Director, Consumer Payments Analytics & AI Strategy

Visa; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 219,000 - 351,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa’s Global Data and AI team is seeking a Director, Consumer Payments Strategic Analytics to lead the analytics agenda supporting Visa’s Global Consumer Payments business. This is a senior individual contributor role with no formal direct reports, suited to a technically accomplished analytics leader who sets direction through expertise and influence while remaining deeply engaged in hands‑on execution.

The Director will own the strategic analytics roadmap for Consumer Payments, shaping

Qualifications

• 10+ years of analytics or data science experience with a Bachelor's degree.
• Experience leading analytics programs in a large, matrixed organization.
• Strong programming in Python and SQL; experience with AI/ML is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the multi-year analytics agenda for Global Consumer Payments.
• Translate executive questions into an analytical portfolio with clear scope, methods and impact.
• Coach and mentor junior data scientists and strategic analysts.
• Build scalable dashboards and self-service analytics tools.
• Partner with data engineering and technology teams to productionize models and data products.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data Visualization

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Advanced Degree

PhD

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Spark

OpenAI tools

Job description

Visa’s Global Data and AI team is seeking a Director, Consumer Payments Strategic Analytics to lead the analytics agenda supporting Visa’s Global Consumer Payments business. This is a senior individual contributor role with no formal direct reports, suited to a technically accomplished analytics leader who sets direction through expertise and influence while remaining deeply engaged in hands‑on execution.

The Director will own the strategic analytics roadmap for Consumer Payments, shaping