Strategic Sr. Portfolio Manager (Product) in City of Westminster

Visa Direct is a payment service that Visa provides to clients (sending and receiving financial institutions, processors, merchants, and service providers) to facilitate fund transfers/disbursements to Visa accounts around the world using push payment. Visa Direct consumer and business applications include person-to-person (P2P) transfer, person to micro‑business transfer (e.g., payouts to shared economy providers), funds disbursement (e.g., insurance claim disbursements), and more. The push payments market is estimated to be more than 80 trillion of payment volume globally. The Visa Direct Product team is responsible for identifying and driving strategic enhancements to the Visa Direct platform. The portfolio team works closely with Product and Technology teams to drive prioritization and governance on investment decisions that align with Commercial Money Movement Solutions (CMS) and Visa Direct Strategy.

Responsibilities

• Drive the strategic planning, reporting, and analysis for Visa Direct's portfolio of products in its quarterly and annual cadences.
• Collaborate with stakeholders (Business Owners, Product Managers, Project Managers, and others) in the creation and documentation of strategic product initiatives and their work items, ensuring correct prioritization and funding at each planning cycle.
• Embed and drive agile portfolio management practices and continuous improvement, ensuring consistency and standards across different product portfolios.
• Generate thought leadership and data insights to drive strategic planning.
• Support and work directly with Visa Direct global product managers to bring the product vision to life and deliver upon it.

Qualifications

• 5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or at least 2 years of work experience with an advanced degree (e.g., Masters, MBA, JD, MD), or 2 years of work experience with a PhD.
• 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.
• Superior analytical and problem‑solving skills to synthesize and communicate complex information effectively.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to quickly master new systems and processes, and the capacity to stay organized while managing competing priorities.
• Ability to independently drive projects through to completion.
• Drive complex deliverables in collaboration with product owners and cross‑functional stakeholders at all levels.
• Prior hands‑on experience in a product development environment leveraging Agile practices and expert knowledge of Portfolio Management or FP&A.
• Ability to function effectively in a fast‑paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to plan and prioritize multiple tasks effectively, and to independently drive projects through to completion.
• Strength in building partnerships working collaboratively in a matrix with minimal guidance, proven influencing skills.
• Proven ability to create OKRs that are data‑driven, help create and apply frameworks that ensure the prioritization of the highest valuable items, build vision road‑maps, and drive strategic planning events.
• Ability to embrace change and ambiguity in an ecosystem that is rapidly evolving.
• Ability to analyse large data sets, interpret ambiguous situations, and make recommendations.
• Payment domain or FinTech experience is a major plus.

Additional Qualifications & Experience

• JIRA, Jira Align and PowerBI.
• Lean Portfolio Management Accreditation.
• SharePoint / Wiki.
• Advanced‑level knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite applications.

Hybrid position based in London Paddington office. Requires attendance 3 days per week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays).

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payment 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.