Product Innovation Lead - 0-1 Sprint Builder

Visa; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa is seeking a Senior Manager, Innovation to drive product opportunity validation in Asia Pacific from Singapore. You will lead 0-1 sprints, shape concepts, and coordinate cross‑functional teams to move ideas from insight to pilots.

You thrive in fast-paced environments, have strong product storytelling and execution skills, and can balance strategic thinking with practical delivery in a corporate setting.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in product innovation, venture building, start‑ups, fintech, payments, digital commerce, strategy, consulting, or technology‑led growth.
• Strong 0-1 experience, ideally building, testing, launching, or scaling new products, propositions, ventures, or business models.
• Experience running sprints, workshops, discovery, prototyping, validation, MVP development, or pilot planning.
• Comfortable working in ambiguity and moving fast without waiting for perfect information.
• Strong commercial judgment, with the ability to tell the difference between an interesting idea and a useful business opportunity.
• Strong product storytelling skills, including the ability to turn complex capabilities into simple, client‑facing narratives.
• Hands‑on execution style. Comfortable whiteboarding, writing, testing, chasing inputs, aligning stakeholders, and unblocking work.
• Strong project management discipline, with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders and keep momentum.
• Experience working in or with large corporates is a strong plus.
• Experience and strong evidence of interest in payments, fintech, platforms, AI, digital commerce, wallets, data, or emerging technology specifically agentic commerce and stablecoins is strongly preferred.
• Background in a start‑up, scale‑up, venture studio, product build team, or consulting build unit would be highly relevant.

Responsibilities

• Run 0-1 product innovation sprints from problem framing to concept, prototype, validation, pilot planning, and handoff.
• Turn client needs, market signals, and emerging technology trends into clear product opportunities.
• Build problem statements, value propositions, customer journeys, concept notes, pitch materials, and pilot plans.
• Coordinate cross-functional working teams across Product, Design, Technology, Strategy, Partnerships, and markets.
• Drive rapid research, prototyping, testing, and synthesis to help teams make faster go / no-go decisions.
• Keep workstreams moving with clear timelines, owners, outputs, and next steps.
• Support client and partner conversations by shaping sharp narratives, demos, and practical recommendations.
• Bring structure without slowing the work down.

Skills

Product innovation

Startup experience

Commercial judgment

Product storytelling

Project management

Execution

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Visa is seeking a Senior Manager, Innovation to drive product opportunity validation in Asia Pacific from Singapore. You will lead 0-1 sprints, shape concepts, and coordinate cross‑functional teams to move ideas from insight to pilots.

You thrive in fast-paced environments, have strong product storytelling and execution skills, and can balance strategic thinking with practical delivery in a corporate setting.