Position Location: Foster City, CA

As the world's leader in digital payments technology, Visa's mission is to connect the world through the most creative, reliable and secure payment network - enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive. Our advanced global processing network, VisaNet, provides secure and reliable payments around the world, and is capable of handling more than 65,000 transaction messages a second. The company's dedication to innovation drives the rapid growth of connected commerce on any device, and fuels the dream of a cashless future for everyone, everywhere. As the world moves from analog to digital, Visa is applying our brand, products, people, network and scale to reshape the future of commerce.

At Visa, your individuality fits right in. Working here gives you an opportunity to impact the world, invest in your career growth, and be part of an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are a global team of disruptors, trailblazers, innovators and risk-takers who are helping drive economic growth in even the most remote parts of the world, creatively moving the industry forward, and doing meaningful work that brings financial literacy and digital commerce to millions of unbanked and underserved consumers.

You're an Individual. We're the team for you. Together, let's transform the way the world pays.

The Insights as a Service team is seeking a Sr. Staff UX Designer with expert capabilities in interaction and visual design. The Sr. UX Designer will help create and improve B2B and consumer applications for both web and mobile experiences. Tremendous opportunity to take a product from incubation into Production with the ability to influence the user experience and strategy along the way.

The ideal candidate will thrive in a work environment that requires strong independent problem-solving skills, self-direction, and innovative thinking coupled with an aptitude and affinity for team collaboration and open communication. This individual is both highly analytical as well as highly creative, and consistently demonstrates superb design, writing and presentation skills. This individual fosters collaboration both inside
and outside the team, evangelizes and promotes UX within the company, and can juggle several high-level projects while delivering A-level work on all of them. This individual is confidently able to justify design decisions based on a thorough understanding of contemporary user-centered design methodologies.

Basic Qualification

• 10 years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/MBA/JD/MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building mobile experiences.
• Startup experience or mentality a plus. Ability to jump in where needed and expand the role.
• Exercises independent judgment with minimal direction from supervisor.
• Ability to prototype rapidly, be it with paper, hand-coded HTML/JavaScript, Sketch, Axure, AfterEffects, or whatever.
• Ability to work directly with engineers when needed (Often PhD level)
• AI experience and its expression in the user experience a huge plus.
• Previous experience creating and launching mobile applications or taking a product from concept to production
• An amazing portfolio that demonstrates the use of creative and novel solutions to solve complex problems

Essential Functions

• Designing usable, accessible, and engaging user experiences for mobile and web based on research and best practices

• Rapid creation of working prototypes or mockups for demonstration or pre-sales purposes

• Participating in defining and driving strategic direction from a user experience perspective

• Taking a product from the POC/Incubation phase into an enterprise-level paid service

• Influencing cross-functional product teams and the organization to achieve solutions that are right for our customers and adhere to the product vision

• Present design concepts to Senior Leadership and external partners

   

Travel Requirements

This position requires the incumbent to travel for work 10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements

This position will be performed in an office setting.  The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers, reach with hands and arms, and bend or lift up to 25 pounds.

EEO Statement

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.