Job Description

Job Summary:

This position will gain an in-depth understanding of the business, strategic direction, organizational structure, and key vendor partnerships. You will help define success for IT financial efficiency and cost clarity programs by creating and tracking key metrics and developing consumption optimization programs. This position will report to the Director of Operations & Infrastructure.

Essential Functions:

• Assist product owners with execution of technology strategy, keeping a view of the operating expense impact of key decisions
• Run SQL scripts to extract data from multiple data sources and have ability to normalize data based on product owner feedback
• Identify expense reduction opportunities with product owners and create plans and tracking to ensure execution of cost reduction strategies
• Manage spend for a technology lane(s) with specific knowledge to adherence to key Visa procurement rules while identifying strategies for purchases that do not meet the rules
• Identify appropriate data sources to track deployment of different software across Visa and use the information across multiple sources to create deployment baselines
• Lead the team in delivering work products on consumption reports as well as other key initiatives that will help the Technology EVP of make strategic decisions
• Understand license metrics for different software types and create a pro-forma analysis for major deals within technology
• Create and manage the budget for the IT technology lanes working in close partnership with the IT engineering teams
• Manage the IT purchase approval process by clearly understanding the Technology approval process
• Manage budget forecasts throughout the year, making adjustments as needed and tracking performance to budget
• Run sensitivity analysis and create cost models to determine best possible solution for Visa in support of IT purchase decisions
• Work closely with Technology partners to understand the technical details
  for IT purchases and create business justification for purchases
• Create Business Intelligence dashboards which will enable technology leaders
  to understand their spend profile and will enable them to make decisions on future IT road-maps
• Identify ways to generate efficiencies in purchases, consolidate purchasing efforts, and maintain spend analytics
• Cost modeling, variance analysis, and forecast management
• Manage cost centers and capital asset budgets (pipeline management: creation, growth)
• Lead weekly core team meetings with cross functional participants to enable creating a purchase pipeline