Sr Director, Stablecoin Labs

Location: New York

About Us
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.

Job Description

This role sits within the Stablecoin Product team in the Commercial & Money Movement organization, driving the next generation ofstablecoin enabled products and customer propositions. The position focuses on shapinglong-term strategy, exploring emerging opportunities across Web3 and digital assets, and advancing innovation that fuels the future of Commercial & Money Movementsolutions. As part of ahigh-impactteamoperatingat the intersection ofnewtechnologyand legacy operations, this role helps define how stablecoinscan transform customer experienceswithmoving money andunlocknew value for clients and partners.

Opportunity Assessment
Develop and own the CMS Web3/stablecoin innovation roadmap and backlog.

Identify and lead discovery initiatives focused onfuture-lookingopportunities across CMS.Shape initiatives arounduse casesidentifiedthrough independent research and relationships with customers, sales, and industry partners.

Produce executive-friendlysummarize with recommendations on how to addressnew opportunities, including perspectives onoverallmarketopportunities, commercial models,revenue sizing,technicalflowsand feasibilityagainst a build/partner framework.

Proof of Concepts
Design proofs-of-concepts including success criteria and delivery plan.

Take an iterative, customer-centricapproach with customers and partners, such as by launching a formal co-design workstream.

Guideearly stageproduct experimentation, from ideation through validation.

Where needed,identify and formpartnerships to generate insights,validateconcepts, and run test commercials.

Track and deliver innovation outcomes, includingproofs-of-concept (POC) launches, patent filings, and engagement funnel growth.

Scalable Solution Design
Following delivery ofproofs-of-concept (POCs), evaluate performance andmanage transitions to domain experts for scaled execution.

Articulate commercial case against scaled execution balancing needed investment and time to revenue

Thought leadership
Facilitate high-impact presentations, group decisions andparticipateon panels covering innovationroadmaps and proofs-of-conceptsin internal and external forums

Feed into marketing and communications roadmap, including producing written thought leadership pieces, blog posts, and social media content

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.
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 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
15+ years of experience in product management, payments, fintech, or related fields.

Experience with B2B payments, stable coins, digital assets, blockchain, ormoney movementinfrastructure.

Demonstrated ability to drive cross functionalproduct development from0 1, including defining requirements, navigating ambiguity, and bringing new capabilities to market.

Proven track recordof leadinggo-to-market execution across regions and partner ecosystems.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to break down complex technical and regulatory concepts.

Excellent communication,executive levelstorytelling, and stakeholder management abilities.

Experienceoperatinginfast paced, matrixed global organizations with multiplecrossfunctionalpartners (Product, Engineering, Risk, Legal, Compliance, Regions).Ability to balance strategic thinking withhandsondelivery and execution.

High degree of comfort with emerging technologies, experimentation, and navigating evolving regulatory landscapes.

Deep familiarity with stablecoin mechanics (reserve models, custody, mint/burn flows, settlement models).Experience working with wallet providers, stablecoin issuers, payment processors, or on/offramp partners.

Understanding of Visa, Visa Direct,and commercial card ecosystems.

Experience designing or launching programmable money, tokenized value, orreal-timepayment solutions.

Prior ownership of commercialization orrevenue-drivingresponsibilities.

Ability to develop clear frameworks and prioritize…