Job Description

Company Description
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.

About Visa Direct
Visa Direct is Visa's market-leading push payments platform, enabling real-time* funds delivery to eligible cards, accounts, and wallets around the world. It powers a wide range of use cases, from person-to-person (P2P) transfers and cross-border remittances, to gig economy payouts, insurance disbursements, and merchant settlements. Visa Direct is transforming money movement by making it faster, more secure, and more accessible - unlocking new opportunities for consumers, businesses, and governments globally.
Our team is dedicated to serve the Visa Direct initiative by creating top-of-the-line user experience to operationalize the Visa Direct processes.
Position Summary
We are seeking a strategic, execution-focused Senior Product Manager to join our Visa Direct Digital Transformation team. This role will drive the design, delivery, and continuous optimization of high-impact Visa Direct solutions, from concept through launch and scale. You will be responsible for translating business opportunities into technical solutions, partnering across Visa's global ecosystem to bring innovative, scalable, and compliant real-time payment experiences to market.
The ideal candidate will have deep product management experience, a strong understanding of faster payments and cross-border money movement, and proven ability to influence across business, technology, and regional teams.
Strategic Leadership

• Shape and execute the Visa Direct product vision in alignment with Visa's digital transformation strategy.
• Identify and evaluate new market opportunities and use cases for Visa Direct, ensuring solutions are competitive, compliant, and scalable.
• Collaborate with regional product and sales teams to drive global adoption and market penetration.

Product Discovery & Definition

• Lead discovery sessions with internal and external stakeholders to understand pain points, regulatory requirements, and technical constraints.
• Define product requirements, including functional, non-functional, and compliance needs.
• Develop high-level product architecture and user flows in collaboration with Technology and Architecture teams.

Execution & Delivery

• Own and manage the product backlog, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities.
• Partner with engineering to deliver features via Agile methodologies (SAFe & Scrum).
• Facilitate grooming sessions, sprint planning, demos, and retrospectives.
• Oversee user acceptance testing, go-to-market readiness, and post-launch performance tracking.

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal partners (sales, operations, risk, compliance, marketing) and external clients.
• Deliver clear, impactful communications to audiences ranging from developers to executives.
• Represent Visa Direct in client conversations, industry events, and cross-functional working groups.

Operational Excellence

• Ensure Visa Direct solutions meet Visa's performance, scalability, and security standards.
• Monitor KPIs and OKRs to measure adoption, revenue impact, and customer satisfaction.
• Drive continuous improvement through data analysis, customer feedback, and market insights.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in product management, preferably in payments, faster payments, or financial technology.
• Proven track record of delivering innovative, customer-focused products from concept to launch.
• Strong knowledge of payment flows, cross-border transactions, and real-time payment systems.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies, SAFe or Scrum certification preferred.
• Proficiency in product management tools such as JIRA, Jira Align, and Figma.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to influence across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills and experience using data to drive product decisions.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, matrixed environment while managing multiple priorities.

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.

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