Senior Product Manager, Merchant Data Platform

Visa Visa · Fintech · Foster City, CA

Senior Product Manager for Visa's global, next-generation Merchant Data Platform. The role involves developing product strategies, implementing technological processes, managing roadmaps, and leading cross-functional teams to launch new products and experiences at the intersection of payments and technology. While the role mentions experience with GenAI LLMs and validating GenAI/ML outputs as preferred, the core function is product management for a data platform, not direct AI/ML development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop and implement product strategies consistent with client needs and company vision
  2. Partner with clients throughout the payment ecosystem to develop product strategy and co-create solutions
  3. Ensure product vision and requirements are designed with scalability and long-term vision in mind
  4. Conceptualize, develop and launch new products & experiences at the intersection payment and technology
  5. Lead cross-functional team across research, design and development to design, test and pilot products

Skills

Required

  • 8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD
  • Strong product development skills
  • Excellent communication skills and executive presence
  • Aptitude to collaborate with engineering teams
  • Highly execution focused
  • Ability to think creatively to solve problems
  • Organizational and leadership abilities to influence, negotiate and drive results

Nice to have

  • Background in data and platform engineering with recent experience creating training/labelling data, prompt engineering, working with large language models (GenAI LLMs) and machine learning and validating GenAI/ML outputs with internal and external stakeholders
  • Experience with point of interest (POI) data and/or geospatial mapping products and data products
  • Sound understanding of payment technology, risk and fraud management, other ecosystem requirements
  • Experience in the payments industry (e.g. payment processing, acquiring, payment technology provider, payment brand etc.)
  • Experience in technical or business product management (business case development to P&L management)
  • Experience with design thinking product development methodology preferred
  • Experience working with external partners in collaborative development
  • Knowledge in mobile, web and IoT application development and experience design