Alexandra Alexashina

Head of Solutions CEMEA, Senior Director Data Science - Visa Consulting and Analytics at Visa

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About

A self-driven leader with over 19 years of experience in analytics, payments, product development and management consulting. My passion and expertise are to combine strategy, data analytics, and business intelligence in the fintech and payments industry to enable individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive. Proven track record of leading insights-based products that leverages data and analytics, technology and industry context.

Experience

  • Visa (11 yrs 5 mos)
    • Senior Director, Data Science - Head of Data Solutions CEMEA, Visa Consulting and Analytics
      Mar 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

      As the Head of Data Solutions at Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA), I lead the strategic vision and execution of a high-impact portfolio of data-driven products that empower financial institutions, acquirers and merchants across 87 countries in the CEMEA region. We use transactional data of Visa and create scalable data solutions with actionable insights to drive measurable business outcomes for our clients. The current portfolio includes 12 data solutions and demonstrates sustainable revenue growth. - Define and communicate product vision and long-term strategy (new products, incremental new client’s segments and operational models, monetization models and pricing strategy) - Oversee the whole life cycle of data solutions (ideation, product roadmaps, design, development, delivery and Go-to-Market) - Lead team of product owners (5 people) and development team (data engineers and data scientists) during product development cycle (Agile, SCRUM) for new data solutions and enhancement of existing solutions. - Stakeholders’ management – alignment with VCA leadership team about business priorities and data solutions strategy. - Go-to-Market strategy – launching new products in CEMEA markets (87 countries) and enabling local teams with the tools and insights needed for successful adoption.

    • Head of Data Solutions development CEMEA, Director Data Science - Visa Consulting and Analytics
      Jul 2020 - Mar 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Leading end-to-end development cycle for scalable analytical solutions in CEMEA Region (Ideation, MVP, Production, Releases, Pricing, Go-to-Market, Maintenance & Support)

    • Director, Solutions - Visa Consulting and Analytics
      Mar 2018 - Jul 2020 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Product owner of 4 scalable analytical solutions (Customer Lifecycle Management, Premium Product Optimizer, Next Best Action, Everyday Spend Insights).

  • Industry Consultant (Banking) at Teradata
    Aug 2010 - Jan 2015 · 4 yrs 6 mos

    Investigate new opportunities for customers – DO MORE WITH YOUR DATA! Creating ideas to improve the value of current business processes, products and financial results of the various departments of the bank (risk management, retail banking, financial department, CRM) using existing and new data flows of the bank and Teradata technology.

  • Senior Data Scientist at Raiffeisen Bank
    Sep 2009 - Aug 2010 · 1 yr

    Scorecard development (application/behavioral, fraud and collection) for all retail business portfolios; Business process optimization; Credit portfolio monitoring; Basel II implementation (PD, LGD calculation); Collection strategy;

  • Senior Consultant at BearingPoint
    Apr 2008 - Dec 2009 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Validation of the internal rating models (qualitative and quantitative analysis) for corporate portfolio; Development of internal rating model for corporate portfolio; Credit portfolio monitoring; Basel II implementation;

  • Data Science (Credit Risk and Analytics) at Experian Decision Analytics
    Oct 2006 - Mar 2008 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Scorecard development: application and behavioral scorecards for consumer business, application and behavioral scorecard for SME; Credit policy optimization