Director, Technical Product Management

Visa gives people everywhere the ability to take action and to make the most out of their lives every day.

The Technical Product Development Manager in DPMD will be responsible for managing the product development lifecycle for Visa's Digital and Mobile product and service offerings. This is an individual contributor role that works with cross functional teams spanning multiple product and technology disciplines. Successful candidates will be highly adaptable, possess strong interpersonal and organizational skills and able to effectively manage multiple work streams.

* Management of development functions including business requirements elaboration, systems and process flow analysis, meeting critical milestones and deliverables that are time and scope boxed * Heavy collaboration across business and technology organization, providing sound business analysis, process and change leadership within a maturing, hybrid (Agile/Waterfall) PDLC framework * Working with limited direction, usually within a complex and evolving environment, to drive delivery of solutions while influencing cultural change * Provide thought leadership and recommendations to management based on best practices and experience working in a global and diverse environment. * Communicate effectively and proactively with management ideas and recommendations for optimizing business operations, resources and fixed capacity * Proven ability to define needs, develop plans, coordinate resources and implement action plans. * Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and to resolve scheduling and other conflicts in order to meet all deadlines. * Provide guidance to technology groups in their development of design artifacts and Quality Assurance test plans * Plan and conduct User Acceptance Testing with key stakeholders * Continually evaluate product capabilities and provide guidance to product roadmap and strategy

* ?8 or more years of relevant experience in product development (PDLC) and management * Domain expertise in end-to-end management and support of large scale product development efforts; overseeing multiple products/work streams in various stages of product lifecycle; tracking, alignment and staging of work around numerous dependencies * High degree of business acumen and technical competency; ability to balance and bridge technology and business needs; project and program management * Ability to lead through organizational change and ambiguity * Strong business analytical skills to develop technical and functional requirements, use cases, user story maps and other related artifacts. * Experience in reviewing technical solution design and evaluation to ensure it meets business requirements and long term product goals. * Reputation for being a collaborative thought partner and business leader, skilled at establishing formal and informal networks within the company * Strong resource management skills with demonstrated ability to facilitate large scale planning, development and user acceptance testing efforts * Superior verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences. * Experience in working with agile lifecycle and/or tracking and process management tools, e.g. Rally, JIRA * Educational background in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent is highly desirable.