Nitin Kumar

Lead Program Manager @Visa

Reading, GB

Led strategic initiatives and roadmap planning, coordinating across technology, cross-functional, and product leadership teams. Managed multi-year program with a budget of approximately $10M, overseeing financials and aligning with Technology Portfolio and cross-functional technology leads. Created and maintained KPI and OKR dashboards, ensuring transparency through comprehensive financial reporting and executive updates. Agile Transformation & Process ImprovementChampioned agile transformation for Open VisaNet initiative and restructured onboarding processes for the Reimagine Work program at Visa. Implemented JIRA Align, managed Quarterly Business Reviews, and developed program initiatives and structures. Trained and mentored project managers, aligning program planning with product and technology goals, including budget planning and risk management.Technology Deployment & ComplianceSpearheading key strategic program within OVN initiative to transition SMS report subscriber clients from a legacy SMS mainframe system to the OVN SMS platform, impacting approximately $150 million in billing revenue, processing 600 million transactions per day and impacting 50+ Visa clients. Working closely with Global Products team, led cross-divisional and cross-functional teams through complex software development projects as well as Infrastructure roll outs, ensuring successful delivery and post-implementation support.