Senior Manager, Finance AI Acceleration Office

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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.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale - tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.

Join Visa and do work that matters - to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.

Visa is seeking a passionate, authentic, and execution-oriented professional to join the Finance AI Acceleration Office as a Senior Manager, reporting to a Senior Director within Finance. The FAAO is responsible for accelerating the adoption and scaling of AI across Finance, embedding AI into everyday work, enabling productivity and decision improvements, and supporting the transformation of core Finance processes in a secure and governed manner.

This role will play a hands‑on leadership role in driving AI initiatives from concept through delivery, partnering closely with Finance, Technology, and Transformation teams to translate business needs into scalable AI solutions. The Senior Manager will help operationalize Finance's AI strategy by managing a portfolio of AI initiatives, supporting citizen‑led innovation, and enabling the transition of proven use cases into enterprise‑grade solutions aligned with Finance priorities.

The Finance AI Acceleration Office works closely with Finance Systems Strategy, Technology, and the broader Finance Velocity Office to ensure AI solutions are thoughtfully designed, effectively delivered, and successfully adopted across Finance.

• Act as a Product Owner for select AI use cases, defining vision, roadmap, and prioritized backlog aligned to Finance priorities.
• Own end‑to‑end product lifecycle, ensuring clear requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria that drive effective delivery and measurable outcomes.
• Partner with stakeholders and Technology teams to continuously refine product direction based on user feedback, performance metrics, and evolving business needs.

• Support execution of the Finance AI roadmap by managing a portfolio of AI initiatives aligned to Finance priorities.
• Drive delivery of AI use cases from intake and prioritization through design, build, testing, and launch.
• Partner with Finance stakeholders to translate business problems into clear AI use cases with defined scope, success metrics, and expected benefits.

• Support development of business cases, value assessments, and leadership materials to enable prioritization and investment decisions.
• Manage day‑to‑day execution of multiple AI work streams, including plans, timelines, risks, dependencies, and delivery of artifacts.
• Track progress and outcomes of AI initiatives, including adoption, productivity impact, and realized benefits.

• Work closely with Technology partners to coordinate development, integrations, enhancements, and ongoing support.
• Act as a connector between Finance teams, AI product owners, and Technology delivery teams to ensure alignment and momentum.
• Facilitate working sessions, design reviews, and stakeholder checkpoints to drive clarity and execution.

• Apply established AI governance standards, architecture guidelines, and delivery guardrails to Finance AI initiatives.
• Support intake, triage, and review processes to ensure AI efforts are aligned with enterprise standards and Finance strategy.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of AI operating processes, templates, and playbooks.

This role is based in our Bay Area office locations (San Francisco or Foster City).

• 8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD

• 9 or more years of relevant work…