Sr. Manager, Software Engineering

Visa Technology Organization Leadership Opportunity

Visa's Technology Organization is a community of problem solvers and innovators reshaping the future of commerce. We operate the world's most sophisticated processing networks capable of handling more than 65k secure transactions a second across 80M merchants, 15k Financial Institutions, and billions of everyday people. While working with us you'll get to work on complex distributed systems and solve massive scale problems centered on new payment flows, business and data solutions, cyber security, and B2C platforms.

Visa is rapidly expanding our Value Added Services (VAS) product portfolio globally, and the VAS Architecture and Platform organization sits at the intersection of numerous technologies, platforms, and solutions that enable this growth.

Bellevue is a key technology hub for Visa, driving innovation, generative AI, and platform modernization initiatives. As the organizational lead for this site, you will oversee diverse engineering teams, guiding them as they deliver results for their respective product partners. Your teams will participate in complex multi-stakeholder initiatives where innovative integration patterns and emerging technologies are leveraged to enhance functionality and deliver greater value to the market.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a dynamic and innovative leader with a proven track record of delivering modern, large-scale, and complex services and products powered by transformative technologies. The ideal candidate excels at leading through influence, inspiring high-performing and diverse technical teams at all levels of the organization. You will drive to success by fostering strong collaboration with product teams to achieve ambitious business goals.

In this role, you will provide hands-on technical leadership for multiple development teams, focusing on defining, executing, and delivering both functional and non-functional features on a scale. You will cultivate a culture of cross-functional collaboration and engineering excellence, championing new ideas and introducing industry best practices to benefit both the team and the broader organization. This position requires balancing business needs and innovative solutions with operational excellence, all while adhering to regulatory, security, and privacy standards.

You will be expected to rapidly evaluate and integrate new ideas and technologies from internal and external sources, aligning them with emerging business opportunities. By doing so, you will help build a culture of innovation and a relentless drive for excellence.

We are looking for a proven technology innovation leader with exceptional communication and organizational skills to drive both immediate modernization and the definition of long-term strategic solutions. Expertise in agile delivery, building purpose-driven teams, and managing complex integration projects involving multiple internal applications and third-party solutions is critical. Experience with Generative AI and Machine Learning is essential. Prior background in payments and AI is a strong plus.

The successful candidate will thrive in the dynamic payments space and be comfortable leading global teams responsible for platform transformation. You will play a pivotal role in expanding our VAS solutions footprint, exploring new paths to revenue by building modular, open solutions that will scale with our business.

Essential Functions:

• Innovation and Technology Leadership:
• Spearhead the design, development, and implementation of innovative technologies and solutions, including generative AI and modern integration patterns.
• Foster a culture of innovation by encouraging experimentation, knowledge sharing, and the adoption of emerging technologies within the engineering team.
• Champion the design and development of APIs that integrate Value-Added Services applications, platforms, and solutions to drive incremental business value.
• Strategic Vision and Execution:
• Develop and execute a strategic vision for the VAS platform that aligns with Visa's business goals and market opportunities.
• Identify new market opportunities and enhance existing products to support business growth and platform modernization.
• Lead the execution of the product modernization roadmap, ensuring scalability, reliability, and alignment with industry best practices.
• Engineering and Operational Excellence:
• Own the end-to-end software development lifecycle, ensuring timely delivery of quality, secure, and high-performing solutions with significant business impact.
• Promote engineering excellence by driving best practices in quality, security, performance, scalability, and resilience.
• Manage technical debt, optimize development costs, and oversee the prioritization and delivery of enhancements and maintenance activities for multiple services.
• Drive automation in software development, testing, and deployment processes to enhance productivity and time-to-market.
• Ensure effective incident, change, and problem…