Vice President, Global Data & Analytics, Data Science Practice

Job Description

Use of data, analytics and AI to fuel decision making and drive innovation are exciting opportunities for Visa. Our GDO is leaning into new data & analytics innovation and Gen/Agentic AI opportunities and seeking talent to enable bold transformation. Strong thought leadership, strategic skills and an operational mindset are critical to our future success and meaningful innovation.

To enable this, a new Vice President of Global Data & Analytics will report to the Chief Data Officer and will be accountable for an exciting set of ambitious responsibilities. As a core member of GDO Leadership Team, this leader will be at the frontier of leading both mature and newly formed teams to help us deliver on our bold ambitions.

This role will be a critical catalyst for data, analytics and AI innovation, the possibilities from Gen and Agentic AI to help internal partners across Visa to make more informed decisions and optimize their business operations via insights and analytical decision-making & optimization tools. The leader should be a thought partner to various senior leaders across the organization to help make Visa an even better company via data, insights and AI.

The Vice President of Global Data & Analytics (D&A) will be responsible for establishing and guiding a team to execute on strategic priorities and shared team objective and key results across the GDO. The role will lead the following units: (1) Central Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) Regional Internal D&A function, (2) European Union and UK (EU) Regional Internal D&A function, (3) Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) Region Internal D&A function, (4) Commercial Money Solutions (CMS) Internal D&A function, (5) Value-Added Services Internal D&A function, (6) Marketing & Finance Internal D&A function, (7) Merchant Data D&A function and (8) (matrix relationship) co-lead the GDO Strategic Analytics Function.

In addition, the leader will be expected to collaborate with other D&A and Data Science practices and teams across Visa to drive standardization and innovation best practices via communities of interest and shared tool development.

Those who are known as perseverant problem solvers, visionary leaders, uncovering elegant solutions, as well as externally recognized analytical and AI thoughts leaders capable of bringing others along to define and deliver what is needed for a business to succeed are well suited to consider the role. Ideal candidates would be skilled in change management, high-performing teams, innovative AI solutions, and global leadership.

• In close partnership with respective business unit leaders, define and deliver the overall Data, Analytics and AI strategy, organization and roadmap for each business unit.
• As a D&A General Manager to each respective business unit, work with partners across the GDO and Tech to deliver high impact analytical decision-making and optimization tools, (Gen and Agentic AI) innovations and help define the data and analytical foundation for Visa to be the most data-driven and AI-first payments company.
• Internal thought-leader across all the various data science and D&A teams across Visa. Build a community of interest, with standardized best practices and innovative tools/salutations that drive predacity and unleash the creativity of our D&A community.
• Drive innovative business application of data and (Gen and Agentic) AI to solve business problems as a key source of Visa value-add for clients and internal value delivery.
• Act as a strong customer for enterprise analytical and data platforms and capabilities.
• Attract, develop and retain a high-performing team of full-time employees specialized in analytics, data science and AI/ML across multiple global locations.

• Very strong analytical mindset and superior problem-solving ability, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor.
• Strong business and commercial acumen.
• Deep technical (Gen and Agentic) AI and ML expertise.
• Demonstrated experience building and scaling business intelligence solutions, analytical decision-making and optimization tools, valuations / customer-life cycle tools.
• Deep…