Manager, VCA Managed Services Solution Architect

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

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Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA) is Visa’s strategy consulting group, specializing in strategy consulting, data analytics, and pragmatic industry experience to improve client performance. We are looking for a passionate, dynamic and customer focused Client Solution Architect to join our team.

The Manager, VCA Managed Services role offers the opportunity for a solution architect to help clients with innovative solutions within the payment card industry.

Key Responsibilities:

Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA) is Visa’s strategy consulting group, specializing in strategy consulting, data analytics, and pragmatic industry experience to improve client performance. We are looking for a passionate, dynamic and customer focused Client Solution Architect to join our team.

The Manager, VCA Managed Services role offers the opportunity for a solution architect to help clients with innovative solutions within the payment card industry.

Essential Functions

• Assist in conducting workshops, identify client needs, design solutions that meet the client needs considering all factors that might impact the solution.
• Understand client’s current state architecture, define target state architectures and build roadmap of prioritized features to meet client requirements.
• Produce artifacts that detail functional and non-functional requirements, solution design including flows, business architecture diagrams, use cases, user experience, impacted components, relative prioritization of desired feature sets, acceptance criteria etc.
• Stays abreast of payment technologies and innovations.

Key Leadership Competencies:

• Execute against commitments.
• Acts like an owner, values accountability.
• Collaborates across multiple teams.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Basic Qualifications

• 5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications

• 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD.
• More than 3 years of payments and/or Financial Services consulting background and experience.
• More than 3 years of experience in defining and designing business and technical solution architecture in payment services industry.
• Experience implementing and enabling technology solutions with merchants, acquirers and payment technology providers.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze complex systems to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Ability to quickly learn and gain proficiency in areas with limited experience.
• Ability to think creatively to solve problems.
• Current knowledge of emerging payment trends, players, and competitive landscape.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting.  The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

Visa is an EEO Employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.  Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 124,700 to 180,650 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.