Director, Global Products Strategic Initiatives

Visa•San Francisco, CA

18h•Hybrid

About The Position

Visa’s Global Products & Initiatives (GP&I) organization is responsible for Visa’s consumer payments product portfolio, including products like Credit, Debit, Visa Flex Credential, and Visa Payment Passkey. We are seeking a Director on the Strategic Initiatives & Operations team, who will play a critical role in enabling the GP&I organization to deliver against our 2030 goals. This role will own the strategy and execution of strategic initiatives across consumer payments including leading Visa’s Global Product Drop. This is a highly collaborative and strategic role working closely with partners across Product, Strategy, Design, Data, Marketing, Comms and Regional teams.

Requirements

10 years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 8 years of relevant work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters/MBA/JD/MD) or 3 years relevant work experience with a PhD
Proven experience in strategic leadership roles within management consulting, product strategy, corporate strategy or equivalent
Experience in and/or significant exposure to the payments, financial services or technology sector
Demonstrated success independently leading and managing complex, cross-functional projects, over a wide variety of functional business problems
Strong executive presence and ability to clearly communicate compelling messages to senior stakeholders and external business partners
Superior strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor and attention to detail
Self-starter, team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible, with excellent presentation skills, including strong oral and writing capabilities
Passion for the payments industry and a desire to deliver impactful, customer-centric products and solutions

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
Experience managing and developing high-performing teams, with a focus on coaching, talent development, and building inclusive team cultures

Responsibilities

Own execution of Visa’s Global Product Drop including identifying products to feature, creating product narratives, building product demos & coordinating across Product, Events, Comms, Marketing and Design
Lead high impact strategy projects and initiatives across GP&I, such as Visa’s affluent strategy, and ecommerce roadmap
Structure and solve business problems, collaborating with a range of internal stakeholders across regions and functions to advance initiatives and ensure alignment
Inform the development of unique, creative, and impactful products and solutions by integrating insights across Visa’s functional resources
Develop rigorous, data-backed, quantitative and qualitative analyses to ensure strategic and financial soundness of decisions and recommendations
Build strong relationships across product, regional, and cross-functional teams