Director (Mainframe and GGS)

Visa•Denver, CO

7d•$176,400 - $282,500•Hybrid

About The Position

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. Visa will accept applications for this role until at least 06-30-2026 Job Summary Leads software development teams in delivering secure, scalable, high-quality applications and enhancements to existing applications. Oversees the execution of the full software development lifecycle—from backlog refinement through build, test, deployment, monitoring, and iteration—ensuring delivery meets business priorities, regulatory requirements, and ethical standards. Drives disciplined development practices and continuous improvement to optimize delivery speed, quality, and resilience. Ensures development work integrates responsibly with AI/ML capabilities—including Generative AI and Agentic AI coding—and that all outputs adhere to established data governance, model explainability, and financial regulatory compliance standards. Acts as a leader for engineering teams, removing blockers, enabling productivity, and fostering an inclusive, high-performance culture. Coaches and develops engineers to adapt to evolving tools, frameworks, and AI-driven workflows. Partners closely with product managers, QA, risk, compliance, and security functions to deliver safe, transparent, and customer-centric solutions. While primarily a leadership role, may spend up to 50–65% of time in hands-on coding, code reviews, and technical prototyping to guide best practices and maintain technical credibility. All roles require digital fluency, including the ability to work with emerging technologies such as Generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot) to support everyday work.

Requirements

10+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 7 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 4 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 13+ years of relevant work experience.
Experience in leading software engineering teams in fintech, payments, or banking technologies/software systems.
Experience in a leadership role with direct reports.
Experience in requirements gathering, system design, and architecture for complex software solutions.
Experience in code development, review, and debugging for enterprise-scale applications.
Experience in incident response and resolution for software engineering teams.
Experience in talent management, coaching, and engineering development.
Strong knowledge of IBM Mainframe technology
Prior experience with Golden Gate Software or other similar replication/middleware technology
8 or more years of experience in a software development or related role
7 or more years of experience in a Technical Management/Lead role
7 or more years of prior experience working with a Settlement/Reporting Backend of a Switching Application in a technical or lead/management role
Attention to detail with good organizational capabilities
Ability to prioritize with good time management skills
Strong analytical, problem determination and customer relations skills
Strong and effective communication skills (both written and verbal) and the ability to present complex ideas in a clear, concise way
Collaborative, team oriented style
Strong business skills, industry knowledge, financial management and planning skills, long-term vision, and executive presence
U.S. Applicants Only

Nice To Haves

12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD

Responsibilities

Build and maintain a high performing team based in Denver by hiring and retaining the right talent in the right role
Work collaboratively with peer development groups and QA to ensure target delivery dates are met
Develop and empower direct reports to make appropriate technical decisions
Actively manage resources to maximize productivity and optimize cost in alignment with forecast models
Guide requirements gathering, feedback incorporation, and actionable metrics to assess delivery feasibility and reviews gaps in acceptance criteria.
Oversee translation of user requirements into system designs, ensuring alignment with business strategy and formalizing best practices.
Lead system architecture discussions, interprets findings from investigations, and owns design decisions for complex products.
Oversee project plans, release plans, and estimation processes, addressing escalated issues and removing technical obstacles.
Manage development resources on the IBM Mainframe Settlement and Reporting AND GGS applications, by setting clear business and technical expectations
Work collaboratively with a cross functional team of management, architecture and senior development staff based in the US and Bangalore to develop broadly acceptable solutions.
Set resource goals and delegate project work
Create management reports and make recommendations with regard to problem Identification and resolution
Take complete responsibility of the full life cycle of projects assigned and oversee software release implementations when required
Demonstrate Visa’s core values and maintain a positive and open demeanor
Foster a culture of teamwork, collaboration and mentoring
Identify process improvements and/or ineffective use of project hours and resources
Generate innovative ideas, solutions, and opportunities to contribute to Visa's, DPS service’s and project’s success
Work with the management team, Operations and support, on day-to-day activities to ensure service excellence
Provide technical expertise to resolve major incidents, ensure teams have resources to respond to incidents, and shares learnings to prevent recurrence.
Manage team decisions around developer tools, oversee selection and enhancement of tools, and share best practices for complex products.
Identify and develop engineering talent, ensure team skills support business goals, and disseminates knowledge to improve product reliability and performance.