Senior Technical Program Manager - Data Platform
Company: Visa
Location: Palo Alto
Posted on: June 17, 2022
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Job Description:
Company DescriptionVisa is a world leader in digital payments,
facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between
consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government
entities across more than 200 countries and territories each year.
Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative,
convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling
individuals, businesses and economies to thrive.When you join Visa,
you join a culture of purpose and belonging - where your growth is
priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters.
We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift
everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on
billions of people around the world - helping unlock financial
access to enable the future of money movement.Join Visa: A Network
Working for Everyone.Job DescriptionWe are the Data Platform
Technology team within Visa. We collaborate with every other team
at Visa to deliver on our broad mandate of Data Platforms that are
secure, robust, and effective. To achieve this, we continuously and
proactively reflect, learn, and commit to develop our platform, our
processes, and our people.We are actively looking for a talented
and versatile Sr Technical Program Manager to join our team!
-RESPONSIBILITIESAccountable for the end-to-end planning and
implementation of complex projects and/or Agile teams. Lead and
negotiate, scope, schedule, budget, risks, deployments and
communications for projects and initiatives.Lead project level
retrospectives, post-mortems, and RCAs (Root Cause Analysis) with
clear next steps, action items, and follow-up.Coach multiple teams
through the software development process using Agile, Scrum, and
Lean practices and work openly and boldly across all functions and
geographies to ensure projects are developed and deployed with
quality and timely delivery into our production systems. -Ask
thoughtful questions to help our customers, product owners, and
product managers to maximize value and meet company objectives.
Understand product strategy and benefits of the work you're doing
with your teams! -Guide groups through processes that help them
come to solutions and make decisions.As a change agent, discover
opportunities for process improvements, pilot and then drive on a
larger scale.Proactively identifies and anticipates barriers.
Assertively and creatively removes obstacles that slow down or
prevent programs from delivering against project
objectives.Implement Visa PMM required project gates and artifacts.
In parallel, partner to improve our internal tools and processes
with an agile mindset.Champion the adoption of key engineering
practices like Reflection, Learning, Code Review, and Continuous
Integration.Take initiative to create and grow our learning
community, and be an Agile and Leadership Champion within the
organization.Position Location:------position will be based -in
-Palo Alto, CA.--- Visa will not provide relocation assistance in
connection with this position.---QualificationsBASIC
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--- Minimum Bachelor's degree or equivalent
with a concentration in Computer Science or a related technical
discipline--- Work experience as a project manager, program manager
and/or developer, working with technical teams developing software
solutions for 7-10 years with a Bachelor's Degree or 6 years with
an Advanced Degree or 3 years 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--- Demonstrated curiosity and
ability to understand architectural and technical aspects of Data
Platform and DevOps projects.--- Excellent communication skills.---
Excellent facilitation skills with ability to influence change at
higher levels.--- Experience in managing big data open source
services projects is a plus. --- Large scale migrations experience
is a plus.--- One or more Agile certifications: CSM, PMI ACP,
ICAgile.--- PMP, PRINCE2 or similar detailed knowledge of formal
project management processes.Additional InformationVisa has adopted
a COVID-19 vaccination policy to safeguard the health and
well-being of our employees and visitors. As a condition of
employment, all employees based in the U.S. are required to be
fully vaccinated for COVID-19, unless a reasonable accommodation is
approved or as otherwise required by law.Work Hours: Varies upon
the needs of the department.Travel Requirements: This position
requires travel -5-10% of the time.Mental/Physical Requirements:
This position will be performed in an office setting. - The
position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk,
communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard
office equipment, such as telephones and computers.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.Visa will consider
for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a
manner consistent with applicable local law, including the
requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police
Code.SummaryType: Full-timeFunction: Product Management
Keywords: Visa, Palo Alto , Senior Technical Program Manager - Data Platform, IT / Software / Systems , Palo Alto, California
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