# Director, Data Analytics

**Company**: Mastercard
**Location**: O'Fallon, Missouri
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $142,000 - $234,000 USD
**Category**: Data Science
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

Mastercard is seeking a strategic and highly collaborative Director, Data Analytics to lead an integrated organization spanning Data Science, Data Architecture & Engineering, and Reporting & Insights.

The Director will provide end-to-end accountability for the data and insights value chain, from architecture and data products through advanced analytics, reporting, and executive storytelling.

Key responsibilities:

- Lead, coach, and develop the leaders responsible for Data Science, Data Architecture & Engineering, and Reporting & Insights

- Define and execute a unified data and insights strategy aligned with GBSC Operational Excellence & Enablement priorities and the evolving needs of business stakeholders

- Own the end-to-end portfolio of data, analytics, and reporting initiatives to support operational excellence

- Partner with functional leaders to translate ambiguous business challenges into clear data products, analytical use cases, reporting solutions, and decision-support capabilities

- Guide the design of scalable data architecture, engineering pipelines, semantic models, and reusable data products

- Advance the organization from descriptive reporting toward diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive insights through responsible application of statistical methods, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and automation

- Create and enforce standards for data quality, solution design, development, testing, documentation, deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management

- Build a diverse, inclusive, and high-performing global team

- Stay current on emerging data, analytics, AI, and reporting technologies, applying relevant innovations to improve team productivity, solution quality, and business impact

Requirements:

- Undergraduate degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Business, Finance, or a related field; advanced degree preferred

- Experience leading multidisciplinary data and analytics organizations

- Proven record of setting and executing enterprise data and analytics strategies that deliver measurable business outcomes

- Strong understanding of modern data platforms, cloud architecture, data engineering, semantic modeling, business intelligence, advanced analytics, AI, and model lifecycle practices

- Experience establishing data, analytics, and reporting standards

- Ability to evaluate and prioritize a broad portfolio of opportunities, make clear trade-offs, and align resources to the highest-value outcomes

- Strong consulting and stakeholder-management skills

- Proven ability to develop leaders, build inclusive teams, manage organizational change, and create a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement

Benefits:

- Insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)

- Flexible spending account and health savings account

- Paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave)

- 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire

- 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays

- 401k with a best-in-class company match

- Deferred compensation for eligible roles

- Fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities

- Eligibility for tuition reimbursement

## Skills

### Required
- Data Science
- Computer Science
- Information Systems
- Engineering
- Statistics
- Mathematics
- Business
- Finance
- Data Architecture
- Data Engineering
- Semantic Modeling
- Business Intelligence
- Advanced Analytics
- AI
- Machine Learning

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