Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world. Join Visa and do work that matters — to you, to your community, and to the world.

Progress starts with you.

Job Description

The Solutions Delivery team is responsible for identifying new opportunities that exist within the payment landscape, creating strategies that define Visa’s participation in those opportunities and delivering the capabilities required to enable and drive them. Within the team, the Product Manager will work with a diverse set of stakeholders to deliver Consumer Solutions (Core Product, Digital Product & Value-added services) to the clients. This role assumes Consumer Product ownership, development and execution of the strategy, managing the ecosystem readiness and performance, driving revenues in the market.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership:

• Be the Solution delivery lead for all Consumer products, Digital product and Value-Added services in the market.
• Act as a thought leader, problem solver, and trusted advisor to the East African Product Solutions Delivery Lead representing the Cluster.
• Collaborate with internal cross-functional leads to drive strategic alignment and ensure the product roadmap supports all common initiatives and priorities.
• Execute and achieve OKRs set for the market.

Client Relationships & VAS Acceleration:

• Develop, maintain, and cultivate close relationships with decision-makers and key stakeholders of designated clients.
• Understand clients' business strategies, priorities, needs, and processes, presenting them with product ideas that can enhance their results.
• Develop individual designated clients’ product plans, with corresponding tactics and actions to achieve defined goals.
• Manage the VAS sales pipeline for the markets to ensure sales and revenue targets are achieved for East Africa
• Uganda.

Product Delivery & Project Management:

• Ensure all solutions are delivered on time, within scope and within budget.
• Measure and report project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques.
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks and adjust project constraints based on financial analysis.

Financial Accountability:

• Be accountable for the overall achievement of Product & Solutions Revenue and Cost targets for East Africa
• Uganda
• Track project performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of short and long-term goals.
• Meet budgetary objectives and make necessary adjustments.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications:

6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD

8 years in related industry experience in retail banking or fintech's

Relevant business or engineering related degree

Exceptional project and program management skills with the ability to manage multiple activities with both internal and external stakeholders

Advanced written and verbal communication skills, exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills and the proven ability to influence and communicate effectively across regional and functional lines

Additional Information

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.