Lead Data Scientist
Location
london, england
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Bio & Pharmacology & Health
Posted
June 29, 2026
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 ...