Senior Manager, Solution Architect

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.

Team Summary

Visa\'s Design and Architecture team in Asia Pacific (AP) is part of Visa\'s Product and Solutions function and is responsible for supporting digital solutions architecture across Visa\'s issuers, acquirers, group service providers, merchants, e-commerce enablers, wallet providers, IOT partners and third-party payment processors. The Solution Architecture team is responsible for working across cross-functional stakeholder teams both internally and with external clients to prioritize, define and drive the end-to-end product development lifecycle.

This is a great opportunity to be a member of a high-performing team, who wants to bring new, intuitive, and frictionless experiences to our customers.

What a Senior Manager, Solution Architecture does at Visa Apply a unique blend of leadership and tactical skills as well as a very strong understanding of business, technical and operational aspects of product management and development, with industry leading experience in the areas of payment card processing, network processing, e-commerce, mobile technology, digital payments, issuance, digital enablement, business user experience and adoption, research and analytics, and financial analysis. Write technical product requirements for the software development team and ensure that all requirements are met during the development phase and before going live. Manage technical product management functions including functional specs, roadmap, issue/risk management, and definition of success criteria for pilots. Conduct post project assessment and create recommendations to identify successful and unsuccessful product elements and continuous refining of tech solutions Proactively identify platform risks and consistently feed improvement, enhancements at various levels. Design technical interfaces required for developing use cases for Digital Payments, Data and Business solutions. Actively engage with Product, Technology and Client Service teams to ensure Visa Business Solutions products are successfully developed and business goals are supported in a cost effective, timely manner with a resulting high level of client satisfaction. Engage with clients to gain feedback on new product offerings for continuous improvements. Transition products and services, once developed, to core support and implementations teams to reach market scalability goals and define production support framework. Plan and conduct User Acceptance Testing with key stakeholders, bug bashes, and hackathons. Own and develop clear and concise product documentation detailing the pilot requirements and technical architecture. Provide updates and highlight any technical issues on weekly basis to the executive management. Manage multiple projects simultaneously and ensure on-time/quality delivery. Why this is important

The role is the subject matter expert and lead for all VBS development projects for Design and Architecture, and be dedicated to drive integrated program enablement for the Visa Business Solutions (VBS) team which brings payment solutions and associated services to emerging business verticals. The role holder will work closely with our customers, industry players and internal stakeholders to bring the best experiences and commercial solutions to market.

Projects you will be a part of:

Visa Business Solutions is poised for growth as we embark on initiatives to drive new flows through new digital solutions through specific vertical solutions including virtual cards, mobile capabilities, and other payment solutions. By working with our Issuers clients, partners, as well as both local and regional Visa teams, this role brings exciting opportunities for individuals looking for a challenging, innovative and fast-paced environment where solutions are bespoke, new and potentially groundbreaking. You will get a holistic experience across research, product development, partner engagement, commercialization and sales. The solutions you build will not be client specific but scaled for an entire vertical ecosystem in AP.

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

What you will need: Minimum 8-10 years of industry experience Strong payments domain knowledge to be able to design and architect solutions, develop new use cases for customers and have a strong understanding of technical integrations for payments platforms Experience as a solution architect for complex payment related use cases for large client partners, managing requirements of various payment players to build payment tie-ups and prescribing simple workflows to make more convenient and simpler Understanding of systems and processes coupled with analytical ability to solution architect complex projects involving interfaces between various systems within organization Ability to build and maintain strong business relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Bachelor\'s degree or equivalent What will also help: Expert knowledge of API technologies and systems used in payments, mobile and e-commerce, consumer authentication, 4-party payment model, authorization and clearing process, near field communication (NFC) and tokenization while keeping step with market developments Ability to partner with various teams to solution architect digital products offered through Visa Network and Visa Developer Platform (VDP). Experience providing consultative support to other teams for various Visa\'s digital offerings such as VTS, Loyalty Products, Business Solutions, Data Products & Risk Products. Please Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the evolving visa/travel restrictions in place, we are currently only able to extend offers to candidates with the right to work in Singapore. We are keeping the situation under close review and will adjust accordingly should the restrictive measures be lifted.

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. Visa

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