Principal Solutions Manager

Visa; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa is seeking a Principal Solutions Manager to support the Senior Director of NA Issuing Solutions, focusing on Data Products like Visa Analytics Platform. You will help drive strategic workstreams, build roadmaps, and generate data-informed client insights for North America.

Responsibilities include VOC collection, market research, and cross-functional collaboration with GTM, sales, and Global Product to inform prioritization and solutions that maximize client value. Office presence required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; 5+ years of relevant work experience.
• Advanced degree preferred; PhD considered with related experience.
• Strong analytical mindset and ability to translate data into business value.

Responsibilities

• Support solution strategy for NA VAS with a focus on Data Products.
• Develop roadmaps, VOC insights, and data-driven client segmentation.
• Inform pricing guidelines and cross-functionally drive GTM and sales enablement.
• Manage day-to-day projects to keep milestones on track.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

VOC feedback

Roadmap development

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced degree (Masters/MBA/JD/MD)

PhD

Tools

Spreadsheet tools

PowerPoint

Job description

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

The Principal Solutions Manager will support the Senior Director of NA Issuing Solutions across a range of product strategy, solutioning, commercialization, and planning activities, with a particular emphasis on our Data Products (e.g., Visa Analytics Platform) and solution strategy across VAS in North America. Time spent in each area will shift based on business priorities. The Principal Solutions Manager will help drive workstreams within key strategic initiatives (e.g., product roadmap development, voice-of-customer insights, data-driven client segmentation, and solution proposals for client opportunities) and help ensure the North America VAS leadership team has the data and insights needed to meet its growth imperatives.

Strong candidates are versatile team-players who learn fast, have high EQ and IQ, and carry a demonstrated record of driving workstreams.

What we expect of you day-to-day

• Support solution strategy for VAS in North America, with a particular focus on Data Products (e.g., Visa Analytics Platform), tied to the multi-year strategy for the business and accounting for regional nuances (e.g., issuer landscape, fintech ecosystem, and opportunities for growth)
• Help perform client segmentation and prioritization using data-driven insights, size and qualify opportunities, and provide analytical support to cross-functional and regional teams
• Conduct market research and help develop business cases to inform prioritization decisions
• Support product roadmap development for NA VAS: apply core product management practices to help build and maintain roadmaps, and work with Global Product to help inform the development roadmap, including:
  • Collecting and synthesizing voice-of-customer (VOC) feedback so the customer perspective is represented throughout the roadmap
  • Helping prioritize features and enhancements based on customer and seller feedback, weighing client value, seller needs, and business impact
  • Serving as an intake channel for sales and client requests, translating them into clear product requirements
• Work with Regional Sales and Go-To-Market (GTM) teams to help build, execute, and monitor go-to-market motions that make solutions easy to sell and easy to buy, including:
  • Supporting GTM strategy grounded in client segmentation, market sizing, and competitive landscape analysis
  • Helping develop use-case, segment, and client-specific perspectives on solutions that address key client problems
  • Informing pricing guidelines with market intelligence
• Help develop client-centric solutions built on Data Products and broader VAS, spanning design, implementation, and post-launch optimization, including:
  • Supporting sales teams in understanding clients' business and technical needs and defining solutions to meet them
  • Linking Data Products and Issuing Solutions with other Visa product domains and client segments (e.g., Acceptance, Risk) to maximize client value
• Help manage day-to-day project activities to keep milestones and timelines on track

Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.
• Experience in and/or significant exposure to the payments industry preferred; a background in consulting, banking or advisory services also considered.
• Exposure to or experience with product management, including supporting roadmaps, gathering voice-of-customer feedback, and helping prioritize features based on customer and seller input
• Ability to lead and manage complex workstreams or small projects independently
• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills; demonstrated quantitative rigor
• Proficient and ideally a power-user of spreadsheet and presentation tools
• Attention to detail and the ability to structure and analyze financial, operational, and market data
• Outstanding stakeholder management abilities at both senior and junior levels
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills. Impeccable written