Senior Product Manager, Cross-Border Growth Solutions

Visa•San Francisco, CA

2d•$180,600 - $289,300•Hybrid

About The Position

Visa is seeking a Senior Product Manager to help manage projects supporting its cross-border growth strategy within Global FX & Cross-Border Solutions. Projects may vary in scope and focus, from coordination across regions and functions to strategic assignments for senior management. The role combines strategy, solutioning, and product management. The Senior Product Manager will help define Visa’s cross-border growth agenda by sizing opportunities, assessing client and market needs, evaluating competition, and shaping recommendations. The role will translate selected priorities into product roadmaps, requirements, and scalable delivery plans, working with technology and subject matter experts to address technical and operational challenges and take opportunities from concept through execution and measurable market impact. The position reports to the Lead, Cross-Border Growth Solutions, Global FX & Cross-Border Solutions. This is a hybrid position, with employees expected to work from the office Tuesday through Thursday. The role is performed in an office setting and requires travel 5–10% of the time. Work hours vary based on department needs.

Requirements

At least 8 years of relevant work experience with a bachelor’s degree, or at least 6 years with an advanced degree, or 3 years with a Ph.D.
Experience working in the payments industry.
Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, sound business judgment, and ability to solve complex problems, make clear recommendations, and influence decisions.
Strong business sense and ability to understand multidimensional problems and develop innovative, practical solutions.
Ability to work independently in ambiguous environments and build fact-based recommendations for senior management.
Superior analytical, financial modeling, and problem-solving skills, including handling multiple work streams and large data sets.
Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish credibility with senior executives and present clearly and persuasively.
Openness to developmental feedback and coaching from peers and managers.

Nice To Haves

At least 10 years of work experience with a bachelor’s degree, or 8 years with an advanced degree, or 5 years with a Ph.D.
Direct experience in cross-border payments, foreign exchange (FX), merchant acceptance, or related product strategy.
Knowledge of the payments industry and understanding of payment technology and product development.
Experience as a Product Manager or in a similar role, with successful launches and experience developing BRDs and other product design documentation.
Strong systems thinking and lateral, creative problem-solving across the cross-border and FX ecosystem.
Global or multinational business experience.
Openness to learning and adopting AI tools and large language models (LLMs) to accelerate and expand research and analysis.
Experience with agile and lean methodologies and leading cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

Help define cross-border growth strategy, opportunity priorities, and client value propositions by connecting market needs, competitive dynamics, business objectives, and Visa’s product capabilities.
Structure strategic analyses, market sizing, financial assessments, and qualitative research to support opportunity prioritization, business cases, investment decisions, and executive recommendations.
Build and maintain market, client, and competitive analysis across cross-border payments, FX, merchant acceptance, settlement, and emerging payment experiences.
Translate strategic priorities into product roadmaps, requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, BRDs, concept documents, and delivery plans.
Partner with technology and subject matter experts to solve technical and operational challenges, evaluate trade-offs, and develop practical, scalable implementation paths.
Shape and prioritize roadmaps and backlogs for cross-border growth workstreams, aligning execution with strategic value, client impact, business objectives, delivery capacity, and measurable outcomes.
Partner with product, technology, design, legal/regulatory, regional, and implementation teams to advance solutions from strategy through requirements, delivery, launch readiness, market enablement, and ongoing improvement.
Drive cross-functional alignment across regions and functions, helping teams make trade-offs, resolve dependencies, and deliver scalable solutions for adoption across markets.
Identify implications of data and analysis, articulate recommendations, and build support for them among business leaders.
Track adoption, product performance, client feedback, and delivery outcomes to assess market impact and inform future roadmap and investment decisions.