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, easy, 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 Science
Overview
The Security Solutions Data Science team is responsible for delivering Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) models that support Mastercard’s Identity and risk products across the payment networks. These models are designed to be production-ready and to power high-value capabilities that protect digital transactions and enable trusted decisioning at scale.
Beyond model development, the organization is responsible for building scalable, repeatable,



and resilient data science capabilities that cover the end-to-end lifecycle of machine learning solutions, from data acquisition and feature engineering through experimentation, validation, deployment, and monitoring. These systems must not only perform effectively in production, but also be built in a way that is industrialized, maintainable, and aligned with broader business and platform needs.
Services within Mastercard is responsible for acquiring, engaging, and retaining customers by managing fraud and risk, enhancing cybersecurity, and improving the digital payments experience. Within this mission, the Identity Data Science portfolio plays a significant role in developing intelligence-driven solutions that improve how risk is understood and managed across the merchant lifecycle.
We are looking for a highly skilled and strategic Director to lead a Data Science team that focuses on solving merchant risk during onboarding and monitoring. This role is criti

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