Data Science Senior Manager, NALP

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world. Join Visa and do work that matters — to you, to your community, and to the world.

Progress starts with you.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical design and hands-on delivery of advanced analytics and machine learning projects across multiple engagements.
• Own end-to-end analytics execution: problem framing, data exploration, feature engineering, model development, validation, and performance assessment.
• Act as technical authority on assigned projects, providing oversight, code and model reviews, and quality assurance.
• Translate complex business problems into clear analytical approaches and scalable solutions.
• Draft and own detailed analytics scopes, methodologies, and delivery plans for medium-to-large projects.
• Lead the development and delivery of Generative AI use cases, including prototyping, validation, and production-ready design.
• Evaluate and apply appropriate GenAI and ML techniques aligned with business value, data constraints, and governance requirements.
• Ensure analytical outputs meet quality, documentation, timeline, and budget expectations.
• Continuously improve analytics practices by introducing new methodologies, tools, and best practices.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data science, advanced analytics, or applied machine learning.
• Strong hands-on experience delivering end-to-end ML or advanced analytics solutions.
• Demonstrated experience leading or building Generative AI / LLM-based use cases.
• Undergraduate degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Operations Research or equivalent).
• Postgraduate degree is a strong advantage.
• Strong proficiency in Python for data analysis and machine learning.
• Solid experience with SQL for complex data manipulation and analysis.
• Experience working with Spark or large-scale data processing frameworks.
• Strong understanding of model evaluation, validation, and analytical QA.
• Ability to explain complex analytical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

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.