Data Science Director (AI & ML)

Visa cards play a crucial role in allowing our commercial solutions partners to pay and be paid. From large enterprises to small businesses, companies depend on Visa to allow their employees ease of operation in the digital payments ecosystem and to provide them with services that can help them gain valuable insights into their customers spending as well as their own spending. The Global Data Science group supports these commercial partners by using our outstandingly rich data set that spans more than 3 billion cards globally and collects more than 100 billion transactions in a single year. Our focus lies on building creative solutions that have an immediate impact on the business of our highly analytical partners. We work in complementary teams comprising members from Data Science and various groups at Visa. To support our rapidly growing group we are hiring a data science director to help grow our commercial solutions business and guide our data scientists in the Bangalore office.

 

Essential Functions

Basic Qualifications
15 years of work experience with a Bachelor s Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Master s, MBA, JD, MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD degree
Preferred Qualifications
Minimum of 12 years of analytical experience in applying solutions to business problems
Post Graduate degree in a Quantitative field
Hands on experience with one or more data analytics/programming tools such as SAS/Hive/R/SQL/Python
Prior experience in payments or financial services industry preferred
Experience in the application of predictive modeling and machine learning techniques
Demonstrated experience in planning, organizing, and managing multiple analytic projects with diverse cross-functional stakeholders
Demonstrated ability to innovate solutions to solve business problems
Results oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor
Good business acumen with strong ability to solve business problems through data driven quantitative methodologies. Experience in payment, retail banking, or retail merchant industries is preferred
Understanding of Cards/Payments and Banking business model would be a plus
Team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible style, with the ability to tailor data driven results to various audience levels
Detail oriented, is expected to ensure highest level of quality/rigor in reports & data analysis
Proven skills in translating analytics output to actionable recommendations, and delivery
Experience in presenting ideas and analysis to stakeholders
Exhibit intellectual curiosity and strive to continually learn
Experience with managing project teams and providing direction and thought leadership