Sr Director, Stablecoin Labs

Visa Visa · Fintech · New York, NY +1

This role is for a Sr. Director of Stablecoin Labs within Visa's Commercial & Money Movement organization. The primary focus is on shaping long-term strategy, exploring opportunities in Web3 and digital assets, and driving innovation for stablecoin-enabled products. Responsibilities include developing innovation roadmaps, identifying and leading discovery initiatives, producing executive summaries with recommendations, designing and guiding proofs-of-concept, and managing transitions to scaled execution. The role also involves thought leadership and facilitating presentations.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop and own the CMS Web3/stablecoin innovation roadmap and backlog.
  2. Identify and lead discovery initiatives focused on future-looking opportunities across CMS.
  3. Produce executive-friendly summarize with recommendations on how to address new opportunities, including perspectives on overall market opportunities, commercial models, revenue sizing, technical flows and feasibility against a build/partner framework.
  4. Design proofs-of-concepts including success criteria and delivery plan.
  5. Following delivery of proofs-of-concept (POC), evaluate performance and manage transitions to domain experts for scaled execution.

Skills

Required

  • Product management
  • payments
  • fintech
  • B2B payments
  • stablecoins
  • digital assets
  • blockchain
  • money movement infrastructure
  • cross functional product development
  • go-to-market execution
  • analytical and problem-solving skills
  • executive level storytelling
  • stakeholder management
  • emerging technologies
  • evolving regulatory landscapes
  • stablecoin mechanics
  • wallet providers
  • stablecoin issuers
  • payment processors
  • on/offramp partners
  • programmable money
  • tokenized value
  • real-time payment solutions
  • commercialization
  • revenue-driving responsibilities
  • strategic thinking
  • hands on delivery and execution

Nice to have

  • Visa Direct
  • commercial card ecosystems
  • understanding of Visa

What the JD emphasized

  • 15+ years of experience in product management, payments, fintech, or related fields.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive cross functional product development from 0 → 1, including defining requirements, navigating ambiguity, and bringing new capabilities to market.
  • Proven track record of leading go-to-market execution across regions and partner ecosystems.
  • High degree of comfort with emerging technologies, experimentation, and navigating evolving regulatory landscapes.
  • Deep familiarity with stablecoin mechanics (reserve models, custody, mint/burn flows, settlement models).