Visa · 1 day ago
Sr. Director Spend Analytics
Austin, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$190K/yr - $332K/yr
12+ years expVisa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions across more than 200 countries. The Senior Director role involves leading a newly formed Demand and Spend Analytics function, managing vendor costs, and ensuring fiscal responsibility for third-party purchases.
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Responsibilities
The work involves leading a team adhering to Visa’s leadership principles of leading courageously, obsessing about our customers, collaborating with other teams, and excelling in execution
The Demand analytics team will be responsible for partnering with different technology teams and align the technology strategy for each category and track vendors and their performance
This role is expected to collaborate closely with other partners in Corporate IT like End User tech, People Tech, HR Technology and Finance technologies
The leader will set the processes and guide the team of analysts to ensure proper diligence and fiscal responsibility for all third party CIT purchases
The leader will also be expected to represent the function in audits from both internal teams as well as external regulators
Lead teams through different aspects of the Software and hardware SKU lifecycle from pre-procurement demand gathering, deal analysis, post procurement deployment tracking and support/maintenance renewal pipelines
Experience leading and building analytics teams that spans across spend, demand and other aspect of technology analytics
Proficient knowledge of different software licensing metrics by vendors and ability to track deployments
Bring in strong mix of technical and analytical skills to influence the procurement decision for all of CIT
Lead discussions and communicate regularly with senior leadership on technical issues, program status, and escalations
Proven track record of implementing consumption programs for software and automations
Define and advocate a set of standard processes to offer a streamlined service to all Visa technology teams
Act as a technical liaison between Engineering teams, finance and sourcing
Work closely with cross-functional groups including internal stakeholders (Product Managers, Engineers, etc.), and external customers and vendors to formalize roadmaps & priorities
Lead by example, demonstrating accountability, and by contributing to departmental procedures, best practices, and standards
Qualification
Required
12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's 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
15 or more years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 12 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, or MD), PhD with 9+ years of experience
Knowledge of software licensing for key vendors
Demonstrated ability to manage the strategy and take a deal from inception to procurement and approvals
12 or more years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA)
5 years of experience in leading other teams or team of teams
Proven track record of managing Software Asset Management with extensive knowledge of software licensing for key vendors
Knowledge of cloud FinOps concepts and ability to compare costs
Exceptional collaboration and partnership skills with the ability to work in a global environment and drive consensus in cross-functional teams
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401 (k)
FSA/HSA
Life Insurance
Paid Time Off
Wellness Program
Company
Visa
Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
TNB Financial Services
2016-09-10Post Ipo Equity
2008-03-19IPO
Leadership Team
Ryan McInerney
Chief Executive Officer
Chris Suh
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
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