Director, Authorize.Net Product Management

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.

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Job Description

The Director, Authorize.Net Product Management, is responsible for the strategy, commercialization, and delivery of Authorize.Net products. 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. By working closely with Sales, Marketing, and other Product Managers across all Visa constituents, you will ensure the business fully supports the next generation of Authorize.Net product experience.

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.

Significant experience in delivering customer centric user experience and product strategy is a critical qualification, especially in the latest advances of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. They should have had ‘hands on’ experience developing, configuring, and commercializing payment or other similar 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 Director will be responsible for establishing and executing strategic payment solution initiatives with focus on applying latest AI technologies to further improve the overall merchant and partner experience. They will report on the overall Authorize.Net product development progress to senior executives. 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.  

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 AI enabled Authtorize.Net product experience serving SMB merchants, acquirers, and technology partners.

• Drive end-to-end product port