We are seeking a highly skilled and visionary Business Intelligence (BI) and Analytics Technology Leader to join our dynamic team
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in BI technologies, data analytics, and leadership
They will be responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and management of our BI and analytics strategies to support data-driven decision making across the organization
As a Visa Sr
Director, you will work in a rapid-paced environment leading various Data and System Engineering teams developing next generation solutions for Visa
We take a data-driven approach and are passionate about having a culture of learning fast and constantly iterating towards success
You will wear multiple hats and demonstrate breadth, depth, and leadership
The solutions you help create will have a multiplier effect across all of Visa
You will face big challenges and question the status quo, changing the way data products are developed at Visa
Come join us and see your efforts shape the digital future of payments
The Work Itself:
Key Responsibilities:
Lead the BI and analytics team, providing direction, mentorship, and support to ensure high performance and professional growth.
Develop and implement the BI and analytics strategy, aligning with the organizations goals and objectives.
Oversee the design, development, and maintenance of BI solutions, including data warehouses, dashboards, and reporting tools.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, define key performance indicators (KPIs), and deliver actionable insights.
Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and security in all BI and analytics processes.
Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in BI and analytics.
Drive the adoption of BI tools and practices across the organization to foster a data-driven culture.
Manage relationships with external vendors and partners to enhance BI capabilities.
Create and maintain documentation related to BI processes, standards, and procedures.
Monitor and report on the performance of BI initiatives, providing regular updates to senior management.
Strong Negotiation Skills: You will be a distinguished ambassador for product development, collaborating, negotiating, managing tradeoffs and evaluating opportunistic new ideas with business partners
Essential Functions
Provides framework and expertise for presenting technical solutions, capabilities, and features to stakeholders demonstrating how solution will support business strategy.
Provides strategic vision for design and architecture documentation across products and sprints, leveraging existing architecture design patterns.
Sets the strategy for identifying system, architecture, tools, and storage needs that support the requirements for the application across products.
Understands people and hardware resource requirements and aligns across organizations to ensure requirements are met.
Improves team processes so managers and senior engineers are equipped to ensure code meets quality standards, provides the technical vision for and establishes best practices.
Establishes strategy to automate advanced data protocols, reduction techniques, and aggregation approaches to validate the quality of extracted data across the data pipeline.
Anticipates issues and ensures that practices used to merge data into distributed systems, products, or tools are aligned across the organization.
Oversees adherence to data management principles, governance, process, and tools to maintain quality across all projects.
Champions best practices in testing to confirm functional capability of code.
Basic Qualifications 12+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 15+ years of relevant work experience
Preferred Qualifications *15 or more years of experience with a Bachelor s Degree or 12 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (eg Masters, MBA, JD, or MD), PhD with 9+ years of experience * Minimum of 5 years of proven experience in a leadership role with direct reports. * Proven experience in BI and analytics, with a strong track record of leading successful BI projects. * In-depth knowledge of BI tools and platforms (eg, Tableau, Power BI, Looker, QlikView, MicroStrategy). * Proficiency in data modeling, SQL, ETL processes, and data warehousing concepts. * Experience solving data problems using data technologies (eg, Hadoop, Hive, * Kafka, Redis, NoSQL, RDBMS). * Experience with Analytics products (eg, Power BI, MicroStrategy). * Experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining ETL pipelines. * Experience in building and pushing code into production. * Experience in implementing and supporting real-time systems. * Certification in BI tools or data analytics (eg, Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst * Associate, Tableau Desktop Specialist, Microstrategy). * Experience with cloud-based BI and analytics solutions (eg, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud). * Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. * Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to explain complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders. * Project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. * Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire teams, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment. * Experience with machine learning and advanced analytics techniques. * Knowledge of data governance and data quality best practices. *Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.