💼 Full-Time Position

Lead Data Scientist

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MasterCard
📍 london, england, United-Kingdom
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Location
london, United-Kingdom
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Posted
June 29, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

Lead Data Scientist – Financial Crime Solutions

In the Financial Crime Solutions team at Mastercard, we build and deliver products and services powered by payments data to find and stop financial crime. We’re an award winning team with a proven track record of combining data science techniques with an intimate knowledge of payments data to aid financial institutions in their fight against money laundering and fraud. We craft bespoke algorithms that help our clients understand the underlying criminal behaviour that drives financial crime, empowering them to take action.

Responsibilities

  • Perform proof‑of‑concept projects, engage in product design, and build prototypes.
  • Use the full range of data‑science techniques to develop new and novel algorithms to aid existing and new financial‑crime products.
  • Conduct novel research to help us and our clients understand the different criminal behaviours in payments data.
  • Think about how ...