Visa · 2 hours ago
Sr. Data Scientist
Foster City, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$161K/yr - $258K/yr
5+ years expVisa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions globally. They are seeking a Senior Data Scientist to provide technical leadership in generating business insights from big data and to develop innovative solutions that drive business outcomes for their clients.
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Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership in a team that generates business insights based on big data, identify actionable recommendations, and communicate the findings to clients
Brainstorm innovative ways to use our unique data to answer business problems
Communicate with clients to understand the challenges they face and convince them with data
Extract and understand data to form an opinion on how to best help our clients and derive relevant insights
Develop visualizations to make your complex analyses accessible to a broad audience
Find opportunities to craft products out of analyses that are suitable for multiple clients
Work with stakeholders throughout the organization to identify opportunities for leveraging Visa data to drive business solutions
Mine and analyze data from company databases to drive optimization and improvement of product, marketing techniques and business strategies for Visa and its clients
Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques
Develop custom data models and algorithms to apply to data sets
Use predictive modeling to increase and optimize customer experiences, revenue generation, data insights, and other business outcomes
Build and experiment with machine learning and generative AI models by applying a variety of statistical and computational techniques
Apply AI-enabled tools to streamline everyday work, including data exploration and model development
Partner with a variety of Visa teams to provide comprehensive solutions
Synthesize ideas/proposals in writing and engage in productive discussions with external or internal stakeholders
Provide guidance in modern analytic techniques and business applications to unlock the value of Visa’s unique data set, in keeping with market trends, client needs and emerging techniques
Organize and manage multiple data science projects with diverse cross-functional stakeholders
Qualification
Required
5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD
Preferred
6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
4+ years' experience in data-based decision-making or quantitative analysis
2+ years' experience in Credit Risk / Fraud / Collection / Authorization analysis or related space
Master's degree in Statistics, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Data Science, Business Analytics, Computer Science, or a related technical field
Analyzing large data sets using programming languages such as Python, R, SQL, Hive and/or Spark
Building predictive and descriptive statistical models using AI/machine learning tool kits, Jupiter notebooks, Python, or others
Presenting evidence based insights and conveying relevant recommendations
Previous exposure to financial modeling is a plus, but not required
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401 (k)
FSA/HSA
Life Insurance
Paid Time Off
Wellness Program
Company
Visa
Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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TNB Financial Services
2016-09-10Post Ipo Equity
2008-03-19IPO
Leadership Team
Ryan McInerney
Chief Executive Officer
Chris Suh
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
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