Director, Data Scientist

Mastercard · Navi Mumbai, India (Finicity) · Posted 7 days ago

About this role

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 Director, Data Scientist Director of Data Science Lead and scale high-impact Data Science initiatives driving Open Finance and AI-led products. Own end-to-end delivery of production-grade ML/LLM solutions, partnering closely with Product and Engineering to balance accuracy, scalability, and business impact. * Drive strategy and execution of data science solutions across global markets * Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing DS team * Deliver scalable, production-ready models and pipelines * Align with Product/Engineering on tradeoffs and roadmap priorities * Communicate outcomes and influence senior stakeholders Requirements: * 10+ years in Data Science/ML, strong leadership experience, proven track record delivering production AI/ML systems, deep expertise in modeling and scalable DS platforms. Preferred: * NLP expertise (including MPNet), experience with large-scale global models. Corporate Security Responsibility All activities involving access to Masterc