Sr. Manager, Data Science

Company Description

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.

Job Description

• Leading, executing, and delivering data science projects for clients in Thailand.
• Developing detailed project scopes and methodologies, designing, and implementing solutions using appropriate tools and techniques.
• Building strong relationships with Visa partners, clients, and corresponding data science & analytics teams, driving collaboration, and ensuring the implementation of Visa's recommendations.
• Maintaining quality control and up-to-date documentation for all data science projects.
• Innovating by utilizing Visa's data, client data, and non-traditional data sources to meet client needs.
• Enhancing existing data science and analytic techniques by promoting new methodologies and best practices.
• Fostering thought leadership in the data science domain and building intellectual property through innovation.
• Managing communication with clients and stakeholders effectively.
• Mentoring, guiding, and supervising data scientists in the project team.
• Delivering analytics projects from inception to completion, providing actionable insights and recommendations.
• Identifying opportunities for innovation using non-traditional data and new modeling techniques.
• Managing internal and external stakeholders.
• Supervising data scientists reporting to this role.
• Developing data-driven solutions using Visa data.
• Building data science visualization capabilities to address client problems.
• Driving innovation using data science techniques.
• Advocating for data science within partner organizations, advising and coaching analytical teams, and sharing best practices and case studies.
• Continually assessing the environment to challenge assumptions about data sources, potential analytics partners, tools, talent, and infrastructure.
• Exploring and adopting leading methodologies and best practices from other international markets.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Qualifications

Degree (master’s or Ph.D. would be an advantage) in Quantitative field such as Statistics, Mathematics, Operational Research, Computer Science, Economics, or engineering or equivalent experience.
7+ years of experience in performing data exploration and feature engineering.
10 years of professional work experience in banking, payments, or related industry
Hands on experience with data analytics/programming tools such as SAS/Salford SPM/Hadoop/R/SQL/Python/Hive, and a working knowledge of Hadoop ecosystem
Proficiency in statistical techniques: Neural Networks, Gradient Boosting, Linear & Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, Random Forests, Markov Chains, Support Vector Machines, Clustering, Principal Component Analysis, Factor analysis, etc.
Demonstrated experience in planning, organizing, and managing multiple and concurrent analytics projects with diverse cross-functional stakeholders.
Strong internal team and external client stakeholder management with a collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible style, able to work effectively in a matrixed organization.
Excellent presentation and storytelling skills, including strong oral and written capabilities.
Storyboarding and data storytelling including strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.
In market experience and/or knowledge of local language, culture as well as industry regulations

Additional Information

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.