Director, Data Analytics

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 Analytics

Overview:
The Global Business Solutions Center (GBSC) Operational Excellence & Enablement organization advances enterprise performance by combining data, technology, analytics, and operational expertise. The team partners across GBSC and its stakeholders to establish trusted data foundations, develop forward-looking insights, and create scalable reporting capabilities that improve decision-making, operational visibility, and business outcomes.

We are seeking a strategic and highly collaborative Director, Data Analytics to lead an integrated organization spanning Data Science, Data Architecture & Engineering, and Reporting & Insights. This leader 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. The Director will translate business priorities into a cohesive data strategy, build durable capabilities, and ensure that solutions are trusted, scalable, governed, and connected to measurable business value. This role is designed for an enterprise-minded leader who can set direction, develop talent, simplify complexity, and move the organization from fragmented reporting toward proactive, predictive, and decision-oriented insights.


Role:
• Lead, coach, and develop the leaders responsible for Data Science, Data Architecture & Engineering, and Reporting & Insights, establishing clear accountability, priorities, operating rhythms, and performance expectations across the organization.
• 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, balancing foundational investments, strategic use cases, regulatory and control requirements, and near-term business value.
• 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 that improve data quality, accessibility, interoperability, and speed to insight.
• 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 in partnership with technology, risk, privacy, security, and governance teams.
• Build a diverse, inclusive, and high-performing global team by strengthening succession plans, technical depth, leadership capability, and career pathways across all three disciplines.
• Stay current on emerging data, analytics, AI, and reporting technologies, applying relevant innovations to improve team productivity, solution quality, and business impact.

All About You:
• 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, including leaders and teams across data science, data engineering or architecture, and business intelligence or reporting.
• 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, including data quality, governance, security, privacy, documentation, controls, and responsible AI practices.
• 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, including experience influencing senior leaders and leading through ambiguity in a matrixed, global environment.
• Proven ability to develop leaders, build inclusive teams, manage organizational change, and create a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Experience delivering scalable data products and insights capabilities from concept through adoption, with disciplined measurement of value and user impact.

Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

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.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: 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; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations. THIS POSTING RELECTS ONE OR MORE CURRENT VACANCIES ON OUR TEAM, AND MASTERCARD INTENDS TO FILL THIS POSITION BY 01/04/2027. If the fill date has passed, Mastercard intends to fill this position as soon as possible.

Pay Ranges

O'Fallon, Missouri: $142,000 - $234,000 USD