Solution Architect Manager (Acquiring and Token Solutions)

Job Description

Visa is creating products and solutions to enable merchants to accept card payments with minimal investments. Visa also has a suite of products which protects consumer’s credentials.

We are looking for a Manager within our Solutions Architecture team who is able to work with external clients to create solutions which enable wider card acceptance and ensure data security . The candidate should be able to lead commercialization and technical solution sessions with Visa partners and clients and provide expert advice to clients’ business leaders and partners who want to use Visa’s acquiring and token solutions.

The candidate will direct the partners/clients’ technology teams on solution design and lead deep-dive sessions to define message flows. In addition, he/she must be highly collaborative, bring a structured approach to client engagement and documentation, employ moderation and facilitation skills, have a passion for payments, and have an ability to communicate complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences. The role will require leading complex solution discussions and will span multiple teams, projects, geographic locations, and time zones

Visa is looking for self-starters that are thought leaders with a proven track-record of success in fast-paced payments technology environments with demanding timelines.

• Be the ultimate Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Visa’s card present acquiring solutions
• Lead design discussion and as well as deep dive workshops with partners/clients to drive adoption of acquiring and token products
• Drive project implementation with support from sub-regional client facing teams
• Ensure implementation by clients adhere minimum acceptable requirements and product strategy and
• Perform periodic reviews of live solutions to ensure compliance to Visa’s product and security requirements
• Gather industry knowledge and provide thought leadership on related areas
• Work closely with a cross functional team for defining solution and driving implementation to ensure successful outcome
• Coordinate resolution of issues by engaging support and engineering teams
• Design new solutions and improve current solutions in partnership with the regional and global product team
• Manage project pipeline, prioritization and driving client engagements
• Track progress on implementations and act as first line of support for product related issues
• Stay abreast of trends in the payments, technology, business, identifying implications for Visa’s Product & Solutions strategy and our clients businesses
• Adopt human-centered design thinking around how Visa can improve its customer experience across Visa’s product and solutions sets
• Manage through influence, but without direct management authority
• Embrace teamwork while promoting a culture of openness and flexibility

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree with an aptitude and passion for technology
• Must have hands-on experience on Web technologies, APIs integrations and information security
• Must have experience of card payments acquiring, both Card Not Present as well as Card Present
• Knowledge of Point of sale terminals and terminal management systems
• Knowledge of payment card chip technology and contactless transactions
• Knowledge of payment card tokenization technologies
• Knowledge of PCI standards
• Ability to get hands-on with technology teams and deep-dive into solution architecture with external clients
• Ability to express complex solutions in a simple way to business team and in technical details to technology teams.
• Eagerness and self starting approach and an entrepreneurial mindset
• Problem-solving, organizational, analytical, and critical thinking skills
• Experience with project and stakeholder management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.