Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in 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 while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Essential Functions

We're a Technology function dedicated to modernizing Visa network platform using modern, cloud-ready technology stack to implement the three main services of the platform: Authorization, Clearing and Settlement. Join the Open VisaNet (OVN) team as a Senior Director for our Product Development group, to lead and build the next generation Clearing services. As the Senior Director of Engineering for Clearing, you'll be at the forefront of innovation in one of the most critical processes in the payment ecosystem. You'll build and lead a team of top-tier engineers to revolutionize how financial institutions exchange and reconcile transaction information.

Be a part of our mission to shape the future of payments platform.

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 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Basic Qualifications
• 12+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 15+ years of relevant work experience
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
• 15+ years of experience leading product development and delivery using multiple technologies – C/C++, Go, containers, gRPC, Kafka, cloud computing
• Good understanding and experience leading AI/ML initiatives
• Experience leading design and development of mission-critical, secure, reliable systems
• Extensive knowledge and experience in highly scalable platforms
• Strong experience with agile methodologies & software development lifecycle principles
• Excel in partnering with Product leaders and technical product managers on requirements workshops, helping define joint product/technology roadmaps & driving prioritization
• Experience driving continuous improvements to processes/tools for better developer efficiency and productivity
• Demonstrated ability to drive measurable improvements across engineering, delivery and performance metrics.
• Demonstrated success in leading high performing, multi-disciplinary and geographically distributed engineering teams. Demonstrated ability to hire, develop and retain high-caliber talent
• Excellent problem solving and analytics skills. Capable of forming and advocating an independent viewpoint
• Must demonstrate longer-term strategic thinking and staying abreast with latest technologies to assess what’s possible technically
• Strong collaboration and effective communication, with focus on win-win outcomes
• Payments industry experience is a plus.

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.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 191,700.00 to 299,650.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.