Sr. Director Spend Analytics

Visa•Austin, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director role in the Technology Management Team entails building and leading a newly formed. Demand and Spend Analytics function. This includes tracking the spend of all third-party vendor software and hardware products, reviewing consumption, vendor cost analysis and budgeting. The leader will be responsible for a team of analysts organized by different lanes of Corporate IT, ensuring that all vendor deals and purchases are executed on time with the most favorable position for the company. In addition, this leader would also be involved in increasing Visa’s Azure cloud cost management capabilities and help achieve cost efficiencies. The Work itself: The work involves leading a team adhering to Visa’s leadership principles of leading courageously, obsessing about our customers, collaborating with other teams, and excelling in execution. The Demand analytics team will be responsible for partnering with different technology teams and align the technology strategy for each category and track vendors and their performance. This role is expected to collaborate closely with other partners in Corporate IT like End User tech, People Tech, HR Technology and Finance technologies. The leader will set the processes and guide the team of analysts to ensure proper diligence and fiscal responsibility for all third party CIT purchases. The leader will also be expected to represent the function in audits from both internal teams as well as external regulators.

Requirements

12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 10 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters/MBA /JD/MD), or a minimum of 5 years of work experience with a PhD

Nice To Haves

15 or more years of experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 12 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, or MD), PhD with 9+ years of experience
Knowledge of software licensing for key vendors.
Demonstrated ability to manage the strategy and take a deal from inception to procurement and approvals
12 or more years of experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA)
5 years of experience in leading other teams or team of teams.
Proven track record of managing Software Asset Management with extensive knowledge of software licensing for key vendors.
Knowledge of cloud FinOps concepts and ability to compare costs
Exceptional collaboration and partnership skills with the ability to work in a global environment and drive consensus in cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

Lead teams through different aspects of the Software and hardware SKU lifecycle from pre-procurement demand gathering, deal analysis, post procurement deployment tracking and support/maintenance renewal pipelines.
Experience leading and building analytics teams that spans across spend, demand and other aspect of technology analytics.
Proficient knowledge of different software licensing metrics by vendors and ability to track deployments.
Bring in strong mix of technical and analytical skills to influence the procurement decision for all of CIT
Lead discussions and communicate regularly with senior leadership on technical issues, program status, and escalations.
Proven track record of implementing consumption programs for software and automations
Define and advocate a set of standard processes to offer a streamlined service to all Visa technology teams.
Act as a technical liaison between Engineering teams, finance and sourcing.
Work closely with cross-functional groups including internal stakeholders (Product Managers, Engineers, etc.), and external customers and vendors to formalize roadmaps & priorities.
Lead by example, demonstrating accountability, and by contributing to departmental procedures, best practices, and standards.