Technical Product Manager – Sanctions Screening

Visa•Austin, TX

2h•Hybrid

About The Position

The selected candidate will join the Compliance Technology Operations team within the Global Ethics & Compliance Organization, supporting the Commercial & Money Movement Solutions (CMS) Business. This team is central to all technology development related to Compliance requirements and the enablement of new products. The ideal candidate should demonstrate a strong work ethic, leadership abilities, sound judgment, and effective time management skills for prioritizing tasks. Success in this role requires the ability to excel within a fast-paced, collaborative team environment, with a particular focus on sanctions screening. The candidate must quickly develop a comprehensive understanding of Visa’s sanctions screening programme—covering areas such as name screening, transaction screening, and counterparty screening—and leverage this expertise to establish robust requirements for new features, as well as drive enhancements to compliance systems specifically related to sanctions screening functionality. This role involves collaborating with Product and Technology leadership to define and design Compliance technology platforms, driving strategy and feature development for Compliance tools. Overall, the Technical Product Manager plays a pivotal role in ensuring that Compliance platforms not only meet current regulatory and business requirements but also anticipate future challenges, driving continuous improvement and innovation throughout the organization. This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Requirements

5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree
At least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD)
0 years of work experience with a PhD
Strong work ethic
Leadership abilities
Sound judgment
Effective time management skills for prioritizing tasks
Ability to excel within a fast-paced, collaborative team environment, with a particular focus on sanctions screening
Ability to quickly develop a comprehensive understanding of Visa’s sanctions screening programme—covering areas such as name screening, transaction screening, and counterparty screening
Deep expertise in sanctions screening concepts and controls, including name screening, transaction screening, counterparty screening, and ongoing monitoring across customer and payment lifecycles
Strong ability to define and translate regulatory and policy requirements (e.g., OFAC, UK HMT, EU, UN and other local regimes) into clear, scalable functional and technical requirements
Solid understanding of end‑to‑end sanctions screening flows, including list ingestion and versioning, real‑time and batch processing, auditability, and regulatory defensibility
Strong data analysis skills, with the ability to assess alert quality, false positives, coverage gaps, latency, and control effectiveness using quantitative metrics and KPIs
Hands‑on experience supporting UAT, production validation, tuning, and post‑deployment monitoring of sanctions screening systems, including issue triage and remediation
Proven experience designing, enhancing, or governing screening logic, matching algorithms, thresholds, and alerting frameworks, with a focus on risk coverage, false‑positive reduction, and operational efficiency
Proven experience with Agile methodologies, modern product management, and program management practices

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field, followed by at least 7 years of experience in solution and design of AML systems
Strong understanding of sanctions screening and AML functionalities, with hands‑on experience designing, configuring, or managing sanctions screening solutions across customer onboarding, transaction processing, and ongoing monitoring
Demonstrated experience with sanctions screening systems, including name screening, transaction screening, and counterparty screening, with a focus on tuning matching logic, thresholds, and alert quality
Proven ability to manage end‑to‑end sanctions screening programs, including requirements definition, delivery oversight, UAT, production validation, and post‑implementation optimization
Strong program management skills, including overseeing multiple compliance technology initiatives, coordinating cross‑functional teams, developing detailed delivery plans, and tracking milestones to ensure timely execution
Solid data analysis and issue‑resolution skills, with the ability to assess false positives, coverage gaps, latency, and control effectiveness in sanctions screening environments
Comprehensive knowledge of compliance and sanctions screening platforms, QA methodologies, and control frameworks supporting auditability and regulatory defensibility
Technical expertise enabling confident collaboration with engineering, data, QA, and operations teams to translate sanctions policy and regulatory expectations into scalable technical solutions
Effective negotiation, influencing, and communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate sanctions risk, trade‑offs, and design decisions to senior stakeholders and regulators when required

Responsibilities

Collaborating with Product and Technology leadership to define and design Compliance technology platforms, driving strategy and feature development for Compliance tools.
Own end‑to‑end sanctions screening requirements across customer onboarding, transaction processing, and ongoing monitoring for Commercial & Money Movement Solutions.
Define and maintain functional and technical requirements for real‑time and batch sanctions screening, including name screening, transaction screening, and counterparty screening across multiple payment flows.
Ensure screening solutions support global sanctions regimes (e.g., OFAC, EU, UK HMT, UN and other applicable local lists), including timely ingestion, versioning, and auditability of sanctions lists.
Partner with Compliance, Risk, and Legal teams to translate regulatory expectations and policy changes into clear, actionable product and technical requirements.
Drive enhancements to screening logic, matching rules, thresholds, and alerting, balancing risk coverage with operational efficiency and false‑positive reduction.
Lead requirements for alert generation, case management integration, escalation workflows, and decisioning, ensuring traceability and defensibility of sanctions decisions.
Support UAT, production validation, and ongoing tuning of sanctions screening systems, including post‑deployment monitoring and issue remediation.
Define and track KPIs and control metrics for sanctions screening effectiveness, coverage, latency, and alert quality, supporting internal governance and regulatory examinations.
Act as the primary liaison between Compliance Operations, Engineering, Data, and external vendors for sanctions screening capabilities, upgrades, and incident resolution.