Global Product Portfolio Strategy & Operations, Sr Manager

Position Summary

The Global Product organization delivers the holistic product strategy for Visa and accelerates the seamless delivery of our products into markets. We are at the core of Visa’s overall vision to be the best way to pay and be paid for everyone, everywhere. We are fueled by a diverse team of talented team-members who continuously raise the bar on delivering best-in-class products and services to people all over the world.

The Global Portfolio Operations team is accountable for driving transparent and consistent portfolio management practices to ensure the highest impact investments are prioritized.

We are seeking a team player, self-starter who enjoys solving problems, using data to drive insights and make sound recommendations, influencing stakeholders to bring consistency and alignment, and who wants to successfully impact the future growth of Visa.

Job Description

The role will support the Senior Director of Global Product Operations Strategy & Planning across a range of strategy, operations, and planning activities. Time spent on these areas will shift based on business needs. The Strategy Senior Manager will own workstreams of key strategic and program management initiatives (e.g., long-range strategy development, portfolio diagnostics, executive leadership forums) and ensure the Consumer Product, Data & Platform (CPDP) leadership team is equipped with the data and insights to meet growth imperatives.

Strong candidates are versatile team players who learn fast, have high EQ and IQ, and carry a demonstrated record of driving workstreams while managing a multitude of senior stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will be a structured, critical thinker with excellent communication skills and attention to detail. S/he can make the complex simple.

Experience in portfolio management, product development/management, management consulting, or business strategy/operations is a plus.

S/he is thoughtful, curious, and analytical with a desire to make an impact. Experience in today’s complex, global payments ecosystem is a foundational aspect of the role.

Example expectations of the role but not limited to:

• Guide the CPDP strategic planning process, ensuring alignment with the company's mission and objectives
• Lead workstreams / projects related to multi-year strategy development to achieve Visa 2030 and product and technology transformation
• Structure and solve business problems, collaborating with a range of internal stakeholders to make recommendations on issues with far-reaching business impact
• Communicate recommendations to senior management, other executive, functional, or regional teams and management in a clear, concise, and impactful way
• Support CPDP senior leadership team by developing thought leadership for internal executive meetings / forums
• Manage day-to-day project and team activities to meet milestones and timelines, while reporting on the progress of strategic initiatives to senior leadership
• Proactively manage upwards to pre-empt critical business opportunities and challenges
• Collaborate with key stakeholders across Product, Technology, Strategy and Finance global and regional teams to ensure proper execution of quarterly planning, manage product portfolio funding processes, and improve visibility into product portfolios for better decision-making.
• Drive collaboration and alignment between key stakeholders to enhance discussions on portfolio health and develop data-driven insights to help teams continuously re-prioritize investments and generate productivity improvements.
• Focus on maximizing return on portfolio investments and accelerating Visa's growth towards 2030 strategy by understanding portfolio investment data and driving new insights for leadership.

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