Director of Data - India Site

About Payoneer

Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders, with a mission to connect the world's underserved businesses to a rising global economy. We're a community with over 2,500 colleagues all over the world, working to serve customers, and partners in over 190 markets.

By taking the complexity out of the financial workflows-including everything from global payments and compliance to multi-currency and workforce management, to providing working capital and business intelligence-we give businesses the tools they need to work efficiently worldwide and grow with confidence.

Role summary

We're looking for a Director of Data who is a tech-enthusiast with a drive for excellence, and an out-of-the-box mindset to satisfy business needs in a complex payment solution environment.

Lead Payoneer's Data function in India as the primary POC for the global Data organization, covering BI/DE/DPM/Analytics. Own all sprint work, ensuring India's full workplan is represented in planning ceremonies and executed with high quality.

Location - Gurugram (Work from Office)

What You'll Do:

• Leadership & Site Ownership - Manage and develop the India Data team while representing global data disciplines locally; ensure clear standards, strong execution, and alignment.
• Sprint Ownership & Workplan Execution - Own the full sprint cycle end-to-end; represent India in planning, highlight dependencies, and ensure committed work is delivered.
• Orchestration Across Data Functions - Coordinate ingestion, modeling, reporting, data product work, and governance; remove blockers and ensure seamless collaboration with global teams.
• Data Product & Requirements Management - Translate business needs into scoped data requirements; ensure consistent definitions, modeling standards, and high-quality outputs.
• Governance, Quality & Compliance - Enforce data governance, documentation, PII and audit processes; ensure India deliverables meet data quality and compliance expectations.
• Modernization & Platform Alignment - Lead India execution for cloud migration, Looker rollout, semantic layer, and event framework adoption; drive adherence to modern best practices.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration - Partner with product, engineering, compliance, and domain leaders; communicate progress, risks, and capacity clearly across global forums.

What We're Looking For:

• 15+ years in Data/Analytics with 5+ years in leadership roles.
• Strong background in BI, Data Engineering, or Data Product Management.
• Experience leading cross-functional data teams in global/matrix setups.
• Hands-on knowledge of modern data stacks (BigQuery, Looker).
• Excellent communication, prioritization, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to drive structure, alignment, and predictable delivery.

Nice to have

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience with AI tools.
• Proficiency in data modeling techniques.
• Knowledge and understanding of the payments industry.
• Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering/information systems or equivalent.

What Success Looks Like

• India becomes a predictable, autonomous, high-quality extension of the global Data org.
• Sprint commitments are consistently delivered with clear visibility and alignment.
• Stakeholders experience smooth collaboration and strong delivery quality from India.
• Governance and audit standards are met consistently with minimal rework.
• India accelerates modernization initiatives (Looker, BigQuery, event frameworks).

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