Senior Director

Visa•Foster City, CA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa. The VisaNet Market Enablement leader will work across regional product and technology teams to prioritize and deliver domestic processing capabilities. As a key member of the broader processing team, this role will contribute market insights to inform strategy and execution. Specific Responsibilities: The VisaNet Market Enablement leader will work across regional product and technology teams to prioritize and deliver domestic processing capabilities. As a key member of the broader processing team, this role will contribute market insights to inform strategy and execution. This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Requirements

12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 10 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters/MBA /JD/MD), or a minimum of 5 years of work experience with a PhD
Strong payments technical acumen, including payments messaging interfaces, processing (authorization/clearing/settlement) methodologies and protocols
Experience in multiple countries / geographies
Strategic and analytic skills, with the capability to clearly communicate a vision to clients, executives, and their team.
Ability to explain complex business and technical concepts in simple, intuitive language to influence and drive progress.
Excel in communications both written and verbal, strong communicator and ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts in a simplified way.
Business acumen and commercial sense
Customer-centric mindset: Customer-centric mindset and understands different clients’ role in the payment ecosystem and actively engages in client feedback to bring latest ideas to product leaders and the platform roadmap. Invests time in understanding clients’ technical and operational environment to improve ease of adoption and use.
Teamwork: Dedicated team player, self-motivated with the ability to inspire and influence others across Visa. Foster a positive work environment that encourages teamwork and mutual respect. Ability to build off others’ ideas, give credit to others but take responsibility when things go poorly. Share work product to help others succeed. Interested in seeking new perspectives and feedback, taking an inclusive approach, and engaging diverse points of view. Ability to inspire and influence others without direct management responsibility. Model positive problem solving. Ability to operate effectively across a matrixed organization (functions & geographies) to drive positive outcomes.

Nice To Haves

15 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g., Masters, MBA, JD, MD, PhD) or expanding leadership roles with experience in product and solution management
Visa or payments industry product experience.
Leader who can innovate future processing platform capabilities.
Visa or payments industry product experience.
Leader who can innovate future processing platform capabilities.
Decisive leader with strong executive presence, capable of making bold, difficult decisions that deliver positive outcomes for clients

Responsibilities

Define the strategy, prioritize work, and shape the project portfolio to deliver on strategic objectives
Manage and guide a diverse team that is driving the implementation of regional and global platform customization needs
Assess specific country requirements to determine best approach for domestic processing to comply with regulatory requirements while also optimizing the long term approach for the ecosystem, client and Visa.
Consult with the broader Product organization to identify platform enhancements and system impacts required to achieve desired outcomes
Drive strategy and execution of processing performance programs that define payment & processing use cases, ensuring client compliance and positive outcomes across key verticals for sellers, consumers and clients (MIT, MRA, EDQP, PIF)
Lead product managers designing platform or product customizations required for country implementations, ranging from messaging customizations to processing localization
Deliver the enhancements to clearing, settlement, and treasury functionality to support domestic processing needs
Partner with VisaNet and Open VisaNet teams to ensure alignment and delivery of a cohesive implementation roadmap
Represent Visa in discussions with regulators, government officials, and industry forums, advocating for Visa’s strategic priorities and influencing policy
Ensure compliance with Visa policies, procedures, as well as relevant domestic and international regulations
Working with regional product teams to deliver the roadmap on time and ensure markets and clients are ready for release
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure seamless workflow and maintain quality standards.