Sr. Director, Software Engineering

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 Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader Join us today and experience Life at Visa We are seeking a candidate with a demonstrated ability to lead by influence with a record of successfully delivering modern large-scale complex services and products with the highest levels of security and reliability This is accomplished by leading multiple large diverse technical teams at all levels and closely collaborate with program and product teams Your mission is to provide hands-on leadership to global Payment Processing teams and build a world-class team of engineers The focus is on defining executing and delivering functional and non-functional features at scale quickly and promoting a diverse culture of cross-functional collaboration and engineering excellence Be an idea leader and bring industry best practices to benefit the team and the wider organization The ability to synthesize and simplify complex needs including business capabilities and operational efficiencies while conforming to regulatory security and privacy requirements is required As a Senior Director Payment Processing in Acceptance Solutions you will pave the way for our most important asset our engineering teams to deliver amazing features of the highest quality You will be working with colleagues who will help support and challenge you every day You will provide technical leadership foster innovation set engineering excellence standards and collaborate with business teams to develop cutting-edge products and solutions You will build the strategy for your teams to architect design and deliver the next wave of enterprise FinTech innovation If this sounds exciting we would love to chat and tell you more about our work culture and environment Be a part of our mission to shape the future of secure payments Essential Functions Drive the design implementation and deployment of secure reliable robust and interoperable products Provide leadership across the engineering organization to ensure solutions are built in alignment with platform principles and standards of six nines availability Define technical strategy for the payment processing platform that aligns with the product vision and accelerates innovation Drive strategic impact by delivering fit-for-purpose products with an accelerated time to market Leverage AI ML technologies in bringing productivity across the SDLC phases and develop innovative business solutions Partner with Product Regional teams on requirements and prioritization Influence product strategy and roadmap Lead a multi-disciplinary team of software developers data engineers AI ML experts test engineers release engineers Develop and nurture the engineering team by hiring critical talent driving retention motivating and mentoring staff and driving career growth for team members Build an inclusive team culture and a culture of ownership and accountability Ensure strong program management and governance practices for your team Forge strong partnerships with key stakeholders across Technology Business Role model Visa Leadership Principles VLPs This is a hybrid position Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager Qualifications Basic Qualifications 18 or more years of experience with a Bachelor s Degree or with an Advanced Degree 15 years of experience leading product development and delivery using multiple technologies - Java J2EE Spring Boot Angular JavaScript MySQL REST Maven Kubernetes VertX Kafka Hazelcast design patterns test automation frameworks Extensive experience in designing developing and deploying mission-critical scalable and secure distributed applications Good understanding and experience leading AI ML initiatives Broad experience and understanding of modern development on both on-prem and cloud platforms including the use of CI CD frameworks Strong experience with agile methodologies software development lifecycle principles Excel in partnering with Product leaders and technical product managers on requirements helping define joint product technology roadmaps driving prioritization Experience driving continuous improvements to processes tools for better developer efficiency and productivity Demonstrated ability to drive measurable improvements across engineering delivery and performance metrics Demonstrated success in leading high performing multi-disciplinary and geographically distributed engineering teams Demonstrated ability to hire develop and retain high-caliber talent Excellent problem solving and analytics skills Capable of forming and advocating an independent viewpoint Must demonstrate longer-term strategic thinking and staying abreast with latest technologies Highly driven resourceful and results-oriented Strong collaboration and effective communication with focus on win-win outcomes Payments industry experience is preferred 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