As a Business Analyst, supporting Demand Management Function within Visa’s Technology management organization, you will manage a variety of functions including tracking Hardware asset deployments and partnering with technology stakeholders to assist with development, tracking and execution of multi-year technology strategy, budget projection and execution. You will support hardware purchases including maintenance renewals, and new purchases for technology refresh and organic growth. You will develop asset inventory baselines for major technology deals within Visa, writing business justifications, and execution to Visa procurement principles. You will get the chance to work with multiple teams, systems, and tools through a wide variety of data sources.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.Essential FunctionsAssist product owners with execution of technology strategy, keeping a view of the operating expense impact of key decisionsRun SQL scripts to extract data from multiple data sources and have ability to normalize data based on product owner feedbackIdentify expense reduction opportunities with product owners and create plans and tracking to ensure execution of cost reduction strategies.Review demand for new purchases with product owners, validate that the demand aligns with technology strategy and present analytics to compare Visa’s usage of similar products within the categoryManage spend for a technology lane with specific knowledge to adherence to key Visa procurement rules while identifying strategies for purchases that do not meet the rulesIdentify appropriate data sources to track deployment of assets across Visa and use the information across multiple sources to create infrastructure baselineLead the team in delivering work products on consumption reports as well as other key initiatives that will help the Technology leadership to make strategic decisionsCreate and manage the budget for the IT technology lanes working in close partnership with the IT engineering teams and Business analyst team.Run sensitivity analysis and create cost models to determine best possible solution for Visa in support of technology purchase decisionsWork closely with Technology partners to understand the technical details for hardware purchases and create business justification for purchasesDraw actionable insights from raw data using strong quantitative skills and be able to influence stakeholder’s leadership to make informed decisions
