Lead GBSC data engineering and analytics initiatives: design data/ETL infrastructure, implement automation, enable large-scale structured and unstructured data analysis, manage team delivery, and communicate insights to influence business decisions.
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 Engineering
Director - GBSC Insights
We believe in the power of data. We think creatively, and design smart, simple to use and cost-effective solutions that empower our customers with actionable insights. The GBSC Insights team is built upon strong contributors with leadership abilities, innovative mindsets and with strong business and technical acumen. The team acts as an idea incubator supporting various GBSC initiatives by providing in-depth analysis and strategic guidance. The team identifies ways to leverage data for answering business questions and driving operational efficiency. We innovate using new age technologies and data analysis techniques to discover actionable insights and communicate data in new and more effective ways for influencing business decisions, encouraging long-term customer engagement, improving processes and productivity, and overall evolving the way we do business.
Technology stack
Our current primary tools for data analysis, data preparation and information delivery: Fabric, Alteryx, Tableau, PowerBI, Power Platform
Core database environments: Oracle, MS SQL Server, Fabric, Dataverse
Role• Lead multiple analytics projects and initiatives within GBSC and Mastercard.• Identify, design and implement data and process automation solutions to support GBSC Operations and the global organization.• Design and support an infrastructure to enable effectively working with large sets of unstructured and structured data.• Create presentations for communicating innovations, ideas, or discoveries.• Strengthen a motivated, innovative and productive team that creates next generation analytics for GBSC and Mastercard.• Generate and implement ideas to continuously improve analytics and reporting services delivery.• Work closely with analytics community of practice and customers for short-term and long-term objective alignment.
All About You:• Intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm to apply data to discover and solve business challenges and questions;• Problem solving mentality, resourcefulness and creativity in identifying solutions;• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to build professional relationship, influence and negotiate;• Proven track record in team management, client management, project delivery, reporting and governance;• Demonstrated project management skills using agile methodology including ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and follow through on completion of high-profile projects• Full stack experience in data collection, aggregation, analysis, visualization, productizing and maintenance of analytics products;• Experience in statistical modeling, machine learning, data mining, unstructured data analytics in corporate / academic research environments;• Proficiency in Alteryx and Fabric;• Proficiency in data preparation/ETL;• Strong knowledge of SQL, ability to write, execute and optimize performance of complex queries
Corporate Security Responsibility
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
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 Engineering
Director - GBSC Insights
We believe in the power of data. We think creatively, and design smart, simple to use and cost-effective solutions that empower our customers with actionable insights. The GBSC Insights team is built upon strong contributors with leadership abilities, innovative mindsets and with strong business and technical acumen. The team acts as an idea incubator supporting various GBSC initiatives by providing in-depth analysis and strategic guidance. The team identifies ways to leverage data for answering business questions and driving operational efficiency. We innovate using new age technologies and data analysis techniques to discover actionable insights and communicate data in new and more effective ways for influencing business decisions, encouraging long-term customer engagement, improving processes and productivity, and overall evolving the way we do business.
Technology stack
Our current primary tools for data analysis, data preparation and information delivery: Fabric, Alteryx, Tableau, PowerBI, Power Platform
Core database environments: Oracle, MS SQL Server, Fabric, Dataverse
Role• Lead multiple analytics projects and initiatives within GBSC and Mastercard.• Identify, design and implement data and process automation solutions to support GBSC Operations and the global organization.• Design and support an infrastructure to enable effectively working with large sets of unstructured and structured data.• Create presentations for communicating innovations, ideas, or discoveries.• Strengthen a motivated, innovative and productive team that creates next generation analytics for GBSC and Mastercard.• Generate and implement ideas to continuously improve analytics and reporting services delivery.• Work closely with analytics community of practice and customers for short-term and long-term objective alignment.
All About You:• Intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm to apply data to discover and solve business challenges and questions;• Problem solving mentality, resourcefulness and creativity in identifying solutions;• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to build professional relationship, influence and negotiate;• Proven track record in team management, client management, project delivery, reporting and governance;• Demonstrated project management skills using agile methodology including ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and follow through on completion of high-profile projects• Full stack experience in data collection, aggregation, analysis, visualization, productizing and maintenance of analytics products;• Experience in statistical modeling, machine learning, data mining, unstructured data analytics in corporate / academic research environments;• Proficiency in Alteryx and Fabric;• Proficiency in data preparation/ETL;• Strong knowledge of SQL, ability to write, execute and optimize performance of complex queries
Corporate Security Responsibility
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
- Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
- Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
- Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
- Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.
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