Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world. Join Visa and do work that matters — to you, to your community, and to the world.

Progress starts with you.

Job Description

The Director, Technical Product Management will be a part of the Risk and Identity Solution Global Product Group that oversees product lines for the company. 

Purpose: The role will focus on overseeing product teams that work on Authentication and Detect platform. This extends from increasing the success of the existing products to assisting in the technical requirements for new products and features for authentication and fraud detection and prevention strategies. The role will also serve as an internal and external evangelist as well as ensure the teams commitment to the agile process within Visa.  

Essential Functions:   

• Lead the Technical Product Management team by setting clear goals and expectations as a key part of managing performance to drive business outcomes.   
• Define strategic direction of Technical Product, in alignment with Global Product Services leadership  
• Provide guidance and expertise for product teams, leading and coaching teams of Product Managers and other functional leads.   
• Maintain the functional quality of the work being delivered by setting and evaluating expectations and acceptance criteria.   
• Regularly review products with internal stakeholders to ensure the products meet expectations.   
• Develop product execution strategies and roadmaps with a customer-first mindset.   
• Identify talent needs for projects as needed, assuring timelines are met.   
• Drive partnership and collaboration with other teams within global products and global software development groups.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Qualifications

12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, statistics, or a related field with10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) 
Proven product leadership experience, preferably in financial industries or merchants/acquirers payments.
Experience leading, building and growing high-performing product teams.
Strong relationship-building skills and experience leading cross-functional teams including Engineering, Architecture, UX Design and Customer Support.
Proven track record in driving client growth and commercial results.
Technical proficiency and ability understand and communicate technical concepts
Experience working with global and regional teams.

Competencies: 
Possess a unique blend of business and be technically savvy, a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality.   
Easily able to break down problems into fundamental parts in a systemic, detailed way. Considers and critically compares multiple sides of an issue and weighs the consequences before making decisions.   
Recognizes points for improvement and uses imagination to solve ambiguous problems, applying approaches that have been applied elsewhere and creating own approaches.   
Identifies potential issues and risks related to user perception or response and plan to address the risks.   
Leading and growing a team of product managers, including development of their growth plans and OKRs.
Deeply understands products value proposition to the customer and ecosystem.   
Can easily influence and lead others during product development and can secure buy-in on product priorities.   
Identifies gaps in communication loops, cross-functional understanding, and effectiveness.   
Anticipates and identifies changing technical knowledge needs based on changes in the business, the payments industry trends, and emerging technologies.
Drives the strategic vision of how technical tools will be used throughout product development.

Additional Information

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.