About this role
Team Summary
The Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA) team provides analytics and consulting services to address client business problems leveraging market and internal data. VCA Managed Services is a suite of service offerings that together help drive the future growth of the VCA organization, enabling our clients to implement the recommendations derived through strategic advisory engagements. The team focuses on developing and improving clients’ business by collaborating with them closely including their data utilization. And in addition to building and automating interpretable and actionable predictive models, we assist clients in execution of models and evaluation of results.
The team interacts with stakeholders and team members across multiple functions, and thus strong intuition for developing analytic models that can solve specific business concerns is essential. The role further entails innovating new analytics services as we scale out our activities.
What a Data Science Lead does at Visa:
Lead, mentor, and manage a team of data scientists, fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment that encourages innovation and continuous learning. Set clear team goals, oversee project execution, and manage team performance.Develop and implement strategic plans for the data science team, ensuring alignment with the company's objectives. Facilitate communication and collaboration between the data science team and other departments to ensure effective execution of data-driven initiatives.Hands-on managing and executing multiple medium to large complex analytic projects along with rest of the stakeholders in analytics & consulting teamsFamiliarity with batch processing and process monitoring for model refreshMeeting with key clients to explain model results, answer questions and propose further analysisCollaborating closely with key clients to analyze clients’ data, extract insights, and create dashboardsTaking the lead in discussing with clients’ data science, corporate planning, and marketing teams to identify opportunitiesCollaborating with the internal teams to fully understand business requirements and desired business outcomesDefining detailed analytic scope and methodology, and creating an analytic planExecuting with appropriate statistical and machine learning techniquesProviding thought leadership in both using data to solve business problems and arriving at innovative technology and statistical solutionsAccountable in ensuring project delivery within timelines and budget requirements
Why this is important to Visa
VCA’s services allow our clients to boost their business performance through leveraging Visa’s expansive market insights and data. In addition, Managed Services team collaborates with clients closely in leveraging clients’ data and improving their business with data science capabilities. Our role in Japan in particular is pivotal in advancing the transition towards a more cashless payments landscape.
What you will need:
12 years of analytical experience in applying statistical solutions to business problemsFluent level Japanese and business level English proficiency (or vice versa)Graduate degree (Masters or Ph.D.) in computer science, or a quantitative field such as physics, statistics or mathematics, or equivalent experienceExperience in leading and managing a data science team for 2 years or above, with strong abilities to inspire, mentor, and motivate team members while driving projects to successful completion. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to facilitate cross-functional collaboration are essential.Proficiency in processing large data sets using Hive and related toolsFluency in multiple technologies and languages (Java/C/C++/Python/R/SQL), with experience in at least one compiled languageExperience with a wide cross section of machine learning techniques: clustering, dimensionality reduction, variable selection, cross validation, neural networks, gradient boosting, linear & logistic regressionUnix/Linux proficiency: command line tools, shell scriptingExperience in managing multiple members for at least 2 yearsExperience in collaborating with business functions at least internally or externally
What will also help:
Ability to quickly ideate novel mathematical models to address new problemsExperience in cards/payments, retail banking, or retail merchant industries
Projects you will be a part of:
Attrition and propensity modellingRecommendation systems and clustering algorithmsNetwork analysisLTV and forecasting algorithms 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.