Director, Risk Platform Product Management

Visa•Austin, TX

22d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director, Product Management of the Advanced Decisioning Platform will lead, inspire, and motivate a team of Product Managers to enable the development of next generation shared services for risk and identity products. This role requires significant product stakeholder and partner engagement, overseeing organizational strategic and capacity planning, product design, product delivery & implementation and product line performance management. The ideal candidate will have a deep background in payments, risk and identity, and product management with a proven record of commercializing and scaling platform products.

Requirements

10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/ MBA/JD/MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD

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
10+ years’ product management experience, preferrable in payment technology or risk and fraud management software
Proven track record of building strong relationships and influencing across organizational boundaries in complex environments.
Demonstrated leadership through maintaining high standards and ethical behavior in previous roles.
Extensive experience communicating effectively, inspiring teams, and delivering executive messaging to diverse audiences.
History of making informed decisions quickly and confidently in fast-paced settings.
Established ability to balance business, technical, and people skills to drive successful outcomes.
Experience fostering innovation, creativity, and personal growth within teams.
Background in working collaboratively with diverse groups to achieve shared organizational goals.
Demonstrated accountability for actions and commitments in prior positions.
Deep commitment to the financial services industry and a track record of driving organizational success, ideally within Visa or similar environments.
Proficient skills in AI prompting, creator tools such as Figma and AI driven prototyping such as Replit / Bolt

Responsibilities

Platform Strategy & Vision:
Develop and execute platform strategy to evolve Visa's Advanced Decisioning Platform as a comprehensive shared services ecosystem and sub component of a broader integrated risk platform
Drive the product roadmap aligned with broader integrated risk platform objectives
Enable new use cases and accelerate revenue opportunities through platform extensibility
Technical Platform Leadership:
Manage a technical, API-driven product platform in a complex, distributed environment
Exhibit technical fluency to communicate business requirements, features, and user stories effectively with engineering teams
Champion platform-first architecture principles including microservices, API design, and integration patterns
Ensure the platform enables simplified onboarding, automation, and self-service capabilities to scale efficiently
Establish and monitor KPIs supporting product adoption, growth, and performance
AI & Data-Driven Product Management:
Leverage AI/ML capabilities to enhance decisioning platform intelligence and automation
Integrate generative AI tools into product development workflows for rapid prototyping and user research
Utilize AI-powered analytics for product performance monitoring, customer insights, and predictive road mapping
Apply responsible AI principles ensuring transparency, fairness, and explainability in decisioning outcomes
Stay current with emerging AI technologies and assess applicability to platform evolution