Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in 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 while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

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Job Description

This role is for the strategy, commercialization, and delivery of Authorize.Net products.  The key objective of this role is to drive E2E client service experience using the next generation of advanced technologies to delight the customers with the concept of 'help is always available' to our clients anytime and anywhere.  This individual will have a deep understanding of the product line, a knowledge of how its components interact with the rest of Visa solutions, and the competitive landscape in the overall SMB payment solutions to articulate the future vision of the products. 

The ideal candidate should have a passion for delivering the best product experience for the customers, demonstrate in-depth understanding of the overall SMB payment markets, and is technical savvy on latest payment and software technologies. They should be able to envision, design, test and deliver the appropriate customer-centric solutions that enable business growth for our clients. They should have a firm understanding of both the client (merchant) and consumer experience as it relates to the end to end payment solution space. Having a viewpoint that is built upon a solid understanding of how payment solutions and consumer expectations for online payments have evolved over the last decade will be central to their ability to succeed.

Past experience in delivering customer centric user experience and product strategy is a critical qualification. They should have had ‘hands on’ experience developing, configuring and commercializing payment solutions that are designed for the SMB markets. The candidate must be a creative problem solver who works well in a highly collaborative environment, can bring structure to ideation teams, and has an ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the organization. The candidate must be able to demonstrate specific payment product expertise to both internal and external clients. Experience working with technical and product development teams in an agile environment will also be critical to achieving their goals.

The Senior Product Manager will be responsible for establishing and executing strategic payment solution initiatives. They will report on the overall Authorize.Net product development progress to leadership teams. They will also represent Authorize.Net directly with merchants and partners in strategic sales situations. They will ensure that the product vision, strategy and roadmaps are closely aligned and well-articulated to customers, prospects and partners, as well as internally within Visa.  

As a senior product manager, the candidate must have a proven history of managing a successful launch of a new product through phases of a product’s lifecycle – from concept through management and ultimately sunset- is essential. In addition to real-world experience and instinct, they should have the ability to leverage well-structured empirical models and financial artifacts to support their business plans and strategy.

Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build great relationships generate consensus and promote excitement and enthusiasm while bridging fraud initiatives and client priorities are critical qualities for success. This person will focus on working not only internally to deliver breakthrough results, but also externally evangelizing those results to the global marketplace. Above all, this person must intrinsically be a champion for Authorize.Net products and promote usage within the company and to global clients. This position may require occasional travel to client sites and Visa locations around the globe.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the product delivery for Authtorize.Net products serving SMB merchants, acquirers, and technology partners.
• Drive end-to-end product portfolio management including synthesizing market needs, product vision and strategy, roadmap creation, communication, and customer enablement.
• Partner with technical leadership and product development teams in delivering new feature functionality to market.
• Prioritize, plan and oversee new product introduction initiatives that support the business strategy and enable growth.
• Manage product investment budgets and forecasts. Lead continuous product planning and portfolio management in support of global business strategy and operations.
• Collaborate with global and regional leadership, as well as sales and business development functions to define go-to-market strategies and develop integrated global roadmaps.
• Actively contribute to the vision for the future of the Acceptance Platform product portfolio and inspire customers, partners and employees.
• Represent the business and product management in client engagements and industry events. Evangelize the value and differentiation of Payment Analytics and the broader Acceptance platform product portfolio within the payments ecosystem.

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 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
• 5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at
least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA,
JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications:
• 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 4 or more
years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD,
MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
• Experience evangelizing, marketing and commercializing products at scale.
• Specific industry experience in digital commerce and with responsibility for
managing products including distribution across a variety of devices and
implementation methods.
• Understanding payments landscape and ability to translate product strategy
into executable plans.
• Exceedingly strong passion for shipping customer centric products
• Confident public speaker, experienced in media engagement and social
platform vehicles
• Able to build relationships and gain exposure to internal and external client
leadership teams through demonstrating key domain expertise.
• In-depth knowledge of Authorize.Net or similar products with the ability to
identify potential synergies gained through partnership offerings, or market
gaps.

Additional Information

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.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 124,700.00 to 180,650.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.