Payment Platform Strategy Analyst

Visa•Foster City, CA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Payment Platform Strategy Analyst, you will play a key role in shaping initiatives that modernize Visa’s payment platforms and enhance flexibility, scalability, and intelligence across our core systems. This is an opportunity for a strategic thinker with strong analytical skills and exceptional communication abilities to contribute to projects that influence Visa’s roadmap. You will work cross-functionally with product, engineering, risk, and client teams to support modernization efforts and deliver insights that drive business impact.

Requirements

2 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Strong analytical and data interpretation skills; ability to turn insights into business recommendations.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to simplify complex concepts and influence stakeholders.
Ability to translate technical concepts into clear business narratives.
Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving clarity across cross-functional teams.
Demonstrated ability to work independently in fast-changing environments.
Consulting mindset with strategic thinking and problem-framing skills.
Collaborative and creative approach to cross-functional work.

Nice To Haves

3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD)
2-3 years product management or corporate strategy experience
Familiarity with payment systems (card networks, ACH, real-time payments) and interest in learning VisaNet capabilities.
Strong communicator – conveys complex ideas clearly and persuasively.
Curious and fast learner – embraces new tools, trends, and knowledge.
Analytical and data-driven – comfortable working with data and deriving insights.
Consulting mindset – frames solutions with business impact.
Adaptable and autonomous – thrives in ambiguity and manages tasks independently.
Collaborative lateral thinker – brings creative ideas to complex challenges.
Influential and persuasive – builds alignment and drives decisions through structured thinking and compelling communication.

Responsibilities

Support the development of strategies for modernizing Visa’s authorization, clearing and settlement capabilities.
Assist in identifying opportunities to embed advanced capabilities like intelligent payment blocking, enriched data validation, and real-time clearing/settlement into payment flows.
Define business requirements for emerging capability areas such as AI-driven decisioning, enhanced client configuration and streaming data exchanges.
Partner with technology teams to ensure business requirements are translated into end-to-end solutions and delivered successfully.
Collaborate with technology, risk, and product teams to align initiatives with client needs and regulatory requirements.
Prepare clear, compelling presentations and narratives for diverse audiences, including senior stakeholders.
Contribute to cross-functional projects, bringing creative and strategic thinking to problem-solving.
Conduct research on global payment trends and distill insights into actionable recommendations.