Role at a glance
- Salary
- $153.7K – $246.2K/yr
- Location
- Foster City, California, United States
- Work arrangement
- Hybrid
- Employment
- Full-time
- Education
- Bachelor's, Master's, PhD
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About the role
Original posting provided by Visa
About Us
Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.
At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.
Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.
Job Description
Visa is seeking a passionate, authentic, and execution-oriented professional to
Visa is seeking a visionary, execution-oriented leader to join the Finance AI Acceleration Office as a Senior Manager. This is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of Finance through AI by identifying high-impact business opportunities, building and validating AI-enabled solutions, and accelerating enterprise-wide adoption of generative AI and intelligent automation capabilities.
Reporting to a Senior Director within Finance, this Individual Contributor role will serve as a strategic partner to Finance, Technology, Data, and Transformation leaders, driving AI initiatives from idea generation and prototype development through enterprise deployment and value realization. The ideal candidate combines strong executive presence, product ownership experience, business transformation expertise, and the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders to deliver measurable outcomes.
This role is ideal for someone who has successfully led transformation initiatives, built proof-of-concepts and prototypes, translated complex business challenges into scalable AI solutions, and thrives operating at the intersection of strategy, technology, and business execution.
Key Responsibilities
AI Product Strategy & Ownership
Serve as Product Owner for a portfolio of Finance AI products and solutions, defining product vision, roadmap, priorities, and success metrics.
Continuously gather stakeholder feedback and performance insights to refine product direction and maximize adoption.
AI Transformation & Innovation Leadership
Drive Finance AI transformation initiatives from concept through implementation and value realization.
Lead rapid experimentation efforts, including development of AI prototypes, proof of concepts (POCs), and minimum viable products (MVPs), to validate business opportunities and accelerate decision making.
Program Delivery & Execution Excellence
Manage a portfolio of strategic AI initiatives across multiple Finance functions and stakeholders.
Drive initiatives through intake, prioritization, design, development, testing, deployment, adoption, and ongoing optimization.
Define measurable success criteria, KPIs, and value realization frameworks to track outcomes and business impact.
Proactively manage risks, dependencies, resource requirements, and execution plans to ensure successful delivery.
Deliver clear communication and executive-ready updates on program progress, challenges, and outcomes.
Executive Engagement & Stakeholder Influence
Build trusted relationships with senior Finance, Technology, and Transformation leaders.
Effectively communicate technical concepts and AI opportunities to executive and non-technical audiences.
Facilitate leadership discussions, strategy workshops, design thinking sessions, and business case reviews.
Influence decision-making across a highly matrixed organization by aligning diverse stakeholder priorities and driving consensus.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Serve as the connective tissue across business and technology organizations to accelerate execution and remove barriers.
This role is hybrid position to be based in our Bay Area office locations (San Francisco, CA or Foster City, CA).
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor 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
Demonstrated experience leading AI, Generative AI, machine learning, intelligent automation, or advanced analytics initiatives from ideation through implementation.
Strong product ownership experience, including roadmap development, backlog prioritization, user story creation, and stakeholder management.
Experience driving large-scale business transformation initiatives involving process redesign, technology adoption, and change management.
Exceptional executive presence with demonstrated success influencing senior leaders and navigating complex matrixed organizations.
Experience working across multiple functions, including Finance, Technology, Data, Operations, Risk, and Business Transformation teams.
Understanding of Generative AI technologies, Large Language Models (LLMs), AI agents, prompt engineering, and AI product development methodologies.
Preferred Qualifications:
9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD
Experience within Consulting or Finance Transformation environments strongly preferred.
Experience in Finance domains such as Record-to-Report, Procure-to-Pay or Order-to-Cash, is highly desirable.
Information for US Applicants
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 protect veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the EEOC guidelines and applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.
About the company
Visa
Large Enterprise
Visa is a global leader in digital payments, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, and financial institutions across more than 200 countries. Through its extensive network, Visa provides secure and reliable payment solutions that empower businesses and individuals to transact seamlessly anywhere in the world. With a strong focus on innovation, Visa continues to develop cutting-edge technologies that enhance the user experience and promote financial inclusion. As a trusted partner in the payments ecosystem, Visa plays a crucial role in driving economic growth and enabling commerce on a global scale.