Vcs Product

**Company Description**
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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LAC’s Visa Commercial Solutions is looking for a highly motivated individual to lead product and platforms ecosystem in the South Cone (SOCO) region

The Manager, VCS SOCO Product and Platforms is responsible for managing and delivering solutions to solve the transaction management, purchasing, expense and accounts payable needs of all our SOCO Visa partners and their clients working closely with VCS Directors in SOCO, BDs and other cross functional teams in local markets. This role requires a strong sense of ownership, vision, curiosity, critical thinking, Visa solutions knowledge, financial analytical skills, creative problem solving and thought leadership.

He/She will be part of LAC VCS Product & Platform Team and will work collaboratively with SOCO VCS Sales Team as well as other teams, ensuring alignment of market positioning across all areas of Visa Commercial Solutions.

This role will be responsible for planning, developing, and deploying new VCS products/features and enhancing existing capabilities The incumbent will lead VCS Product initiatives in SOCO region including product management of the Product Ecosystem, core products enablement, data solutions, APIs Solutions, payables solutions and services with a particular emphasis on supporting growth of VCS in the SOCO region

The role involves working with the extended VCS Product Team to identify gaps as well as new requirements for Innovative B2B payment solutions that meet issuer and end client needs in SOCO region

The role will require the talent to collaborate effectively in a matrixed environment while delivering on a strong, aligned approach with regional and local teams. In addition, the role will require product strategy and product management experience, understanding of product development, B2B payments landscape (Issuing, Acceptance, vertical and data management), products and platforms that exist within Visa and Visa Commercial Solutions. Knowledge of Visa core products and compliance, virtual account, payables, and expense management solutions is a plus.

**Essential Functions**
- Identify product gaps, assess market readiness, efforts and requirements for delivery of new solutions and capabilities working with key internal Visa stakeholders, including prioritization, release timing and market communication.
- Collaborate with local teams, VCS specialized sales and Product & Platforms team to align product strategies in SOCO region.
- Identify product, platform and capabilities enhancement based on markets needs and competitive landscape, leading prioritization efforts and go to market initiatives jointly with LAC Products team. Lead efforts targeted at driving progress of VCS Value-added services in SOCO
- Execute Visa Commercial Solutions roadmap against overall commercial targets for all solution types and use cases in SOCO
- Lead the definition and implementation of B2B products & capabilities that will drive growth of share and revenues from non-traditional business payments and other emerging strategies
- Partner with internal and external constituencies to identify, research, and analyze new technology-based products, services and capabilities, solicit input for concepts and enhancements
- Define and prioritize a strong operating model with Visa’s technology partners on specific Product Enhancements and Product specifications
- Manage B2B product gaps and new requirements for market delivery with the LAC VCS Product & Platform Team including prioritization, release timing and market communication.
- Strategize with partners on major initiatives and opportunities, leveraging customer interactions to identify new and enhanced products and services in SOCO
- Using known or collected electronic payments industry knowledge to drive new product opportunities for our issuers and downstream clients.
- Client interaction with corporate/treasury banks, Card Issuers, Acquirers, Processors and PSPs to understand their needs and pain points.
- Cross-functional interaction within Visa including Compliance, Client Readiness, Legal, Regulatory, Risk, Sales, Marketing, Product, Investor Relations, Corporate Development, Corporate Strategy and Technology
- Business and platform architecture enhancement management
- Ensure the program and projects are in compliance with Visa's Project Management Methodolog