Analyst, Data Strategy

Join Mastercard: Analyst, Data Strategy

Our Purpose:

At Mastercard, we strive to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere. Our mission involves making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Through secure data and networks, partnerships, and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient (DQ) drives our culture and everything we do, both inside and outside the company. We foster a culture of inclusion that respects each employee's unique strengths, views, and experiences. We believe our diverse backgrounds enable us to make better decisions, push innovation forward, and deliver superior business results.

Job Title and Summary:

Position: Analyst, Data Strategy

Overview:

The Data Quality team within the Data Strategy & Management organization (Chief Data Office) is tasked with developing and driving Mastercard’s core data management program, broadening data quality efforts, and ensuring the highest quality of data assets. As we facilitate new forms of payment, introduce new players to the ecosystem, and expand data collection, this team plays a crucial role in ensuring data is fit for business and analytic uses. Their responsibilities include identifying data quality improvement opportunities, developing mitigation plans, and coordinating remediation activities with MC Tech and business owners.

Role Responsibilities:

• Support processes to improve and expand merchant data, including address standardization and geocoding, and incorporate new merchant data sources.
• Assess quality issues in merchant and transactional data. Support internal and external feedback to improve data quality submitted through transaction streams.
• Present data challenges in a manner that is understandable for product and business teams, providing expertise on merchant data for product development efforts.
• Coordinate with MC Tech to develop data quality remediation requirements for core systems and data warehouses, managing corresponding projects for successful implementation.
• Lead organization-wide awareness and communication of data quality initiatives, ensuring seamless implementation.
• Coordinate with critical vendors to manage project timelines and achieve quality deliverables.
• Develop and implement data pipelines with MC Tech that support organizational strategic goals.
• Implement new technologies and frameworks as required by projects.

About You:

• Hands-on experience managing technology projects with a strong understanding of complex data and technology initiatives.
• Ability to lead and influence others to achieve deliverables.
• Understanding of emerging technologies including cloud architecture, machine learning/AI, and Big Data infrastructure.
• Experience in data architecture and building data models.
• Proficiency in deploying and working with Big Data technologies like Hadoop, Spark, and Sqoop.
• Proficiency in Object-Oriented programming (Python, Java/Springboot/J2EE, Scala).
• Experience with the Hadoop Ecosystem (HDFS, Yarn, MapReduce, Spark, Hive, Impala).
• Familiarity with Linux, Unix command line, Unix Shell Scripting, SQL, and any scripting language.
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Domo, and/or PowerBI is advantageous.
• Ability to present data findings in a clear, insight-driven format and create support decks.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks carry inherent risks. Therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard adheres to security policies and practices, ensures the confidentiality and integrity of accessed information, reports any suspected security violations or breaches, and completes all mandatory security trainings as per Mastercard’s guidelines.

Additional Information:

Company: Mastercard

Job Title: Analyst, Data Strategy