Head of Product and Solutions

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across 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.

When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging - where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world - helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.

**Join Visa: A Network Working for Everyone.**

**Job Description**:
**What's it all about?**

This role will be a unique combination of leadership, strategic, vision, business development, technology architecture, hands-on (technical) support and client facing relationship management skills.

This role will also use client feedback and experiences to decrease time-to-value for clients through automation, identify new Products and APIs needed/wanted by the market, and enhance the usability of Visa’s broad product & solutions suite. Internally, this role will provide expert advice to the FBL leadership team on all aspects related to Product, including strategy, commercialisation optimisation, prioritization, and ecosystem risks and opportunities.

**What we expect of you, day to day...**
- Lead the FBL (France, Belgium, Luxembourg) Product and Solutions Organization and align team around the Product vision and market priorities and needs. Be responsible for the Product Roadmap in market, for products developed globally and locally
- P&L owner for FBL Product revenues - ability to think strategically around the ‘big picture’ and make priority calls (focussing on ‘needle movers’)
- Support sales and technical integration process, work with business development team towards converting priority clients to Visa product adoption
- Assist clients with developing POCs and prototypes to help them understand the adoption of Visa products and services
- Create solutions designs to meet customer’s business and technology needs
- Experience of managing large teams and a track record of promoting and developing people in the team

**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 two days a week, Tuesdays and Wednesdays with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% of the time based on business needs.**

**Qualifications**:
What we're after?
- Deep knowledge and passion around emerging payments technologies and their potential to change commerce. Think like, communicate with, and inspire business leaders and developers to build their new products using Visa Products and Solutions.
- Experience of managing global stakeholders and managing global/pan European projects.
- Someone who keeps abreast of payment technology developments, market trends and tracks competitive landscape
- A highly collaborative individual, bringing a structured problem-solving approach to client engagements and documentation, employing solutioning, moderation and facilitation skills.
- The ability to combine aspects of the business and commercialisation with technical ability.
- Strong technical lead experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
- Experienced with Agile development
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science or related technical discipline or commensurate work experience is required.
- Outstanding verbal, written, presentation, facilitation, and interaction skills.
- A high level of relevant client facing (technical) work experience. Financial services and/or payments industry experience is a plus.
- Knowledge of French beneficial but not essential

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.