Principal Technical Program Manager

We are seeking a Principal Technical Program Manager (Senior Directorlevel IC) to join the Payment Products Development PMO supporting Global Sales and Commercial Operations. This is a senior handson leadership role responsible for driving an enterprisewide portfolio of complex crossfunctional programs spanning business product and technology.

Operating with a high degree of autonomy this role leads through influence serving as a trusted partner to senior and executive stakeholders. The Principal Technical Program Manager (PTPM) applies strong technical strategic and operational judgment to navigate ambiguity optimize delivery outcomes and establish scalable program management best practices across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Enterprise Portfolio Ownership & Delivery

• Lead endtoend planning and execution of a multiprogram enterprise portfolio ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• Proactively manage dependencies risks and change minimizing delivery and organizational impact.
• Champion continuous improvement and PTPM/TPM best practices across programs and teams.

Executive Communication & Stakeholder Leadership

• Deliver clear concise executivelevel status updates and reporting consolidating complex multisource inputs.
• Tailor communications for diverse audiences proactively engaging stakeholders to minimize escalations.
• Drive meeting effectiveness and decision alignment by establishing context and influencing outcomes.

Program & Project Governance Compliance Metrics & Risk Management

• Develop and maintain highquality governance artifacts compliance metrics and reporting standards.
• Use datadriven insights to assess progress present options and tradeoffs and influence decisions.
• Anticipate and mitigate risks and issues adapting plans to evolving priorities.

Technical & Strategic Leadership

• Apply deep technical expertise to solve complex crossdomain challenges and align product platform and engineering teams.
• Influence product roadmap prioritization and strategic alignment based on business and technical considerations.
• Lead largescale SaaS initiatives leveraging multiple platforms GenAI automation and tooling to improve delivery efficiency.

Culture Mentorship & Continuous Improvement

• Foster a mentoring and coaching mindset supporting the development of junior TPMs and crossfunctional partners.
• Promote a culture of learning curiosity and continuous improvement through knowledge sharing.
• Actively pursue and apply new tools techniques and learnings to evolve delivery models and strategy.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager. 

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications:

• 12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 10 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters/MBA /JD/MD) or a minimum of 5 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications:

• 15 or more years of experience with a Bachelors Degree or 12 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD or MD) PhD with 9 years of experience
• 12 years of experience with a bachelors degree 10 years with an advanced degree (Masters MBA JD MD) or 5 years with a PhD.
• Extensive experience leading large scale enterprise SaaS programs and projects as a Principal Technical Program Manager within a centralized Portfolio/Program/Project organization.
• Experience partnering with C level or VP level stakeholders in highly matrixed organizations.
• Proven success as a senior individual contributor independently managing ambiguity and driving outcomes.
• Experience leveraging GenAI automation and advanced tooling to enhance execution and reporting.
• Demonstrated experience designing implementing and scaling enterprise-level PTPM operating models and best practices including the definition of longterm program roadmaps stakeholder and communication frameworks multimilliondollar budget management and the establishment of companywide accountability and compliance mechanisms.
• Strong executive communication technical depth and program governance expertise including risk dependency and change management.
• Demonstrated ability to influence product and platform strategy without direct authority.

Additional Information :

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 this position is 195800.00 to 313500.00 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 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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time