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Visa Inc.

Director, Major Incident Management

Visa Inc.

Denver, CO · full time · Executive

$160,100 – $256,300

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What this role is

Lead Visa's global major incident management organization, responsible for coordinating enterprise-wide response to critical technology incidents across a 24/7 environment serving 200+ countries. This role suits experienced operations leaders who excel at executive communication, cross-functional influence, and building world-class teams in complex, high-stakes technology environments.

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What they ask for

Required

  • 10+ years of relevant work experience with Bachelor's degree, OR 7+ years with Advanced degree, OR 4+ years with PhD, OR 13+ years of relevant work experience
  • Leader of enterprise-scale incident response across global technology environment
  • Experience managing large-scale production incident response and recovery
  • Capability to serve as senior escalation point for complex, cross-functional production events
  • Proven ability to lead executive communications and stakeholder engagement during critical incidents

Nice to have

  • 12+ years of technology operations, infrastructure operations, site reliability engineering, or incident management experience
  • 5+ years of people leadership managing high-performing technical teams
  • Experience in complex, mission-critical, global technology environments
  • Deep knowledge of ITSM, Change Management, Problem Management, and Operational Governance
  • Experience with distributed systems requiring stringent service availability
  • Understanding of cloud platforms, observability, and modern operational practices
  • SRE principles, operational resilience frameworks, and automation technologies
  • Demonstrated influence with senior executives and cross-functional technology leaders
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills for executive audiences
  • Experience in regulated or highly secure environments
  • Knowledge of AI, Generative AI, automation, or predictive operations

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