sr. Conversational AI Specialist

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Discover. A brighter future.

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description 

Responsible for gathering, structuring, and analyzing data and providing recommendations to management. Supports the development of standard data analyses, reports, and dashboards.

This is a highly visible role responsible for building and optimizing the digital servicing conversations between the Discover Virtual Assistant and our card members. You will leverage natural language technologies, design thinking methodologies, user research, and industry best practices to train and tune Discover Virtual Assistant’s natural language models, ultimately increasing key metrics, overall quality and most importantly the customer experience.

Responsibilities

  • Perform quality review of conversations where the Discover Virtual Assistant has not engaged due to low confidence or improper training
  • Categorize customer utterances into new intents for training purposes, and train the natural language models to increase key metrics such as bot utilization, confidence, and F1 score
  • Review customer messages and the Discover Virtual Assistant’s response to determine accuracy
  • Generate Discover Virtual Assistant metrics and modify models utterances accordingly before launching to customers
  • Define and refine the best practices for building and optimizing the conversations between the Discover Virtual Assistant and our card members, and serve as a SME across the company
  • Assist Conversational AI product owners with designing high-value conversational AI experiences across all of Discover’s digital servicing channels, including but not limited to: Messaging (mobile & web), Apple Business Chat, Facebook Messenger, etc.
  • Socialize and convey the benefits of an AI-driven Virtual Assistant to customers, the company, and members of leadership by obtaining buy-in and alignment on path forward
  • Demonstrate thought leadership by being imaginative, flexible, resourceful, using quantitative and qualitative measurement methods, and having high attention to detail
  • Promote a risk-aware culture and ensure a thoughtful approach to new functionality that is customer and/or agent facing
  • Ensure efficient and effective risk and compliance management practices by adhering to required standards and processes

     

Skills Required

  • 2+ years of experience in one of the following: digital customer experience, Artificial Intelligence/Data Science, or Chatbot/Conversational AI experience; Preferred experience in Marketing and/or Financial services
  • High-level knowledge of Agile processes and principles
  • Passion for digital and the advancement of functionality across the organization (Digital Evangelist)
  • Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), interpersonal, and organizational skills
  • Strong, proven problem solving skills and ability to translate metrics into solutions and strategies
  • Ability to interact with and influence all levels of leadership
  • Ability to work in a team environment and collaborate with peers and business partners
  • Education requirements: Bachelor’s degree

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

The same way we treat our employees is how we treat all applicants – with respect. Discover Financial Services is an equal opportunity employer (EEO is the law). We thrive on diversity & inclusion. You will be treated fairly throughout our recruiting process and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status in consideration for a career at Discover.

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What are Discover Perks + Benefits

Discover Benefits Overview

Start enjoying great benefits Day 1 — We support you with the same dedication we bring to all of our customers. Our comprehensive benefits package features first-class insurance, financial planning support and excellent perks designed to help you reach your goals and live a rich, healthy life.

Check out more of our amazing employee benefits at mydiscoverbenefits.com

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Discover’s business is built on helping people, and we invest in the community (Blessing Backpacks, Boys & Girls Clubs, Big Brothers/Sisters) to demonstrate our commitment to a brighter future.
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity manifesto
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance + Wellness
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
You can open a separate Health Care FSA (HCFSA) and contribute up to $2,650 tax-free from your paycheck to reimburse yourself for eligible out-of-pocket expenses.
Disability insurance
Employees receive Short-Term Disability Insurance at no cost.
Dental insurance
Discover offers two dental plan options — Standard and Premier — both are administered by MetLife.
Vision insurance
Discover offers two vision plan options — Standard and Premier through VSP.
Health insurance
Discover offers a variety of medical plans for you and eligible family members, so that you can choose the benefit plan that suits your needs.
Life insurance
As a Discover employee, you receive Basic Life Insurance of one times your HWEE (up to $500,000) at no cost to you.
Pet insurance
Purchase medical coverage at a discounted rate for your beloved family pet. The more pets you insure, the greater the discount.
Wellness programs
Help balance your work and personal life with a wide variety of free and discounted resource and referral services including family and relationship counseling and financial guidance.
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
You may elect to contribute 1% to 30% of your eligible base salary, commissions and bonus on a pre-tax basis, up to IRS limits every year.
401(K) matching
Discover matches up to 6% of the pre-tax contributions you make to the 401(k) Plan.
Employee stock purchase plan
The ESPP provides eligible employees with an opportunity to purchase shares of Discover common stock through payroll deductions at a 5% discount.
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave
Childcare benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Discover helps eligible employees and their families with the costs of adoption by reimbursing certain expenses.
Company sponsored family events
Vacation + Time Off
Generous PTO
Discover has a Paid Time Off of 4 to 5 Weeks of paid time per year.
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Discover provides 7 paid holidays.
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
When you enroll in the Commuter Benefits Program at WageWorks, you’ll save on taxes on mass-transit passes, parking and other eligible expenses.
Company-sponsored outings
Onsite office parking
Recreational clubs
Relocation assistance
Fitness stipend
Onsite gym
Discover has fitness centers and Weight Watchers® programs at all five major locations.
Professional Development
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Discover provides tuition reimbursement and a full-ride bachelor's degree program for select online degree programs.
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks

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