Senior Data Science Manager – Visa Consulting & Analytics (m/f/div.)

<h3>Company Description</h3>As the world's leader in digital payments technology, Visa's mission is to connect the world through the most creative, reliable and secure payment network - enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive. Our advanced global processing network, VisaNet, provides secure and reliable payments around the world, and is capable of handling more than 65,000 transaction messages a second. The company's dedication to innovation drives the rapid growth of connected commerce on any device, and fuels the dream of a cashless future for everyone, everywhere. As the world moves from analog to digital, Visa is applying our brand, products, people, network and scale to reshape the future of commerce. At Visa, your individuality fits right in. Working here gives you an opportunity to impact the world, invest in your career growth, and be part of an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are a global team of disruptors, trailblazers, innovators and risk-takers who are helping drive economic growth in even the most remote parts of the world, creatively moving the industry forward, and doing meaningful work that brings financial literacy and digital commerce to millions of unbanked and underserved consumers. You're an Individual. We're the team for you. Together, let's transform the way the world pays.<h3>Job Description</h3>As a Senior Data Science Manager, you are a key member of Visa’s advisory service Visa Consulting &amp; Analytics (VCA) and part of Visa’s global Data Science community. You are accountable for leading the blueprint, development and delivery of data driven strategies and solutions for Visa’s external clients in the Central European Region. In this role, you collaborate with management consultants, account executives, business development and other internal functions to support our clients’ with their most pressing issues and biggest opportunities. Your innovative and scalable data science solutions help drive business performance with a clear commercial ‘value’ and measurable ‘return’. Principal Responsibilities Provides subject matter expertise and evangelizes the creative use of data science to solve business problems with external clients  Collaborating with the internal and external partners to fully understand business requirements and desired business outcomes Works with VCA consultants in market to drive data science business development opportunities across key accounts to meet VCA revenue targets and with the objective to drive revenue growth for our clients and Visa Identifies how data science and predictive techniques can be used to enhance client profitability, card and payments portfolio management across acquisition, usage and retention Designs and delivers powerful business-centric insights from data through storyboarding, analytics, visualization and machine learning Has execution proficiency in handling multiple medium to large data science projects along with rest of the stakeholders in the project team within timelines and budget requirements Performs quality assurance on data and deliverables on own and potentially colleagues’ complex data science deliverables Ensures all project documentation is up to date Imports and embeds global data science solutions in Europe and actively sells in services through client proposals Enhances existing solutions and approaches by promoting new methodology and best practices in data science field<h3>Qualifications</h3>Extensive experience in data science and analytical functions Team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic, and agile working style Proven skills in translating analytics output to actionable recommendations and delivery Results oriented with strong analytical, consultative, and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor Graduate/Post Graduate degree (Masters or Ph.D.) in Quantitative field such as Statistics, Mathematics, Operational Research, Computer Science, Economics, or engineering or equivalent experience Hands-on experience with modern distributed systems, including both Hadoop/SQL and Apache Spark Hands-on experience with one or more data analytics/programming tools such as R/Python Experience in the application of descriptive analytics, predictive modelling and machine learning technique to business problems Experience planning, organizing, and managing end to end projects with diverse cross-functional teams Ability to tailor data-driven results and communicate with impact to various audience levels, incl. senior business leaders. Experience of having worked in a consulting-like environment and client-facing project roles Full working proficiency in German and English Preferred Qualifications Experience working in payments industry (bank, credit reference agencies, Fintech, merchants) or management-consulting firm Hands on experience on processing extremely large data sets. Knowledge of payment network transactional data is a plus Experience building and cultivati