The Global Data Team With data and AI being the fuel that drives our future - our strategies, policies, and business successes around data will define our future growth prospects. Unlocking the value available through the innovative use of data and AI/Machine Learning on behalf of consumers, businesses, and communities is key to our future. We at Visa have a bold vision to continue to grow and accelerate our data and AI/ML-related businesses and capabilities.
Led by Visa s Chief Data Officer, the Global Data Office coordinates high-impact, complex, company-wide projects related to the enterprise s data and AI business strategy, platforms and products, solutions, as well as our policy and governance. Working closely with Visa s Chief Privacy Officer, the Technology organization, the wider data community, and the full set of Visa s global lines of business, the Global Data Team is evolving Visa s data-related work with momentum and enthusiasm. Driven by its commitment to trusted use of data, Visa is seeking enthusiastic leaders who are change-agents and passionate about the future of data around the world.
About the role
- You will be a hands-on technical lead and senior individual contributor in BI Engineering within Visa s Global Data organization, reporting to the Lead, Data Insights Studio.
- You will operate from our Global Shared Services hub in Bengaluru, partnering with internal analytics teams to deliver high-impact BI solutions across products and markets.
- You will turn Visa s rich datasets (billions of cards, hundreds of billions of transactions annually) into actionable insights that drive business value.
Primary responsibilities
- Partner with internal analytics and business teams to transform complex, ambiguous problems into clear, measurable outcomes and actionable data products.
- Lead end to end BI solution delivery - from requirements refinement to data modeling, ELT/ETL, semantic layers, and high performance dashboards.
- Architect scalable, secure, and reusable BI assets, enforcing standards for modeling, QA, and performance optimization.
- Design intuitive UI wireframes aligned with industry best practices and Visa/Team guidelines for optimal user experience.
- Collaborate with Data Engineering/Data Science teams to define architecture, data flows, and mappings for dashboard builds.
- Develop high quality modules in Tableau, Power BI, D3 or other BI tools, ensuring performance meets user expectations.
- Ensure data accuracy and integrity in visualizations; lead UAT with business teams to validate outputs.
- Define and implement dashboard delivery mechanisms (APIs, subscriptions, report servers) ensuring scalability and efficiency.
- Establish data/report level security based on user roles and access privileges within the organization.
- Drive Agile delivery - manage backlogs, prioritize sprints, conduct story pointing, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Create and evolve data visualization strategies, frameworks, and reusable components to strengthen the Data Insights practice.
- Mentor junior engineers; elevate team BI practices through code reviews, design reviews, and technical demos.
- Maintain thorough documentation of all visualization processes and develop training content for end users.
Note: This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of professional experience complemented by a Masters degree in an analytical discipline such as Computer Science, Statistics, Finance, Economics, or related fields.
- 4+ years of leadership experience in managing technical architecture, tooling, and design systems for BI development, preferably within financial services or consulting environments.
- Strong familiarity with shared services models and cross industry consulting practices, particularly in financial services.
- Expert in data visualization ecosystems with deep knowledge of both commercial BI tools and common open source technologies.
- Solid engineering foundation with hands on experience in CI/CD for BI, code and data reviews, testing frameworks, and observability practices.
- Proven track record in designing and delivering high performance, user centric dashboards that drive business decision making.
Technical skill
- BI Tool: Expert in Tableau and Power BI, including enterprise dashboarding, advanced analytics, and embedded delivery.
- Architecture & Integration: Design end-to-end BI architecture (data ingestion, modeling, isualization) with REST APIs, embedded analytics, and automated reporting.
- Programming & Data Processing: Strong SQL, PySpark, HiveQL; experience with Hadoop, AWS EMR, NoSQL databases.
- Data Pipelines & Orchestration: Proficient with Apache Airflow for workflow orchestration, data quality, and performance optimization.
- DevOps for BI: Skilled in Git/GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, and automated BI asset testing.
- Front-End & Advanced Visualization: Familiar with React, micro frontends, and MicroStrategy
Strategic and Functional Excellence
- Simplify complexity framing problems clearly and choosing the right data and design patterns.
- Balance speed and rigor shipping iterative value while hardening for scale, reliability, and security.
- Influence without authority aligning stakeholders and earning trust through transparent execution.
- Measure what matters defining clear success metrics and closing the loop with adoption and performance
- A professional capacity for strong enthusiasm and accountability
- High attention to detail and quality
- Highly adaptive, comfortable working within a complex, and often ambiguous, environment.
- Creative thinker who thrives despite changing circumstances
- Ability to make and keep strategic priorities on-track without distraction
- Outstanding written, verbal, and presentation communications skills appropriate for a wide, global audience. Capable of summarizing complex issues into succinct messaging
- Proactive and effective communicator. Experienced at presenting information at senior levels, facilitating group discussions and debate with the ability to influence across geographic and functional lines (whether virtual or in-person)
- Strong business acumen and understanding of Visa and business models
People Leadership and Stakeholder Management
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to influence and build credibility with senior leaders across a federated organization
- Team-oriented, collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible, with proven ability to build strong working relationships with internal and external clients at all levels of management and work on complex issues within cross-functional teams
- Self-starter who can responsibly advance work and is comfortable making sound, well-informed judgement calls for progress, without needless delays
- An individual who is known for building deep and trusted relationships despite sometimes competing priorities
- Open-minded and willing to listen to ideas and opinions from others. Able to look for new solutions when current processes dont work
