Product Manager Israel

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The Product Manager will be a member of the Israeli Regional Product and Solutions team, supporting the deployment, growth, and strategy of Visa’s products and platforms in the Israeli market.

This includes, but is not limited to:

Premium & Super-Premium products, Click-To-Pay, Tokenization, Visa Payment Passkey, BNPL solutions, Flex credentials and Value-Added Services.

This individual will play a key role in driving the consumer product agenda for Israel, based on the needs of local issuers, acquirers, fintech's, merchants, and payment service providers, as well as market dynamics, regulatory requirements (e.g., Bank of Israel guidelines), and corporate priorities.

They will collaborate closely with internal stakeholders (including global and regional product teams, local product and functional teams, sales, risk, and operations) and external stakeholders (including banks, fintech's, processors, wallet providers, technology enablers, and ecosystem partners) to conceive, deliver, manage, and promote Visa’s digital and consumer products & solutions and strategy in Israel.

Tailor Global and Europe products & solutions proposition to meet Israeli market needs & demands.

• Develop products & solutions strategy and Go-to-market
• Support and help drive sales engagements as product expert in the Israeli market
• Work closely with Visa teams in Israel and Southern Europe to scale adoption, including understanding and addressing associated impacts and requirements, proactively providing local knowledge and insights
• Manage day to day and ad-hoc requests, incl. issues resolution, management presentations and market analyses
• Work closely with industry and internal stakeholders across the organization to understand market needs and improve solutions with enhancements that lead to better performance, competitiveness, market fit, pricing and other go-to-market requirements
• Regularly assess and review market activity & trends and adjust propositions to ensure Visa’s products remain competitive, performant and meet customers & market need.

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

Excellent written and spoken Hebrew and English

Good knowledge and experience of the payments industry, local payments market and ecosystem. Knowledge of Visa business and its products and services is a plus

Go-To-Market experience in product & technology roles, with experience presenting information to all levels and clients

Ability to bring a strategic mindset and structured approach to problem-solving, ideally with experience in product, consulting or an in-house strategy function

Ability to transpose business and technical understanding to relevant market inputs with sales and product teams

Excellent relationship builder – Collaborative, diplomatic and flexible with the ability to influence in a highly matrixed organization across all levels

Pro-active and effective communicator, with the ability to facilitate group discussions and communicate effectively across geographic and functional lines and levels

Hands-on attitude, feeling comfortable to roll up the sleeves and go into the detail, but maintaining a good sense of prioritization and cutting to the chase quickly where needed

Curious and inquisitive problem solver - thrives in difficult and big problem spaces

Ownership and driving impact are important aspects to the role, must have the mindset to fully understand and quickly overcome commercial, technical, industry and internal challenges to succeed

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.