Director, AI & Data Policy

Visa•Foster City, CA

13h•Hybrid

About The Position

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. Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA) drives tangible, impactful and financial results for Visa’s network clients, including both financial services and merchants. Drawing on our expertise in strategy consulting, data analytics, brand management, marketing, operational and macroeconomics, the VCA team solves the most strategic problems for our clients. The Strategy and Operations (S&O) team supports the North America VCA team through setting standards, developing foundational processes, and driving operational performance for the consulting organization. The Director, AI & Data Policy will be a part of the S&O team and report directly to the Sr. Director, Strategy and Operations. VCA supports these partners by using our extraordinarily rich data set that spans more than 3 billion cards globally and captures more than 100 billion transactions in a single year and is bound by Visa’s contractual relationships with the world’s foremost issuers, merchants, and technology companies. This creates a complex compliance landscape for our Consultants and Data Scientists to navigate. Working closely with VCA Legal staff and Visa’s Global Privacy Office the Director, AI & Data Policy will need to quickly build a command of the various privacy and confidentiality policies governing how VCA shares data-driven insights with partners. In this role they will collaborate with VCA members provide value to clients in a manner that complies with Visa’s data use policies.

Requirements

10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/ MBA/JD/MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD
8+ years of work experience in data policy or data-driven consulting
Ability to handle multiple workstreams with a client-facing outcome-driven mindset
Demonstrated experience and technical familiarity with data analytics
Demonstrated track record of adding value through process and program ownership
Strong communication skills, ability to explain how policy applies to a proposed approach
Ability to consistently apply structured thinking and good judgment to analytical inquires, communicate guidance in a reasoned, fact-based manner

Nice To Haves

12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD
Consulting and/or payments experience
CIPP/CIPM/CIPT or comparable certifications

Responsibilities

Lead VCA’s thought leadership on the approach for data policy and AI governance
Drive collaborations with key stakeholders to shape and clarify data policy situations; creatively solve problems to provide value to clients in a compliant manner
Quickly build a command of the various privacy and confidentiality policies which govern how VCA shares data-driven insights with partners
Work across VCA teams to address nuanced policy inquiries in a timely and professional manner, identify potential risks, suggest mitigation strategies
Develop processes for managing and tracking inquiries and connecting data use tickets to project tracking tools
Oversee data ingestion processes from internal sources (e.g., Visa dashboards, enterprise data) and external feeds, ensuring completeness and accuracy.
Design frameworks and recommendations that address clients’ most critical challenges and growth objectives.
Contribute to thought leadership and best practices that elevate Visa’s VCA capabilities.
Establish and maintain documentation, coding standards, and best practices for agent development.
Advocate for VCA in data policy conversations, including influencing policy updates