Vice President, Architecture & Consulting

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in 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 while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

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About the Team

Visa’s Payment Products Development (PPD) division is seeking a visionary architecture leader to develop and implement a multi-year technology strategy that aligns Visa’s product goals with executable plans. Reporting to the Senior Vice President of PPD, you will lead a global team of senior architects responsible for the architectural vision of Visa’s core payment processing systems. Your leadership will translate business priorities into a cohesive hybrid cloud and on-premises technology roadmap, helping shape the future of Visa’s payment technology by delivering reliable, scalable, and secure solutions across diverse business areas and regions.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop and Execute a Multi-Year Technology Strategy

• Own and drive the creation and execution of a forward-looking technology architecture roadmap aligned with Visa’s strategic vision and business objectives.
• Lead the transformation from legacy mainframes to hybrid, scalable, cloud-enabled platforms while ensuring high availability, security, and performance standards.

Leadership

• Inspire, mentor, and lead a diverse team of about 40 senior architects, including chief system architects and team leads across multiple regions.
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, continuous learning, and inclusive leadership that promotes cross-team collaboration.

Accelerate Collaboration and Delivery

• Partner with product and technology leaders to ensure architectural initiatives align with critical business priorities such as Visa Flex Credentials, real-time settlement, account-to-account payments, and regional projects.
• Provide end-to-end solution designs that enable seamless, market-ready product deployments within a hybrid enterprise environment.

Operationalize Emerging Technology

• Spearhead exploration and integration of GenAI and other emerging technologies to enhance payment operations, including automation, fraud detection, risk management, and customer personalization.
• Lead enterprise-wide GenAI adoption, establishing governance frameworks and fostering cross-functional collaboration to maximize impact.
• Oversee strategic resource planning and budget management to optimize team capacity and operational efficiency.
• Drive continuous process improvements leveraging GenAI and architectural best practices to increase delivery velocity and reduce time to market.

This is a hybrid position. Expectations of days in-office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Basic Qualifications:

12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 10 years of experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters/ MBA/JD/MD) or at least 8 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications:

• 15 or more years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD, PhD)
• Deep expertise in payment processing platforms, hybrid cloud architectures, and software modernization efforts.
• Demonstrated ability as an inspirational leader and technical authority with strong influencing and negotiation skills.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to partner effectively across diverse stakeholder groups to deliver aligned, strategic outcomes.
• Experience leading organizational adoption of emerging technologies such as GenAI to enhance operational efficiency and foster business innovation.

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.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 222,600 to 386,300 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.