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Visa is recruiting a Director-level strategy professional for the Visa NA Strategy team. This role is for someone who loves both the left and the right brain sides of the strategy domain. In this role, you will help Visa NA’s senior business teams get creative with new ideas and shift direction when the market situation calls for it. You will apply financial and business analysis to weed out unworkable ideas, and make the best ones even better. And even more importantly, you are somebody who can help us turn our best ideas into reality. The role requires experience with strategy development and execution management in a large company environment, and at the same time the passion for nimble and fast-paced execution that smaller growth-stage companies demonstrate so well. This role will require you to work effectively with senior executives as well as peers across the organization with a diverse range of styles. The role reports to our VP of Strategy for Visa NA.

The Strategy function at Visa has proven to be an effective talent incubator for high-potential early to mid-career professionals, with dozens of strategy team members at both junior and senior levels moving on to high-impact and high-visibility leadership roles across the firm. With strong performance, the successful candidate for this role can expect, in due time, opportunities for both internal promotion on the strategy team, as well as leadership opportunities in the business.

Role Description

Visa’s North America Strategy team helps Visa’s NA Leadership Team sets Visa's regional strategy & agenda. The Director of NA Strategy can expect to be fully immersed in the work of the team, which includes:

Process and content ownership for NA’s medium-to-long range strategic planning process
Internal strategy consulting projects with different parts of the NA organization on business topics of high importance
Regional support to corporate strategy projects
Monitoring execution of the region’s strategy, advising the leadership team on status, and advising on interventions and course corrections
Monitoring the market landscape and ensuring the evolving strategy reflects an informed and insightful view of market realities and trends

Within the team, the Director of NA Strategy can expect to:

Lead projects or major project workstreams related to Visa NA’s Inc.'s strategy and top business priorities

Manage day-to-day project 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, in both written and oral formats
Provide continuous coaching, training, and mentoring to strategy teams

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

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What You Should Know About Director of NA Strategy , Visa

Visa is on the lookout for a dynamic Director of NA Strategy to join our thriving Visa NA Strategy team in San Francisco. This role is perfect for someone who thrives at the intersection of creativity and analytics. As a Director, you'll collaborate closely with Visa NA’s senior business teams, helping to nurture innovative concepts while expertly sifting through them to identify which ideas are viable and how they can be enhanced. You won't just stop at ideation—this is a critical position where you will be instrumental in turning our top concepts into tangible outcomes. Your background in strategy development paired with effective execution in large corporate environments, along with a dash of the agility found in smaller businesses, will set you up for success. In this role, you’ll interact daily with executives and colleagues alike—each bringing unique perspectives that you'll tap into to drive success. Reporting directly to the VP of Strategy for Visa NA, you’ll play a key part in shaping our regional strategies and long-term planning processes while keeping a pulse on market dynamics. The Strategy team at Visa is renowned for developing talent, so the successful candidate can look forward to not only promotions within the team but also exciting leadership positions across the firm. Get ready to lead significant oversight and collaborative projects at Visa, ensuring our strategies align with evolving market trends while delivering meaningful insights and recommendations to our leadership team. Exciting, challenging, and rewarding—this is where your strategic journey with Visa begins!

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What are the main responsibilities of the Director of NA Strategy at Visa?

As the Director of NA Strategy at Visa, you'll engage in strategic planning processes, oversee internal consulting projects, and ensure that our regional strategies are aligned with market trends. You will lead teams, coordinate with various stakeholders, and deliver insights to senior management to guide decision-making. Your role is crucial in monitoring the execution of strategies and providing analytical support to ensure success across different departments.