Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive.

When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging – where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world – helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.

Join Visa: A Network Working for Everyone.

As the Senior Director, Product Management for Payments Processing across Visa Platform Connect (VPC) and scheme connections, you are at the forefront of consumer and merchant choice for payment acceptance.  The role requires an understanding for global, regional and major market payment ecosystems, as well as perspective as to how innovative merchant and acquirer processing solutions can drive win/win outcomes for Cybersource and its clients. The role is of great strategic importance to drive overall acceptance growth and a unique opportunity for a strong leader to shape our approach in an increasingly complex environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global Visa Platform Connect Product Function. Define the long-term product roadmap, initiate process improvement activities and execute acquirer implementation pipeline
• Establish and execute Payments product roadmap across Asia/Pacific regional payments domains including traditional processor connections, and domestic schemes/switches
• Lead a team of high performing Product Managers to build/maintain processing connections across the AP region, driving ownership of full lifecycle Product Management from requirements gathering and commercialization to production launch and maintenance
• Prioritize projects across complex product portfolio and matrixed development organization to lead execution on regional Payments roadmap
• Represent Payment Product function – Build an influential relationship with cross-functional leaders and stakeholders including Technology teams, Regional Solutions teams, Regional Sales, external partners and processors to align and define strategies, priorities and requirements
• Liaise and drive Business Development Strategies – Drive and steer processor engagement and growth with business development alliances teams to develop to penetrate new market and segment opportunities and optimize existing portfolio growth

The successful candidate will be a highly organized, self-starter, with the ability to inspire and motivate teams in a matrixed, dynamic, and fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have a background in payments and product management with a proven record of delivering innovative payments processing products exceed client expectations.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office two days a week, Tuesdays and Wednesdays with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% of the time based on business needs.

Preferred Location is Bellevue, Washington.  May consider candidates in Austin, Texas.

Basic Qualifications
• 12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 10 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters/MBA /JD/MD), or a minimum of 5 years of work experience with a PhD
• 5+ years of Product Management experience in the payments industry
• Demonstrated thought leadership and the aptitude to think creatively and identify new ways to innovate and differentiate products with evidence of tangible business results
• Expert experience with aspects of product development life-cycle, including planning, product management, product marketing, and development, in order to develop and commercialize your product portfolio
• Executive presence, broad awareness and understanding for Payments domain, and ability to communicate and influence at senior levels
• Passion for what you do, and fired up about the opportunity to transform payments working for the industry leader
• Ability to build strong networks and relationships across organizational boundaries
• Strong communication skills, ability to communicate at all levels of the organization
• Comfortable operating in a complex distributed organization with the ability influence those without direct management responsibility in a matrixed organization
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and making decisions with 'enough information'
• Excellent problem solving skills with a strong focus on client success
• Self-aware with ability to adapt to various situations

Preferred Qualifications
• 15 or more years of experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 12 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, or MD), PhD with 9+ years of experience

Visa has adopted a COVID-19 vaccination policy to safeguard the health and well-being of our employees and visitors. As a condition of employment, all employees based in the U.S. are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, unless a reasonable accommodation is approved or as otherwise required by law.

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% 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.

Visa is an EEO Employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.  Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.