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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 an innovative Director of NA Strategy to join our dynamic team in San Francisco. If you’re someone who thrives on both analytical rigor and creative thinking, this is the role for you! You’ll be at the forefront of shaping Visa's North America strategy, collaborating closely with senior business leaders to elevate our vision and adapt to shifting market trends. Your responsibilities will include leading diverse internal strategy consulting projects that address high-impact business matters while monitoring the execution of our strategic plans. You'll apply your expertise in financial analysis to sift through ideas, distinguishing the viable ones from the unworkable, and you’ll play a pivotal role in turning our best strategies into reality. What sets this role apart is the supportive environment at Visa, where your efforts can lead to remarkable opportunities for growth, whether that be advancement within the strategy team or in broader leadership roles across the company. We’re not just looking for someone who can develop strategies; we want a collaborator who can inspire teams and communicate insights effectively. With a keen market awareness and an ability to connect the dots across various business functions, your contributions will have a substantial impact. Join us to help shape the future of payments and financial services! This hybrid position offers flexibility, with in-office days confirmed by your Hiring Manager, enabling a balance that fosters both collaboration and focused work time.

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

As the Director of NA Strategy at Visa, you will be responsible for steering the strategic planning process for North America, leading internal consulting projects, and monitoring the execution of strategies. You will work closely with various teams, analyzing market trends and ensuring our strategies reflect current realities. Additionally, you’ll be responsible for communicating insights to senior management and mentoring your strategy team.