Lead Data Scientist
MastercardNavi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Posted March 9, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible.
Job Description
Lead Data Scientist to manage, lead, mentor and grow data science teams focused on developing production-grade services and capabilities. Work on machine learning projects, design and implement machine learning models, and propose creative solutions to existing challenges.
Requirements
- Managed, grew and attracted the talent to build the team
- Exposure to financial transactional structured and unstructured data, transaction classification, risk evaluation and credit risk modeling is a plus
- A strong understanding and hands on LLM, NLP, Statistical Modeling, Visualization and advanced Data Science techniques/methods
- SQL / Database experience is preferred
- Experience with Kubernetes, Containers, Docker, REST APIs, Event Streams or other delivery mechanisms
- Familiarity with relevant technologies (e.g. Tensorflow, Python, Sklearn, Pandas, etc.)
- Strong desire to collaborate and ability to come up with creative solutions
- Additional Finance and FinTech experience prefered
