Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across 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.

When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging – where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world – helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.

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Team Summary

Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA) is Visa's consulting division, serving clients (including card issuers, acquirers and merchants) and solving their strategic problems focused on improving performance and profitability. Drawing on our expertise in strategy consulting, payments, data analytics, marketing, operational and macroeconomics, VCA drives high impact and tangible financial results.

You will be part of VCA Data Science geographic team cluster of India and South Asia (INSA) markets and will be responsible for supporting data science engagements with Visa's clients. Our team is involved in a comprehensive range of consulting services and data-driven solutions to our clients, that address unique challenges in areas such as strategic growth, profitability, risk management, digital strategy and portfolio management.

What a Manager, Data Science does at Visa:

The Manager will be a member of VCA Data Science team in Asia Pacific and report to Senior Manager/Director in India & South Asia (INSA)cluster. This position will be based in Visa’s Mumbai office.
 

You will support the development and implementation of analytics-driven strategies as well as high-impact solutions for Visa clients. We are looking at someone with prior experience in data science and data-driven insights to solve complex problems and unlock business value.
 

Key responsibilities include:

• Support and deliver data science engagements for India and South Asia clients using multiple data sources.
• Develop Strategic benchmarking dashboards in tableau for top banks and FinTech in India and South Asia market to help them in portfolio management and optimization.
• Storyboarding and creating insights from the dashboards and identify any gaps to market.
• Clearly communicate findings and recommendations, data-driven insights to clients and stakeholders.
• Ensure consistency, standards & quality control of deliverables, with coding and project documentation up to date.
• Optimize and automate the benchmarking dashboards by collaborating with Hub teams, Data engineering teams and IT.
• Manage time across multiple reports/projects and ensure timely delivery to clients while maintaining accuracy.
• Understand the client business requirements and do end to end scoping for the project deliverables.
• Help in pitching benchmarking dashboards to various clients and resolve queries on timely basis.
• Seek out opportunities to innovate by using Visa data, client data and non-traditional data fit for purpose to the needs of our clients.

Why this is important to Visa-

As the payments consulting arm of Visa, VCA is strengthening a team of highly specialized experts who can provide best-in-class payment expertise and data-driven strategies to clients. We are building a successful team of data scientists, data analysts and statisticians helping major organizations adapt and evolve to meet the changes taking place in technology, finance, and commerce with cutting-edge, creative and advanced analytic solutions. The purpose of the team is to help Visa s clients grow their business and solve problems by providing consulting services through the use of data. 

This is an on-site position. An on-site position must be consistently performed at an assigned Visa office location and require daily commute to the office location.

What you will need:
- Bachelor’s degree (Masters would be an advantage) in quantitative field such as Statistics, Mathematics, Operational Research, Computer Science, Economics, or engineering or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in data-based quantitative analysis.
- Must have proficiency with Tableau, Hive, SQL,Python,Spark, PowerPoint and Excel.
- Hands on experience and proficiency in designing and building dashboards independently using Tableau.
- Excellent analytical skills with demonstrated ability to solve business problems with data.
- Excellent interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills.
- Self-motivated individual with the ability to progress on multiple priorities concurrently.
- Displaying full accountability and managing end to end deliverables with minimum supervision.
- Willingness to travel 20% or more

What will also help:
- Exposure/prior work experience in payments and/or banking industry
- Strong hold on MS Excel and PowerPoint

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.