Sr. Product Manager

Visa•Foster City, CA

15h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Processing and Network Products organization owns the delivery pipeline for Authorization, Clearing, and Settlement changes across VisaNet. We translate business priorities into technical change, coordinate release execution, and ensure client readiness for platform enhancements that bring benefits to the entire payments ecosystem. As Senior Product Manager of Clearing & Settlement, you will help shape the Clearing strategy, prioritize the portfolio, and lead end‑to-end delivery for initiatives impacting our clearing platforms, partnering closely with Regional Product, Technology, Client Services, and Risk. This role requires strong understanding of payment processing, with emphasis on clearing and National Net Settlement Services (NNSS). Key Responsibilities: Clearing is a critical part of the transaction lifecycle that initiates the settlement and funds transfer process with Visa’s clients. Your strategy and portfolio leadership ensure the right changes get prioritized, executed cleanly, and adopted quickly in order to protect Visa’s reliability, reduce client strain, and enable new network capabilities at global scale. Key responsibilities include:

Requirements

8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD

Nice To Haves

9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD
Experience leading cross functional processes within large, global, matrixed organizations.
Understanding of product lifecycle management and product portfolio governance.
Excellent communication and facilitation skills, including structured writing, presentation development, and cross functional alignment.
Ability to influence without authority and build trust among regional and global stakeholders.
Knowledge of consumer payments, digital wallets, cards, or other financial services products is a plus.

Responsibilities

Execute the multi‑year Clearing platform strategy that aligns product outcomes to business goals: client experience, compliance, revenue enablement, operational excellence, and reduction of technical debt.
Work closely with regional product teams to map capability gaps and opportunities into an executable strategy that balances client impact, regulatory timing, and engineering capacity.
Manage the Clearing portfolio by defining prioritization criteria and scoring initiatives that enable short and long term platform strategy.
Own end‑to-end execution and delivery for Clearing & Settlement changes including requirements, design decisions, testing/activation planning, and install readiness.
Utilize deep knowledge of payment processing to drive business concepts toward a clearing platform solution approach.
Maintain close partnerships with clients to understand how new functionalities can meet their needs and preferences.