Senior Manager Data Science - Innovation Economics

Company Description Visa is a global leader in digital payments, executing over 215 billion payment transactions annually between consumers, businesses, financial institutions, and governmental entities across more than 200 countries. Our mission is to establish connections across the globe through the most imaginative, easy-to-use, reliable, and secure payment network, empowering individuals, enterprises, and economies to flourish. Joining Visa means becoming a part of a culture that values growth, embraces individuality, and emphasizes impact. We believe inclusive economies benefit everyone, so your work will directly affect billions of people by improving financial access and revolutionizing the flow of money. Come to Visa: A Network Working for Everyone. Job Description Visa seeks a Senior Manager for Data Science to guide the realization of business insights into the innovation economy through big data. You will be responsible for mining existing Visa data and developing business methodologies to produce new insights, track changes in performance and industry drivers. Your tasks will involve collaborating proactively with Visa Insights and Innovation as well as Visa Business and Economic Insights to ensure the alignment of our research program with their strategic and operational requirements. A significant part of the role will be developing innovative solutions and collaborating with partners across Visa’s global organization to establish Visa’s knowledge leadership in Innovation and the economy. The right candidate will have a strong technical background and experience in the application of Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Data Science techniques. It's also important to have a genuine interest in innovation, entrepreneurship, and the economy. We will depend on your leadership to establish a roadmap and vision as this team engages in existing and emerging areas. Essential Functions - Provide technical leadership in a team that generates business insights based on big data, identify actionable recommendations, and communicate the findings to clients. - Work with internal/external clients to understand their strategic business questions and lead project scoping/design to answer those questions by leveraging Visa’s data. - Be an out-of-the-box thinker who is passionate about brainstorming innovative ways to use our unique data to answer business problems. - And much more. This is not an office-based position. Remote positions are not location-dependent. However, remote positions may occasionally require presence at a Visa office. Qualifications Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or a minimum of 5 years with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years with a PhD. Experience should include analytics and business consulting in data-driven fields. Additional Information Working hours vary based upon department needs. Travel: The role involves up to 10% travel time.