**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. Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa. Visa Global Sourcing Global Sourcing is part of the Finance organization and manages Visa’s end-to-end sourcing and procurement of goods and services. Sourcing is responsible for partnering with business owners to lead all strategic sourcing activities globally to ensure optimal selection of suppliers that deliver best value in price and quality, while minimizing risk to Visa. Overview **Responsibilities**: This is a mid-level role within Visa’s Global Technology Sourcing organization and the responsibilities range from building relationships with Technology executives and working with stakeholders at all levels of the organization to drive strategic decision, to leading sourcing business partners to deliver savings while balancing the risks and regulatory issues from engaging third parties. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following Relationship Building - This role supports Visa’s Technology Infrastructure Systems Sourcing Strategy and key stakeholders, within Visa IT. - Build strong relationships with business partners to drive Sourcing engagements and increase the influence/role of Sourcing within the various business teams. This person can expect direct visibility to senior executives including, but not limited to, Visa’s President of Technology, and Technology Leadership Team members. - Regularly update executives at all levels of the company on deal status, category reporting, etc. Provide continuous written and verbal updates to the business partners, suppliers and other stakeholders on the status of deal. - Take a global view to ensure that Visa leverages its scale domestically and internationally. Category Expertise - Collaborate with Category teams and Visa Technology to establish the Supplier / Product Strategy for Infrastructure Systems Software as a category of spend at Visa. - Understand the Visa Technology footprint, the long and short-term strategies and the suppliers within that landscape. - Oversee the aligned categories. Understand the supplier impacts and effectively communicate to Sourcing executives and Technology stakeholders to inform risk/reward decision-making. - Perform market analysis to support recommendations to the Technology teams. - Drive a sustainable pipeline of activity and proactively engages Technology Business Partners to ensure proper runway. - Maintain an understanding of the regulatory market as it impacts Visa Technology’s Infrastructure Software strategy and market approach. Sourcing Capabilities - Commercial & Contract Negotiations - Manage escalations. Support the Sourcing and Technology teams to negotiate and drive best-in-class deals for Visa. This role requires a strategic view and the willingness to execute on the day-to-day. - Drive multi-vendor strategies to optimize Visa’s leverage and reduce operational risk. Execute RFx events to support Visa’s Technology organization. - Perform savings tracking and report realized savings on a continual basis. - Negotiate contract terms and conditions as a first line of defense, in partnership with Visa Legal, Data Privacy, Cybersecurity, and other teams. - Take part in quarterly reporting, regularly recurring team meetings, and ongoing updates to direct reports, peers and leaders around the organization. Additional Information about Interviewing with Visa in Technology Sourcing - You can expect to be asked detailed questions about your background - If you are a seasoned Software professional, expect that we will ask you about deals you have led including details pertaining to spend, license metrics, strategy, and results. - Expect that we will ask you fundamental questions about technology licensing (for example - ‘What is the difference between a CPU and a Core?’ ‘What are the advantages/disadvantages to perpetual versus subscription licensing?’). - You will meet with a diverse team of technical business partners as well as Visa Sourcing leadership to assess your Sourcing and business acumen. - Don’t let any of the above worry you! We demand a lot of ourselves and prefer to be upfront about what we look for on this team. If you’ve got the chops, we’ve got a role for you! This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager. **Qualifications** Basic Qualifications - 5 or more years of relevant work experie