VCA AI Knowledge and Data Operations Sr. Manager

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.

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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.
• RAG Pipelines: Design and maintain retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines to provide agents with timely, relevant information.
• 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.
• 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.

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
• Strong background in quality control, RAG pipelines, consulting, and data governance.

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, metadata taxonomy, data operations, and enterprise data environments.
• Proven ability to design and implement data ingestion pipelines and taxonomy structures.
• 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.
  
  

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.