Sr. Director

Job 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.

With data being the fuel that drives our future, the Global Data Office coordinates high‑impact, complex, company‑wide projects related to data business strategy, critical investments, policy development, and marketplace execution. Working closely with the Chief Privacy Officer, the Technology organization, the wider data community, and all Visa global lines of business, this office is evolving Visa’s data‑related work with momentum and enthusiasm.

This role supports the Vice President of Infrastructure, Data Engineering, and Business Intelligence within the Global Data Office. Key duties include developing comprehensive data strategies and implementing advanced technological processes. The position requires close collaboration with senior leaders across various departments to ensure alignment and integration of data management practices throughout the organization.

Responsibilities also encompass the establishment and enhancement of robust data management practices, leveraging skills in product management, platform development, and stakeholder management. The role offers significant opportunities for professional growth and the application of expertise in these critical areas. It is expected that the individual will contribute meaningfully to the strategic objectives of the Global Data Office by fostering innovation, ensuring data integrity, and driving efficient data utilization across the enterprise.

• Define, architect, and execute global merchant data strategy for Visa. These typically relate to scaling data products and solutions at Visa that utilize this data.
• Manage a team of product managers, data analysts and process managers to deliver on the target architecture for merchant data.
• Lay out the vision and strategy for each aspect of merchant data starting from data ingestion, acquisition, platforms and publishing.
• Collaborate and influence senior leadership so that you directly impact company strategy and direction. Liaise with various stakeholders including product managers, marketing, data science, data engineering and technology teams.
• Evangelize technical approaches to data enrichment and publishing including data partnerships, data quality measurement and product‑led prioritization processes.
• Expose to Financial Services/Payments data analytics and ETL development. Desirable exposure to Marketing, Authorization, Fraud & Chargeback Analytics.
• Build and manage a team of talented product managers, process managers and data analysts.
• Experience working with technology and business teams on Data Governance, Data Quality and Data Architecture initiatives.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills needed to effectively communicate technical insights and recommendations with business customers and leadership team.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager. Visa requires at least 3 days in office; expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

• 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.

• 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.
• Degree in an analytical field such as computer science, statistics, finance, economics or adjacent areas.
• 5+ years of experience leading data management functions and related processes, like data engineers or data scientists.
• 1+ years of experience with cloud technologies.
• 5+ years of experience managing large, global and distributed teams to scope and deliver business outcomes preferably in a financial services…