VP Data Scientist (Open Finance)

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary

Vice President, Data Scientist (Open Finance)

Overview

We are seeking an experienced and visionary Vice President of Data Science – Open Finance to lead the development, and delivery of advanced data science and AI capabilities that power our Open Finance business.

This people leader will be responsible for building and scaling a world-class Data Science organization focused on transforming financial data into actionable insights, predictions, and decisioning capabilities. The role will span foundational data intelligence and high-value applications including transaction categorization, entity extraction, income and revenue classification, fraud detection, credit risk, propensity modeling, and other AI-powered financial insights.

The VP will work closely with their immediate team and senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Sales, Privacy and other business functions to identify high-value opportunities, translate business problems into data science…