Consultant, Portfolio Governance

About Us

Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.

Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.

Job Description

The Portfolio team operates as a global, multidisciplinary group supporting Product, Engineering, Commercial, and Operations stakeholders across Pismo. The team is diverse in geography, background, and functional expertise, reflecting Pismo’s global footprint and multicultural environment.

The primary goal of the team is to ensure the organization is focused on the right initiatives at the right time, with clear prioritization, sequencing, and alignment to strategic business objectives. This role directly contributes by acting as the front door for new initiatives ensuring requests are properly assessed, prioritized, and resourced before execution. The Consultant Portfolio Manager plays a critical role in enabling scalability, transparency, and agility as the business continues to grow following Pismo’s integration with Visa

Responsibilities:

Analyze new project, feature, and change requests from stakeholders across the business using the end to end intake process for Portfolio assessment and planning.

Support the rollout, stabilization, and continuous improvement of the governance operating model, ensuring consistency in ways of working, forums, cadences, and decision-making processes.

Define, maintain, and reinforce roles and responsibilities through clear RACI frameworks, enabling accountability across Agile teams and cross-functional stakeholders.

Develop and maintain governance and change management artifacts, including playbooks, communication materials, operating model documentation, and adoption tracking.

Design and deliver training programs, workshops, and enablement sessions to support understanding and adoption of Product Lifecycle governance, Agile/SAFe practices, and operating model standards.

Contribute to reporting and visibility by maintaining dashboards and metrics (e.g., Jira hygiene, adoption KPIs, delivery progress), supporting data-driven decision-making.

Work closely with portfolio managers, project leads, and other functional teams to align on priorities and resolve resource conflicts.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications:

Be based in Brazil

English Advanced (C1)

5 or more years of experience in program management, project management or a related role within the technology or financial services sector

Detail oriented with strong analytical approach

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels

Proven ability to coordinate cross functional teams and deliver in agile environments

Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills

Familiarity with engineering and product lifecycle processes

Ability to work independently in a remote, multicultural team environment

Preferred qualifications:

Experience in consulting or transformation roles within fintech, payments, or SaaS environments

Experience with change management methodologies (e.g., Prosci, ADKAR, or similar frameworks).

SAFe certification or hands-on experience supporting PI Planning and scaled agile delivery environments

Understanding of RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.

Prior experience in fintech or payments ecosystems.