Sr. Director, Portfolio Manager

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

As a Sr. Director/Portfolio Manager at our organization, you will be at the helm of a specialized cross-functional team that supports our global strategic clients. This role is execution-focused and requires strong advocacy for our partners while overseeing product development and influencing product roadmaps within the broader organization. Sr. Directors/Portfolio Managers play a pivotal role in collaborating with sales, relationship management, program management, product owners, and technology development teams. They are responsible for bringing innovative payment solutions to the market to differentiate our strategic partners, drive our sustained revenue growth, and extend our product offerings to enhance customer value and reinforce overall account relationships. In this role, your primary responsibility will be to partner with global, marquee enterprise clients. You will need to deeply understand clients' needs to facilitate the delivery of payment-related solutions that further their strategic objectives. This role requires strong client advocacy and an execution-focused mindset while overseeing product development and influencing product roadmaps within the broader organization. Working closely with sales, relationship management, technology, and delivery teams, Sr. Directors/Portfolio Managers are instrumental in bringing innovative payment solutions to market. These solutions help differentiate our enterprise clients, enable sustained revenue growth, extend core product/service offerings, increase customer value, and strengthen overall client relationships. Success in this role requires industry-leading expertise in understanding and explaining the evolving payment ecosystem, product development and delivery, as well as partner advocacy and management. Strong business development, product development, and relationship management skills are essential. 

Responsibilities

- Establish authority and senior thought leadership within and outside the organization in strategic functions or disciplines. 

- Provide technical or functional leadership, consulting on complex issues with broad technical or strategic implications for the function or region. 

- Lead and manage multidisciplinary projects or initiatives, taking charge of a broad functional area, product group, or service area. 

- Influence strategies to address internal or external business and regulatory issues, executing functional business plans and contributing to the development of functional strategies. 

- Provide leadership to managers and/or senior professional staff and take accountability for large-scale projects. Decisions made will significantly impact a sub-function or department, guiding the functional or technical direction on key issues. 

- Proactively identify and solve complex problems impacting the management and direction of the business, leveraging significant functional and industry experience and expertise. 

- Act as a subject matter expert in multiple specific skill sets, business areas, or products. 

- Lead and direct the portfolio of projects strategically, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives. 

- Oversee the execution of the portfolio lifecycle, ensuring successful delivery of projects in line with strategic objectives. 

- Take accountability for comprehensive portfolio management support, including developing and managing project plans, timelines, governance plans, reporting, and budgets. 

- Lead client interactions, defining, committing, and delivering required functionality for their Go-To-Market plans. 

- Develop and manage the portfolio backlog, prioritizing projects based on business needs and strategic fit. 

- Lead strategic planning activities and facilitate high-level project meetings, ensuring the team delivers high-quality deliverables on time. 

- Establish and manage client expectations throughout the project lifecycle, following defined scope management processe