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Sr. Manager, Research

3 months ago


San Francisco, United States Visa Full time

Aug 14, 2024

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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Job Description
Visa Global Product Design is seeking an experienced, hands-on Design Research Sr. Manager with expertise in both user research that drives leading-edge Product Design. All of our team members are innovative thinkers and strategic problem solvers who are as analytical as they are creative. We value hard work, accountability, and collaboration. In this role, you will lead full-scale research projects delivering compelling research insights that distill the complexity of client challenges. This person will play a vital role in developing new Products & Services directly for Visa's clients and partners, as well as helping inform critical Human Insights employed by internal Product, Consulting, and Account teams.

Essential Functions

  • Execute all phases of qualitative research (scoping, research strategy, conducting, synthesizing and reporting). Go deep on every project to deliver results.
  • Be a team expert in the fields of design research, insights, storytelling, and design research.
  • Evangelize and promote design research and insights throughout the organization.
  • Demonstrate a strong understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of different research methods, including when and how to apply them during each product phase, and ability to justify research and design decisions.
  • You'll be responsible for working across multiple clients to execute research delivering actionable and timely insights.
  • Create personas, journey maps, user flows, and other research artifacts.
  • Support and help facilitate design thinking workshops with clients and stakeholders.
  • Identify how to frame complex research problems, as well as evaluate agencies and vendors to support projects (when needed).
  • Act as a change agent, sparking fresh ideas that elevate the research practice and are infused within our culture and products.
  • Foster collaboration between Design, Research, Design Operations & Product teams, in addition to establishing relationships with other partners throughout Visa.
  • Represent the team successfully with all types of stakeholders including Visa clients and partners.
  • Mentor other design researchers and lead by example in delivering excellent individual work.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
* 8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD.

Preferred Qualifications:
* 9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD.
* Minimum 10+ years of work experience, including significant experience in a role with responsibility for design research, product design and design research planning, as well as execution and client management for complex UX research projects.
* Experience and understanding of Product Management and Innovation in the payments space a plus.
* Qualitative expertise a must, quantitative skills a plus.
* Experience combining qualitative and quantitative research methodologies to form holistic approaches to problem solving.
* Experience managing participant recruitment and associated privacy and data considerations.
* Knowledgeable of accessibility guidelines and best practices.
* Ability to support design thinking workshops, including leading sessions and engaging with high-profile clients.
* Must be results-oriented, and have the ability to work independently, prioritize many competing needs including multiple urgent tasks, and effectively deal with ambiguity.
* Innate desire to share credit and support one's colleagues, putting the success of the team and the company ahead of personal gain.
* Refusal to compromise on commitments, quality, and the truth.
* Ability to build strong relationships while navigating multiple complex organizations, sometimes with competing agendas and differing values.
* Successful track record developing relationships and engaging with colleagues across functions, levels, and geographies, including within a virtual environment.
* Excellent analytical abilities and attention to detail - no cutting corners.
* Top-notch client management/people skills, with experience managing multiple stakeholder relationships.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, problem-solving skills, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
* Knowledge of and experience with Visa products a plus.
* Experience with tools like Mural, Airtable, dScout, UserTesting.com, InVision, Figma.
* Experience managing legal and privacy considerations and processes for user research.
* Integrate research outputs with product roadmaps of Visa Clients and partners.
* Research best-in-class solutions or product features available to update product agenda for Visa clients and partners.
* Analyzing strong and weak points of products of Visa clients to develop a holistic approach for implementing improvements.
* Be comfortable to own, manage and report on a portfolio of projects at any one time confidently.
* Design and lead collaborative workshops to facilitate various stages of client-facing projects.

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.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 157,700.00 to 228,650.00 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 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.

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