Sr. Director, Global Credit Data Mgmt

At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to revolutionize commerce globally to make moving money, selling and shopping, personalized and secure. 

Job Description Summary:

As the Director, Global Risk Data Management within the Credit Risk organization, you will implement common data practices across functional areas that drives standardization, accelerates governance practices by treating data as a product and facilitates a data-driven culture across PayPal where data is considered a strategic asset and treated accordingly-with the proper controls and quality. This position will report to the Chief Credit Officer and will require a significant amount of collaboration across all business, technologies, product & platform teams within PayPal and its associated business entities.

Job Description:

We are helping rethink how we use data to make credit decisions at PayPal to fulfill the needs of our customers (both internal and external). We drive the creation of delightful, frictionless, and compliant payment experiences while maximizing the value of our data. In this role you will get an opportunity to support the implementation and adoption of the Enterprise Data Management & Governance (EDG) program across the company. As the Director, Global Risk Data Management within the Credit Risk organization, you will implement common data practices across functional areas that drives standardization, accelerates governance practices by treating data as a product and facilitates a data-driven culture across PayPal where data is considered a strategic asset and treated accordingly-with the proper controls and quality. This position will report to the Chief Credit Officer and will require a significant amount of collaboration across all business, technologies, product & platform teams within PayPal and its associated business entities.

Position Responsibilities:

• Design and enable data products and services, enabling accessibility, re-useability, and quality
• Understand business use cases, outlining challenges, opportunities, and solutions for the business stakeholders; assess the business implications of applying data within the current business environment
• Work with platform architects to organize and design information flows across platforms and products
• Document business-driven data products requirements from which insight services can be developed based on design standards and reusable architecture patterns.
• Create data structures and taxonomies that promote integration across the organization and align to business conceptual processes.
• Provide thought leadership and expertise in implementation and adoption of enterprise data management framework and processes across the organization.
• Ensure the integration of data management tools & capabilities within functional areas
• Expand adoption and implementation of the data management & governance program across the company.
• Articulate data strategy and communicate key data management concepts across the organization.
• Anticipate and aggressively remove obstacles that slow down or prevent delivery of product and program objectives; balance urgent and effective action, commitment to excellence, and taking initiative to resolve problems.
• Deliver metrics-based approach to data product execution & adoption within functional areas.
• Translate business problems into a structured, conceptual data framework.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to promote best-in-class data products & services.
• Partner with customers and users to understand their business needs and align data management activities to achieve meaningful results.
• Have responsibility for the Credit Decision Support team – which delivers rule changes, testing and develops best in class automation to ensure flawless execution.
• Demonstrate previous experience and exposure to data-driven product implementation, specifically data engineering, data warehousing and virtualization, and reporting/analytics solutions.
• Define and measure key performance indicators to evaluate and understand the value of data products and capabilities.
• Build positive and influential relationships across organizations through strong and collaborative interactions, proactive planning, and decisive leadership.

Leadership Qualities:

• Strong collaboration skills and ability to influence across all organizations and levels within the company
• Ability to communicate clearly and succinctly to all levels within the organization-translating the organizations goals into execution plans & metrics
• Possess the ability to connect, engage and lead with empathy
• Promote a positive and healthy workplace-where