Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and growing team in a fast paced and challenging area? This is a unique opportunity for you to work in our team to partner with the Business to provide a comprehensive view.

Join us in defining and executing a multi-year global analytics strategy and roadmap in response to product innovation for Merchant Services. Our impactful data products and solutions reach thousands of clients globally, affecting how we conduct business, moving trillions of dollars a day. The Data Scientist Vice President role is responsible for executing big data analytics projects in response to product innovation for Merchant Services. Tangible output of the programs are insights that drive optimization of location and targeted marketing strategy for large merchants – as well as deep consumer and business insights. As the analytics mature, these insights can be productized into products for merchants (“insights as a service”).

The right candidate for this position is of course highly proficient with managing complex data sets, using modern statistical and data exploration practices and creating insightful visualizations. But you are also curious and creative, having the ability to organize stakeholder problems into clear business objectives for which you can create analytics solutions that deliver immediate value.   You have a strong desire to get your ideas off the drawing board, preferring to quickly develop prototypical solutions that you can hone and improve in collaboration with teammates and stakeholders. You are comfortable reaching out to subject matter experts to build your business knowledge, understand pain points representing analytic opportunities, and excited to develop subject matter expertise in a world-class Payment’s organization, contributing to innovative analytics for the future of end-to-end payment optimization. 

 

Job Responsibilities: 

Develop and plan analytic projects through understanding the business objectives in the team strategy roadmap  Develop robust analysis and deliverable plans to support clear and shared understanding of project requirements and goals Develop the data, queries,  tables and visualizations that deliver insight both as an individual contributor and in collaboration with team mates Through deep subject matter expertise, create actionable recommendations to merchants on how to optimize their customer engagement strategies Bringing creative solutions to the firm’s biggest problems: where could our existing solutions do better?  Contribute to the development of data models for future analytics and platforms, in conjunction with data owners and department managers,  Collaborating with unit managers, end users, development staff, and other stakeholders to understand the business value of each analytic effort Apply quality assurance best practices for analytics services and support user feedback and questions Adhere to change control and testing processes for modifications to code and products

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering, computer science, statistics, mathematics or similar technical or quantitative field  8+ years of working in a big data environment as a contributing member in self-directed roles 3+ years of leading team of analytical professionals Deep experience across the full range of database and business intelligence tools especially Snow SQL and ability for rapid prototyping in Tableau; publishing and presenting information in an engaging way Expertise in data mining, quantitative research techniques and data analytics using python or R Understanding of algorithms and software engineering fundamentals Demonstrated ability to distill KPIs and other performance metrics from data Intensive, recent experience in assessing and sourcing data, optimizing data structure and managing database query performance Ability to clearly develop and document analytic requirements with stakeholders Strong interpersonal and communication skills, ability to work across functions as well as with outside parties to ensure alignment and timely implementation of initiatives Proven strategic thinking and creative problem solving skills with ability to translate strategy into deliverables