Senior Product Manager (Technical)

Visa; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading payment technology company in the UK is seeking a Product Owner with over 7 years of relevant experience. The role involves developing product strategies, running collaborative sessions, and driving product adoption within an Agile environment. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's Degree or an Advanced Degree, strong analytical skills, and experience in payments technology. Join the team to create impactful solutions that enhance the payment experience globally.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree.
• Experience in managing products built using Java technologies.
• Solid experience working in the Payments space.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business sponsors to develop product strategy.
• Run white-boarding sessions with business sponsors.
• Own solution design and drive product adoption.

Skills

Product management

Agile methodologies

Java technologies

API (SOAP & REST)

Web & Mobile Development

Collaboration

Analytical skills

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced Degree (e.g., Masters, MBA)

Job description

Visa Direct team is looking for an individual with a technical bent of mind and interest in product ownership to help us continue to grow and launch new features and services.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business sponsors and business product managers to develop product strategy and roadmap
• Influence business stakeholders on the definition of product requirements
• Run white-boarding sessions with business sponsors and SMEs to develop solution for product requirements
• Own and drive solution design to provide best and consistent effort to clients and their customers
• Take high level requirements and define detailed requirements for execution by the engineering teams
• Partner with business sponsors, architects and development leads to define product development plans and detailed roadmap
• Play the role of Product Owner during the Agile planning and execution cycle
• Be the product SME who provides requirements clarifications during execution cycle
• Address bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, balance the business needs versus technical constraints to maximize business benefit
• Engage with customers and partners on co-solutioning efforts and to drive product adoption in general
• Foster innovation, leverage new technologies and champion impactful positive change to owned product portfolio

Qualifications

7+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 4 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD), 8 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 6 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD). Technical experience in managing products built using Java technologies, API (SOAP & REST), Web & Mobile Development. Experience working in the Payments space. Hands on experience in developing roadmaps, writing user stories, grooming product backlogs, and coordinating/prioritizing conflicting requirements in a fast paced, ever-changing environment. Proficiency working in an agile environment. Track record of successfully delivering complex software systems or services. Exceptional collaboration and partnership skills with the ability to work in a global environment and drive consensus in cross‑functional teams. Outstanding communications ability to a diverse customer audience, executives, product, and technology stakeholders. Solid business acumen. Fast learner on both technical and business side. Is proactive and operates with a sense of urgency and "can do" attitude. Strategic thinker who can balance big picture strategy with detailed, flawless execution. Ability to stay organized while managing competing priorities. If you have strong analytical skills, a curious mindset, and a strong desire to create a career in technical product management, come talk to us.

Benefits

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.