Sr. Director, NA Product Strategic Initiatives

Visa•San Francisco, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Sr. Director will be a critical member of Visa’s NA Product & Solutions Strategic Initiatives team, which is responsible for evaluating and driving strategic, cross-product, and new product opportunities as well as resolving complex issues. The successful candidate will be comfortable with ambiguity and leading a cross-functional team to successful outcomes. He or she must be able to quickly build relationships across all levels, understand how to swiftly determine needed course(s) of action, and know how to motivate a diverse set of stakeholders to act cohesively and productively in executing on the course of action.

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
Experience in and/or significant exposure to the payments industry
Equal love of and ability to set a sound strategy as to be responsible for its successful execution
Aptitude for ramping up quickly across novel projects with little oversight and/or precedent
Capacity to lead beyond tenure, including teams of senior stakeholders
Ability to independently structure, lead and execute complex projects and processes, with proven leadership success over a wide variety of functional business problems and stakeholders
Ability to discern the key pieces of information and needed next steps from a wide range of opinions and data points to keep moving a project forward
Superior analytical and problem solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor as well as attention to detail
Personal presence and ability to clearly communicate compelling messages to senior managers and external business partners
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to influence and build credibility as a peer with functional and regional leaders within Visa
Self-starter, team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible, with excellent presentation skills, including strong oral and writing capabilities

Nice To Haves

15 or more years of experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 12 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, or MD), PhD with 9+ years of experience

Responsibilities

Lead one or more strategic initiatives including setting the strategic vision, developing a detailed plan with concrete goals and milestones, building a cross-functional project team, and successfully executing on that plan
Distill ambiguous, pressing problems or opportunities into clear, cross-functional plans of action and management across multiple potential scenarios
Drive rigorous, fact based, quantitative and qualitative analysis to support recommendations or potential scenarios, ensuring strategic and financial soundness and alignment
Build out and execute on unique, creative and impactful solutions in collaboration with cross-functional partners
Build strong relationships with product and cross-functional partners and make sure partners remain effective and on task
Develop clear and concise communications at both a project team and an executive level