VCA AI Knowledge and Data Operations Sr. Manager

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

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Job Description

The Sr. Manager, Knowledge Base and Data Operations is responsible for building and maintaining the platform’s knowledge base, ensuring seamless data ingestion from internal sources (such as Visa dashboards and enterprise data) and external feeds. This role manages taxonomy, quality control, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines to guarantee agents access accurate, up-to-date information. The Sr. Manager collaborates on data governance and bias mitigation, supporting the integrity and reliability of the platform’s data assets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Knowledge Base Management: Build, maintain, and optimize the platform’s knowledge base to support AI agent operations.
• Data Ingestion: Oversee data ingestion processes from internal sources (e.g., Visa dashboards, enterprise data) and external feeds, ensuring completeness and accuracy.
• Taxonomy & Organization: Develop and manage taxonomy structures to enable efficient data categorization and retrieval.
• Quality Control: Implement quality control measures to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and reliability.
• RAG Pipelines: Design and maintain retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines to provide agents with timely, relevant information.
• Data Governance: Collaborate with stakeholders on data governance policies, ensuring compliance and best practices.
• Bias Mitigation: Work to identify and mitigate bias in data sources and agent outputs.
• Collaboration: Partner with tech, product, and business teams to align data operations with platform goals.
• Continuous Improvement: Monitor data operations, gather feedback, and drive ongoing enhancements to knowledge base and data processes.
• Documentation: Maintain clear documentation of data ingestion, taxonomy, quality control, and RAG pipeline processes.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications:

• 9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD
• Extensive experience in knowledge base management, data operations, and enterprise data environments.
• Proven ability to design and implement data ingestion pipelines and taxonomy structures.
• Strong background in quality control, RAG pipelines, and data governance.
• Demonstrated expertise in bias mitigation and ensuring data integrity.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and technical skills.
• Outstanding communication and collaboration abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Deep understanding of digital trends, data management technologies, and enterprise platforms.
• Team player with a collaborative approach and commitment to developing talent.

Additional Information

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting.  The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

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.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 153,700.00 to 223,100.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.