# Senior Manager, Data Science

Hiring organization: [Visa Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/visa-inc)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/c377d37e-b3ec-4616-9a87-7f4dd0bfd3bf

Listed on Visa Inc.'s own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: US - Foster City, CA
- Salary: 180600 – 289300 USD per year

## Summary

Lead a data science team at Visa building machine learning and AI products for dispute resolution and post-purchase payments. This role suits experienced managers comfortable with both hands-on technical leadership and cross-functional strategy in a global, heavily regulated environment.

_Our summary, not Visa Inc.'s wording._

## Skills named

Apache Hadoop, Apache Hive, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, NoSQL, Power BI, Python, SQL, Tableau, XGBoost

## Required

- 8+ years relevant work experience with bachelor's degree, or 5+ years with advanced degree, or 2+ years with PhD
- Experience implementing and maintaining production ML and NLP models
- Experience with data governance and model review processes
- Experience developing data strategies and managing data quality
- Experience with SQL and data warehousing
- Experience translating technical requirements for cross-functional teams

## Nice to have

- 9+ years relevant experience with bachelor's degree or 7+ years with advanced degree
- 6+ years in analytical roles solving business problems
- 4+ years designing and building ML/AI models for fraud detection
- 4+ years with data technologies like Hadoop, Hive, NoSQL
- Expert-level Python skills
- 1+ year using LLMs for feature extraction from text
- 1+ year building dashboards with Tableau or Power BI
- Experience building agentic workflows
- Background in payments or high-volume transaction processing systems

Apply on Visa Inc.'s site: https://visa.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Visa/job/US---Foster-City-CA/Senior-Manager--Data-Science_REF085211W