Product Manager, Visa Developer Platform

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

Digital Solutions team is responsible for wide range of digital payment ecosystem products for all types of partners: issuers, acquirers, merchants, PSP’s and fintech players.

What’s it all about?

Based in Kyiv (Ukraine), the Digital Solutions Product Manager for CISSEE role holder should focus on development and implementation of payment-related solutions for partners and clients of Visa, including but not limited to merchants, payments service providers (PsP), Wallet providers, Mobile Network Operators (MNO), FinTech companies and start-ups, Money Transfer operators, Cloud solution providers, bank host system vendors.

This client/partner experience-oriented role will be a combination of solutioning, technology architecture, hands on technical support and client/partner facing relationship. The role will require a deep working knowledge of payments API technology, card processing solutions and card operations. It will require leading complex solution discussions and will span multiple teams, projects, geographic locations, and time zones.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the day to management of Visa digital products. Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to define and achieve improvements to the product proposition, regulation, and construct.

• Build solid knowledge of the various Visa capabilities that can be bundled in turn-key solutions to accommodate client needs

• Be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the sub-region in the following areas: Visa Developer Platform (VDP) and Post payment solutions. Lead product management and program management activities.

• Drive commercialization of digital products in CIS&SEE including directly working with market teams and clients to identify leads, supporting client pitches, maintaining pipeline of opportunities, reporting to senior management on uptake and performance, and working with cross-functional teams to implement and promote product.

• Drive Digital VAS across in CIS&SEE: delivering, managing, and supporting sales engagement for a range of VAS services.

• Work closely with hub and global teams to develop new or enhance existing solutions ensuring that local client needs are heard and considered.

• Project Management: Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of mid-scale projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and meet quality standards.

• Manage financial business cases and revenue streams, deliver on team KPI’s and personal goals in his/her respective area.

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

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, technology, banking/economics or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in payments industry, digital or technology.
• A strong understanding of payments transaction processing and authentication landscape focusing on card not present environment.
• Strong domain knowledge & prior implementation experience in Digital Products & payment technology solutions (in at least three of six key areas: Mobile payments, API’s, eCommerce, Tokenization, P2P payments, Contactless/EMV Chip/NFC payments).
• Ability to communicate technical concepts in a clear and articulate fashion to both technical and non-technical audiences internally and externally, at varying management level. Board level meetings experience is a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, presentation and public speaking skills.
• Creative thinking and innovative solution development, an ability to translate product complexities into practical business solutions appropriate for Visa’s clients and partners.
• Solid interpersonal skills and an ability to drive consensus in cross regional and cross functional teams.
• Perfect time management skills and ability to achieve goals with minimal management oversight. Self-directed and motivated.
• Travel: the role holder must have the ability to travel from time to time (3-4 times in a year).
• Language Skills: fluent English, Russian and Ukrainian (verbal and written) are mandatory. Working knowledge of other CIS languages or Serbo-Croatian would be a plus.

Additional Information

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.