Data Science Director CMS

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

The Data Science Director supports our CMS (Commercial and Money Movement Solutions) teams, acts as the primary lead and Data Science evangelist for our internal stakeholders in CMS.  We are seeking strategic and analytical thinker to shape data driven strategies for Visa’s CMS teams to support their tactical and strategic requirements. The role will partner with our Global teams that draws on Data Science capabilities to grow support our stakeholders.

This role can also be based in London (UK).

What we expect of you, day to day.

• Provides thought leadership to the CMS Europe team and the leadership team in data science and analytics techniques and business applications to unlock the value of Visa’s unique data set
• Lead a team of 4+ people
• Understand strategic (i.e. 3/5-year plan) and tactical needs (i.e. annual plan) for our stakeholders, can create roadmaps and deliver them.
• Evangelizes the creative use of data and analytics to solve business problems with internal clients 
• Identifies how data science and predictive techniques can be used to enhance existing CMSs, including core applications, consumer applications and our Value-added services teams.
• Partners with our Global CMS IDA team to support and leverage any global solutions to better support our stakeholders.
• Able to lead the delivery of data science and analytics projects (utilising delivery resources) during times of capacity issues
• Identifies trends in our client work to inform Visa’s data CMS development path
• Proactively identifies opportunities to drive increase revenue in the region to support delivery of the business plan

This is a hybrid position. This requires 3 days per week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) attendance in the office.

• Extensive experience in data science or analytical functions
• Experience leading teams and/or projects that deliver data driven insights
• Experience in payment, retail banking, or retail merchant industries
• Proven experience building, leading, and inspiring high-performing virtual teams to deliver against client’s objectives
• Operates as a thought leader, with the ability to guide, influence and inspire performance across the data science function and sales teams
• Team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible style, with the ability to tailor data driven results to various audience levels
• Strong consultative skills to establish effective relationships with our clients and the sales teams
• Ability to communicate at all levels with both business and technology leaders to build consensus and influence Visa’s direction
• Results oriented with very strong analytical, consultative and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.