Senior Manager

Visa s Technology Organization

The Work itself:

• Provide visionary leadership and mentorship for multiple high-performing software engineering teams across general and specialized functions, including frontend, backend, and full-stack.

• Drive technical strategy, architecture, and execution for complex, large-scale systems and projects, ensuring solutions aligning with organizational objectives and industry best practices.

• Oversee the end-to-end software development lifecycle including planning, estimation, system design, code reviews, testing, deployment, and support while championing DevOps, Agile, and continuous improvement philosophies.

• Ensure rigorous adherence to best practices in code quality, system security, accessibility, compliance, and automated testing for all deliverables.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners (product, design, QA, infrastructure, vendors, and stakeholders) to clarify requirements, prioritize work, and deliver scalable, reliable, and cost-effective solutions.

• Manage resource planning, recruitment, performance, and professional development to build and sustain a talented, inclusive, and globally distributed engineering organization.

• Foster a culture of innovation, knowledge sharing, and professional growth through mentorship, code reviews, and active participation in technical evaluations, proofs of concept, and emerging technology assessments.

• Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, and cultivate an environment that values teamwork, learning, and high performance.

• Proactively identify and address technical and organizational risks, ensure timely resolution of production issues, and drive implementation of preventative measures.

• Represent the engineering function to executive leadership, communicating progress, risks, opportunities, and recommendations.

• Ensure all systems and code meet Visa s security requirements, coding standards, and are designed for scalability, resilience, and monitoring.

• Lead continuous process improvement by integrating lessons learned from sprint execution, maximizing team velocity, and optimizing Agile and DevOps practices.

• Oversee the development and technical guidance for UI development, batch process automation, and the creation of technical specifications, test plans, and implementation strategies.

• Facilitate collaboration with upstream and downstream systems, architects, and global teams including vendors and offshore partners to ensure integrated, scalable solutions.

This is a hybrid position.

Basic Qualifications:

8+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor s 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, OR 11+ years of relevant work expe