Product Manager - Senior Consultant

Visa; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa, a leader in payment technology, seeks a technical leader in Belfast to expand its Acceptance Solutions platform. The role involves engaging with clients, managing projects, and collaborating with teams to deliver innovative solutions, requiring strong expertise in Java, API technologies, and excellent organizational skills.

Benefits

Flexible work hours

Professional development opportunities

Health benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in Java technologies and Payment Gateway.
• Demonstrated ability in managing RFPs and solutions delivery.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive the expansion of Visa's Acceptance Solutions platform.
• Engage with clients to understand requirements and propose solutions.
• Foster collaboration among cross-functional teams for project success.

Skills

Communication

Problem-Solving

Organizational Skills

Analytical Thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced Degree (e.g. MBA)

Tools

Java

API (SOAP & REST)

GenAI tools

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Company Description

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.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Job Description

The candidate should have a strong technical background (experience working in Payment Gateway / Card Payments / Financial Services space will be a plus), should be a thought leader, have exceptional organizational skills, written and verbal communication skills and be an analytical and structured thinker. This individual must be able to think broadly about Visa's business / Value Added Services business unit and drive the expansion of Visa's Acceptance Solutions platform & offerings

The successful candidate will be the catalyst for innovation and operational excellence, empowering teams to deliver impactful, future-ready product solutions that drive the organization's success. Acting as a strategic enabler to the organization, you will deliver scalable, innovative, and cohesive solutions that address complex business needs. You will be an integral member of the core team responsible for engaging with potential clients (through the RFP process) to understand their needs and create comprehensive & compelling proposals that can win business for the company. Your role will align with multi-quarter objectives and empower teams to achieve optimal delivery efficiency and impact

The candidate should possess a strong Technical background, with demonstrated expertise in contributing to medium to large cross-functional projects. We are looking for candidates who have demonstrated excellence in the payments, internet or related industries. The successful candidate must be a hands-on person with proven ability to engage in high bandwidth conversations with both business and technology executives

To be successful in this position, this individual must be highly effective working both independently and in cross-functional capacities to provide a supporting role in identifying, defining, analyzing, prioritizing and refining technology requirements across all categories. Successful candidates will be skilled at forging strong partnerships with business sponsors, product owners, architects, and developers to support the development process. This function will address bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, balance the business needs versus technical constraints to maximize business benefit

Beyond the design and planning stages of the development lifecycle, strong Agile expertise is required to collaborate with Scrum teams during implementation phase

This role will also partner with the cross-functional leadership team to help define the roadmap priorities and ensure that it remains aligned with the broader strategy and priorities. This individual will foster innovation, collaboration, leverage new technologies and champion impactful change to build Visa's technology brand through internal and external initiatives

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

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree, an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or a PhD.

Technical and Domain Expertise

• Experience in Java technologies, API (SOAP & REST), and web development; background in Payment Gateway, Card Payments, or Financial Services (e.g., merchant/partner portals, billing & reporting) is a plus.
• Proficiency in reviewing technical specifications, user requirements, and solution design documents to ensure alignment with project goals and to identify dependencies and risks.
• Experience using and implementing GenAI tools & platforms, and a proven ability to foster new ideas and technologies that improve business processes.

Solutioning & Project Delivery

• Demonstrated experience managing and responding to RFPs, understanding client requirements, and delivering impactful, scalable, future-ready product solutions that address complex business needs.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously, aligning solutions with multi-quarter objectives.
• Strong organizational, project management, and documentation skills; able to create, maintain, and organize project solution documents with high accuracy and attention to detail.

Collaboration, Communication, & Stakeholder Management

• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage diverse audiences, including executives and cross-functional global teams.
• Strong collaboration, partnership, and stakeholder management skills; able to work effectively in agile, team-oriented, and multicultural environments, driving consensus and empowering teams for optimal delivery.

Analytical, Customer-Centric, and Personal Attributes

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a strong customer-centric mindset and the ability to analyze data to inform decisions.
• Fast learner with a proactive, result-oriented attitude, able to manage competing priorities and demonstrate a high sense of urgency and ownership.

Additional Information

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.