Director, Software Engineering - Mainframe

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

We have an exciting role for Director based in Denver, CO who will lead Development resources working on multiple tiers of the Switching Application for VISA Issuer Processing. You will manage HP NonStop Developers for Debit and Risk team based in the US, where you will be responsible and accountable for the design, development, and support of the switching application enhancements. The team you manage will be responsible for delivering enhancements to existing capabilities and driving innovation with new capabilities. This position will have responsibility for day-to-day management of a team of up to 8 software developers and will work closely with resources across multiple teams including peer development groups, Product Development, PMO, and QA.  This position will report to the Sr. Director, Core Payment Processing Services Development based in Denver.

Responsibilities:
• Build and maintain a high performing team based in Denver by hiring and retaining the right talent in the right role
• Work collaboratively with peer development groups and QA to ensure target delivery dates are met
• Develop and empower direct reports to make appropriate technical decisions
• Demonstrate Visa’s core values and maintain a positive and open demeanor
• Foster a culture of teamwork, collaboration and mentoring
• Actively manage resources to maximize productivity and optimize cost in alignment with forecast models
• Partner with Product resources to identify clear business requirements
• Manage development resources primarily on the HP NonStop, by setting clear business and technical expectations
• Work collaboratively with a cross functional team of management, architecture and senior development staff based in the US, Bangalore and Singapore to develop broadly acceptable solutions.
• Set resource goals and delegate project work
• Identify process improvements and/or ineffective use of project hours and resources
• Generate innovative ideas, solutions, and opportunities to contribute to the Visa,  DPS service’s and project’s success
• Create management reports and make recommendations with regard to problem Identification and resolution
• Work with the management team, Operations and support, on day-to-day activities to ensure service excellence
• Ensure resource availability to support deployment activities in various environments
• Take complete responsibility of the full life cycle of projects assigned and oversee software release implementations when required

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Visa is not offering relocation assistance for this role.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications
•10+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 13+ years of
relevant work experience
•Prior technical development experience working with HP NonStop applications
required.
•Prior experience working in the Payments/Financial Services sector in a
technical and lead/management role required

Preferred Qualifications
•12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 8-10 years of
experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years
of work experience with a PhD
•Bachelor's degree in an Engineering or Technical field or equivalent experience
required
•Minimum of 8 years of experience in a software development or related role
•Minimum of 7 years of experience in a Technical Management/Lead role
•Minimum 7 years of prior experience working with a Connex Advantage and/or
Base24 based Switching Application in a technical or lead/resource manager
role required
•Attention to detail with good organizational capabilities
•Ability to prioritize with good time management skills
•Strong analytical, problem determination and customer relations skills
•Strong and effective communication skills (both written and verbal) and the
ability to present complex ideas in a clear, concise way
•Collaborative, team oriented style
•Strong business skills, industry knowledge, financial management and planning
skills, long