✦ Luna Orbit — Data & Analytics

Senior Manager, Data Analysis- Retail Bank, Enterprise Payments

at Discover Financial Services

📍 2 Locations Unknown 💰 $200K – $229K USD / year Posted March 31, 2026
Salary $200K – $229K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience senior
Exp. Years 5+ years
Education Bachelor's Degree in Statistics / Economics / Operations Research / Analytics / Mathematics / Computer Science or related quantitative field
Category Data & Analytics

Senior Manager, Data Analysis will lead cross-functional teams to validate enterprise analytics tools and methodologies across the Retail Bank/Enterprise Payments domain. You will plan and execute validation projects, assess tool quality and risk, and mentor junior staff while communicating results to leadership.

  • Refining a new enterprise-wide analytical tools validation framework
  • Planning and executing validation projects
  • Assessing quality and risk of analytical tool methodologies
  • Understanding technical issues in analytical tools and assessing tool risks/opportunities
  • Prototyping industry best practices for emerging analytical tools

Focus on statistical modeling, econometrics, and analytics within financial services; expertise in open source data technologies, data governance, and predictive analytics; capable of prototyping industry best practices for analytical tools.

The ideal candidate is a senior data analytics leader with 5+ years of data analytics experience and 2+ years of people management, capable of leading an enterprise-wide analytics validation framework and mentoring a large team in financial services.

Bachelor's Degree in Statistics / Economics / Operations Research / Analytics / Mathematics / Computer Science or related quantitative field5+ years of experience performing data analytics5+ years of experience leading and developing with open source data technologies2+ years of experience managing people
Master's Degree or PhD in Finance / Economics / Statistics / Mathematics / Industrial Engineering / Operations Research7+ years of hands-on statistical or econometric workExperience manipulating large data setsExperience in financial services industryExperience developing statistical or econometric modelsExperience validating statistical or econometric models2+ years of data governance2+ years of predictive analytics
Statistical ModelingEconometricsAnalyticsOpen Source Data TechnologiesData GovernancePredictive AnalyticsValidation FrameworkPrototypingData AnalyticsBachelor’s Degree in Statistics / Economics / Operations Research / Analytics / Mathematics / Computer Science or related quantitative fieldMaster’s degree preferredData analytics in financial servicesLeadershipMentoring
Statistical ModelingEconometricsAnalyticsOpen Source Data TechnologiesData GovernancePredictive AnalyticsValidation FrameworkPrototypingData AnalyticsQuantitative analysis
LeadershipCommunicationMentoringProblem-solvingTeamworkStrategic thinkingCross-functional collaboration
Industry Banking
Job Function Lead enterprise analytics tool validation initiatives and mentor a large analytics team to enable data-driven decision making in retail banking
Role Subtype Senior Data Analytics Manager
Senior ManagerData AnalysisValidation frameworkAnalytical toolsValidation projectsData governancePredictive analyticsStatistical modelingEconometricsOpen source data technologiesBachelor's DegreeMaster's DegreeQuantitative fieldFinancial servicesLeadershipMentoringCommunicationAnalyticsData analyticsRetail BankEnterprise PaymentsCross-functional

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field is required, 5+ years data analytics experience, 2+ years managing people, Experience in financial services

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