Sr. Director of Architecture - Payment Processing (Hybrid/Onsite)

Job Description

Company Description

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.

Job Description

This position reports to the VP of Payment Products Development Architecture and Consulting and is responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of a sub-set of the Architecture team.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide inspirational leadership and technical guidance to the architecture team
• Mentor staff members to help them gain knowledge and achieve their career goals
• Maintain staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees, maintaining a safe, secure, and legal work environment, developing personal growth opportunities
• Partner with application developers, architects, engineers, and various groups supporting Payment Products Development systems and interfacing applications to drive new initiatives
• Serves as liaison between the various organizational entities and builds relationships with members of these organizations
• Keep senior management informed of progress and any obstacles impeding the successful architecture, implementation of projects and other departmental activities thru status reports, presentations, etc.
• Demonstrate business acumen to work effectively with all levels of the organization to achieve key business and technology goals
• Develop vision, strategies and roadmaps to meet business objectives with existing or emerging technologies by partnering with Product stakeholders
• Contribute to the organizational development of the Architecture team including setting the vision, charter, goals and processes to encourage continual improvement
• Foster innovation and leverage new technologies
• Apply creative thinking/approach to determine technical solutions that further business goals and align with corporate technology strategies, keeping in mind security, performance, reliability, scalability, usability, flexibility, and cost
• Provide resource plans, budget tracking and forecasting. Manage the team to achieve target scope, schedule and cost objectives
• Instill best practices for software / systems architecture and documentation, assure conceptual approaches
• Meet requirements, and deliver high-quality work on tight schedules
• Operational Excellence: monitoring & operation of production services including understanding user experience and ensuring happy customers through partnering with your product support team
• Career management and development of direct reports

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.

Qualifications

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 in the payments or information technology industry
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
• Deep technical and business knowledge of VisaNet, payments processing, the payments industry and emerging trends
• Expert in the payment business and products and services provided by VisaNet
• Understanding of the various regulatory environment(s) that guide Visa’s entry into various domestic markets
• Demonstrable experience with architecting solutions for highly scalable, highly available systems
• Excellent communication skills including a proven track record of producing artifacts for senior and executive audiences using MS Word, MS PowerPoint, Visio
• Ability to manage constantly changing priorities, whilst still guiding staff toward producing high quality deliverables - multi-tasking essential to handle multiple priorities with minimal direction from management
• Proven leadership capabilities with a record of exceeding expectations with respect to the how portion of the Visa Leadership Principles
COLORADO APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position in Colorado is 144100 USD to 198100 USD. Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position is eligible for annual bonus and equity.
Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position is eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.

Additional Information

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.