Vice President, Emerging Market Technology Head, Digital & Developer Platform

  • Full-time
  • Job Family Group: Technology and Operations

Company Description

 

Common Purpose, Uncommon Opportunity. Everyone at Visa works with one goal in mind – making sure that Visa is the best way to pay and be paid, for everyone everywhere. This is our global vision and the common purpose that unites the entire Visa team.

As a global payments technology company, tech is at the heart of what we do: Our VisaNet network processes over 13,000 transactions per second for people and businesses around the world, enabling them to use digital currency instead of cash and checks. We are also global advocates for financial inclusion, working with partners around the world to help those who lack access to financial services join the global economy. Visa’s sponsorships, including the Olympics and FIFA™ World Cup, celebrate teamwork, diversity, and excellence
throughout the world. 

If you have a passion to make a difference in the lives of people around the world, Visa offers an uncommon opportunity to build a strong, thriving career. Visa is fueled by our team of talented employees who continuously
raise the bar on delivering the convenience and security of digital currency to people all over the world. Join our team and find out how Visa is everywhere you want to be.

Within Technology & Operations, Digital & Mobile Product Development (DMPD) is a global division of over 650 team members responsible for developing and managing end-to-end technology solutions that promote the growth of digital commerce and mobilization of payments in emerging and developed markets. A globally distributed team, DMPD encompasses Product Development, Program Management, Portfolio & Business Management, Architecture, and Test, Release & Support Engineering functions.  

Job Description

Organization Summary

The Digital & Developer Platform (VDDP) team is a global division of over 1100 team members responsible for developing and managing end-to-end technology solutions that promote the growth of digital commerce and mobile payments in emerging and developed markets. A globally distributed team, VDDP encompasses Product Development, Solution Architecture, and Innovation platform, and Digital integration engineering functions  

 

Position Summary

Reporting to the SVP, Visa Digital & Developer Platform, as the head of Emerging Markets Technology in Dubai you will be responsible to drive the regional engineering team in addition to supporting the need of our global products organization with technical and thought leadership. Building and maintaining strong customer relationships is essential, as this position will work with Business Partners, internal staff and system integrators on a daily basis to ensure delivery of quality products in alignment with global initiatives. As part of the executive leadership team of the region, you will be required to help evaluate and recommend 3rd party partners, help in regional technical solution, bridge the global standards with regional needs and help accelerate expansion of overall digital presence in the market.  

 

You will be responsible to build and manage a team technologists focused on delivering key technical solutions and platform services in support of emerging market needs. This is one of the key areas for this role and requires leadership skills focused on dealing with multiple stakeholders needs, propose and build highly scalable, secure and reliable technical solutions to meet clients’ demands. You will be responsible for establishing a culture of engineering excellence while maintaining a focus on security and operational excellence.

 

You will be responsible for hiring top talent to keep the organization highly engaged and motivated, delivering exceptional results. Your ability to work across functions and teams will allow you to ensure alignment of priorities and goals, driving for results and fostering the right culture and the right environment to achieve excellence and innovation.

Qualifications

Candidate Profile:

The ideal candidate will be an experienced technology leader with a proven record of highly scalable product development. S/he will have experience developing new digital products and features at a rapid pace and have demonstrated ability to lead, recruit, grow and retain high-caliber talent at scale. Further, the candidate will have a demonstrated ability to collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to plan, develop and deliver will be critical. S/he also needs to have leadership experience to bring engineering excellence, agility and the ability to build a powerful engineering organization. Candidates must have demonstrated success in organizational transformations along dimensions such as deep partnerships and collaboration with businesses, fostering a culture that encourages innovation, Agile product development processes, and location and technology migrations. The successful candidate will balance proactive strategic thinking with flawless execution and delivery.

 

 

 

 

Additional responsibilities include:

  • Establish internal and external partnerships by identifying common interests and mutually beneficial opportunities

  • Create momentum for change by sharing hope, excitement and enthusiasm and by recognizing and addressing organizational barriers

  • Stay keenly attuned to subtle market and industry trends and develop strategies to outpace and outmaneuver competitors

  • Effectively prioritize the most critical projects for the business function and align resources appropriately

  • Create an environment where accountability is expected and valued

  • Guide the development of creative ideas or solutions from a broad range of sources and examine each for organization-wide implications

  • Develop positive relationships within the executive ranks of client organizations; sought out as an expert and trusted advisor

 

Required Key Competencies:

  • Technical and Functional Excellence: The candidate will have demonstrated aptitude/capability to manage the full spectrum of technology functions with direct experience leading a global organization. The candidate will possess a deep technical understanding of current and future trends within the payments industry and be capable of developing and executing a strategy that leverages new technology to support overall applications evolution and business performance. S/he is an expert at designing, developing, and deploying scalable digital solutions to deliver enterprise-grade solutions with best-in-class consumer-grade UI/UX

  • Thought Leadership: The successful individual brings a mindset that embraces innovation and questions conventional wisdom. S/he will be a recognized domain expert in key areas such as application development and new constructs such as DevOps. In addition, s/he is an expert with regard to emerging technology trends, innovations, and developments related to mobile applications and digital technologies

  • Team Leadership: The candidate will recruit, lead, mentor, and develop a world-class technology team, providing opportunities for growth to ensure continuity of the department’s leadership. The ideal candidate will develop a culture comfortable with challenging current market paradigms to achieve and exceed goals. The candidate will help build best-in-class capabilities at Visa

  • Individual & Organizational Leadership: The candidate will think with a global mindset and is able to develop solutions to meet the varying needs of everyone, everywhere. The candidate will be mission driven and passionate about having a lasting impact by driving change in the payments industry. The candidate will enjoy working at a fast pace, be self-directed, and able to manage multiple concurrent competing challenges, issues and priorities. The candidate will be motivated to explore new technologies and learn new things, while also recognizing that many good ideas and implementations may already exist

 

Additional Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or closely related discipline required. Graduate degree in Computer Science or closely related discipline preferred

  • 15+ years’ experience of software development, software engineering leadership and delivery; at least 7 of which are in senior management roles. Digital, mobile, and payments product development experience strongly preferred

  • Beyond experience, we are looking for a “Big thinker” interested in transforming and revolutionizing the global payments technology industry through innovative digital and mobile solutions

  • Strong leadership and people management skills, with demonstrated ability to build and lead large, global, cross-functional teams.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to development, document, and explain the technology strategy to diverse audiences, both technology and business, from executives to staff. Ability to drive consensus across diverse, global technology and business stakeholders will be key.

  • Ability to take ownership of complex, multi-faceted, open-ended problems and drive them to completion.

Additional Information

Location:

The position is located in Dubai, UAE

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