Senior Manager - North America Strategy

Job Description And Responsibilities

The North America Strategy team is responsible for business strategy development, coordination, and planning for Visa’s North America region and the team works closely with product, functional and organizational leaders within North America.

NA is Visa’s largest region and faces some of the most complex and interesting challenges in the payments industry today.

Many of the team’s projects involve working on some of the most pressing business and strategic challenges and opportunities facing the North American business.

Essential Functions

Lead major project workstreams related to Visa Inc.'s North America strategy, business development, or North America specific initiatives

Manage the day-to-day workstream and team activities to meet project goals and timelines

Structure and solve business problems, collaborating and coordinating with a range of internal stakeholders to make recommendations on a wide range of business issues.

Build out unique, creative and impactful solutions by integrating insights across Visa's many expert functional resources and supporting collaborative solution development

Develop rigorous, fact based, quantitative analysis to support recommendations. Ensure strategic and financial soundness and alignment for any recommendations

Work closely with cross-functional and regional management teams on strategic projects, bringing timely and useful insight and analytical support

Communicate recommendations to senior management, other executive, functional, or regional staff and management in a clear, concise and impactful way including through executive ready presentations and briefing memos

Provide continuous coaching and training to strategy teams and contribute towards broader team development activities

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.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

8 or more years of relevant work experience with a bachelor's 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

Preferred Qualifications

Typically requires 5-7 years total experience with 2 years of post-graduate

experience in management consulting or corporate strategy preferred

Experience in and / or significant exposure to the payments industry is strongly

preferred

Ability to independently lead and manage multiple workstreams, with proven

leadership success over a wide variety of functional business problems

Ability to structure and manage complex cross-enterprise projects and

processes with multiple stakeholders at both senior and junior levels

Demonstrated experience of managing a small team or individuals on strategic

projects and workstreams

Superior analytical and problem solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual

and analytical rigor, attention to detail and ability to structure and analyze

sophisticated financial modeling

Experience working with economic theories, strategic and prioritization

frameworks, scenarios analysis, and competitive assessments. Knowledge of

payment industry revenue drivers a plus.

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

Commitment to continuous training and improvement of employees

throughout the corporate strategy function

Self-starter, team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible, with excellent

spreadsheet and presentation skills, including strong oral and writing

capabilities

Additional Information

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.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY : The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 147,700.00 to 214,150.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable).

Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity.

Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA / HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.