Senior Director, Global Interchange Strategy Center of Excellence - job 7 of 20

The Senior Director, Global Interchange Strategy Center of Excellence will be a key member of the Global Interchange team, overseeing global interchange programs, governance and compliance. This is a senior leadership role that will involve frequent collaboration with global and regional Interchange & Pricing teams as well as key cross functional partners in Sales, Product, Finance, Legal, Risk and Client Services. The successful candidate will be a strategic thinker that is able to take wholistic approach to Visa’s interchange strategies and execute the implementation of key strategic initiatives, leading a team that does the same. 

The position will report to the Senior Vice President, Global Interchange and be based at Visa's offices in Foster City, CA. 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 3+ set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 60% or more of the time based on business needs.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Strategy and best practices - create strategic alignment and best practices across regional teams, develop frameworks that regional teams can use to roll out new interchange programs and ensure consistency in approach, provide consultation and support to regional teams on new interchange programs, provide thought leadership and structure on interchange elements of global deals, oversee key global projects to drive decisions in a timely manner
• Innovation and process improvement - evolve our ways of working by moving from manual processes to automated processes, oversee adoption of new technologies to streamline decision making and ongoing reporting requirements, drive continuous process improvement
• Governance and compliance - oversee and evolve Visa’s interchange compliance and governance frameworks, conduct regular risk assessments in coordination with internal compliance, risk and audit teams, produce regular reports on compliance and governance activities including progress and outcomes for senior leadership
• Leadership support - mentor, manage and coach a 10-person team, assist in talent management and organization design, develop curriculum and materials for training and development of global interchange team
• Talent acquisition - bring in top and diverse talent, minimize the time from job opening to hiring

This is a hybrid position based in Foster City, CA. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.