Visa
Sr. Manager, Data Science
US - Foster City, CA · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$192k-$308kDetected 12 hours ago
PythonGitSQLMachine LearningSparkData AnalysisData EngineeringData ScienceData VisualizationLLMsAgentic AIMLOpsLangGraphStatisticsProduct StrategyStakeholder ManagementForecastingLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationOrganizational SkillsHadoop
About the role
- Job Description Visa's Global Data and AI team is seeking a Senior Manager to join the Consumer Payments Strategic Analytics team as a hands-on individual contributor supporting the Global Consumer Payments business.
- Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
- U.S. Applicants Only The estimated salary range for this position is $192,100.00 to $ 307,800.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable).
Responsibilities
- Lead, execute, and deliver data science and strategic analytics projects that support Visa's internal Consumer Payments business priorities and align with Visa's long-term growth agenda.
- Partner with internal business teams to understand strategic questions, define project scope, select appropriate methodologies, and deliver actionable analytical solutions.
- Analyze large and complex datasets using Python, SQL, Spark, Hive, R, or similar tools to generate insights, build models, and identify business opportunities.
- Develop predictive, descriptive, and diagnostic analytics solutions, including segmentation, propensity modeling, performance measurement, forecasting, and portfolio analysis.
- Build scalable dashboards, reporting tools, and self-service analytics capabilities that support data democratization, single-source-of-truth principles, and a clear front door for internal business users.
- Design, prototype, and deploy analytical models and data products in collaboration with data engineering, technology, and platform teams.
- Maintain strong quality control, documentation, code standards, and reproducibility across analytical deliverables.
- Collaborate across Product, Marketing, Finance, Technology, and other relevant functions to embed data and AI into decision-making.
Requirements
- Basic Qualifications:
- 8+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 11+ years of relevant work experience.
Nice to have
- 9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD
- 6+ years of analytics, data science, or related experience with a Bachelor's degree
- 4+ years with a Master's/MBA
- or 3+ years with a PhD.
- Excellent programming skills in Python and SQL, with hands-on experience using large-scale data environments such as Spark, Hive, Hadoop, or similar platforms.
- Strong practical experience with AI/ML, including generative AI, LLMs, and AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI Codex, or similar platforms.
- Experience with agentic AI concepts and frameworks such as LangGraph, LangChain, or comparable orchestration tools.
- Strong ability to translate data-driven analysis into business impact, including excellent storytelling, presentation, and executive communication skills.
Compensation
- The estimated salary range for this position is $192,100.00 to $ 307,800.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable).
Benefits
- Apply AI, machine learning, generative AI, and agentic AI techniques to improve analytics delivery, automate repeatable workflows, and unlock new business insights.
Company info
- 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
- Join Visa and do work that matters - to you, to your community, and to the world.
- Progress starts with you.
- Visa's Global Data and AI team is seeking a Senior Manager to join the Consumer Payments Strategic Analytics team as a hands-on individual contributor supporting the Global Consumer Payments business.
- This role will deliver scalable analytics, AI-driven insights, and data science solutions that inform product strategy, enhance performance, and support innovation for internal Visa business teams.
- The Senior Manager will act as an internal data consultant to Consumer Payments business partners, working closely with Product, Marketing, Finance, Technology, and other cross-functional teams.
- The role will focus on translating business questions into analytical approaches, extracting insights from large-scale Visa data, building repeatable tools and models, and communicating clear recommendations that help internal teams make data-driven decisions.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Job Description Visa's Global Data and AI team is seeking a Senior Manager to join the Consumer Payments Strategic Analytics team as a hands-on individual contributor supporting the Global Consumer Payments business.
- Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
- Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
This listing is sourced directly from Visa's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.