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Senior Director, Strategy & Planning NA Risk

Visa
San Francisco, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 24 Jul 2025
💰 $312,500/yr($160,000/yr$312,500/yr)

About the role

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Job Description

Exceptional strategic thinker and enablement leader that will drive the overall productivity and effectiveness of the NA Visa Risk organization.

Provide thought leadership across strategic initiatives and planning  focused on the design, delivery, and effectiveness of the NA Risk overall organization.

The role is tasked with challenging the status quo, driving the organization to think and work differently, while inspiring excellence in themselves, their team, and their business partners.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with NA RRO and Risk leaders to frame the strategy and objectives for the team with an emphasis on developing appropriately prioritized and actionable plans that will drive the Visa’s business and risk objectives.
  • Manage and serve as a key contributor to the content, planning, scheduling, coordination, and logistics of key NA Risk events including, but not limited to, the Quarterly Regional Risk Committee, Quarterly Business Review, NA Risk Executive Council,  and Quarterly Business Review.
  • Drive the development of and serve as a key contributor to the content of powerful MIS and reporting for the benefit of our NA Risk and business partners.
  • Drive the preparation and provide key input into the content for bi-weekly leadership, monthly all staff, and Bi-weekly business updates to Global Risk and North America leadership teams.
  • Establish strong working relationships with the other regional teams to drive operational improvements and ensure adoption of best practices across the globe.
  • Manage key business operating rhythms including quarterly revenue and expense reporting, annual planning, outlook exercises, in partnership with Finance
  • Assess new capability opportunities and develop business case and vision for enhancements in partnership with Technology and platform owners
  • Understand the evolving needs and challenges of ecosystem risk and ensure the technology platform is tailored to meet those needs.

Exceptional strategic thinker and enablement leader that will drive the overall productivity and effectiveness of the NA Visa Risk organization.

Provide thought leadership across strategic initiatives and planning  focused on the design, delivery, and effectiveness of the NA Risk overall organization.

The role is tasked with challenging the status quo, driving the organization to think and work differently, while inspiring excellence in themselves, their team, and their business partners.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with NA RRO and Risk leaders to frame the strategy and objectives for the team with an emphasis on developing appropriately prioritized and actionable plans that will drive the Visa’s business and risk objectives.
  • Manage and serve as a key contributor to the content, planning, scheduling, coordination, and logistics of key NA Risk events including, but not limited to, the Quarterly Regional Risk Committee, Quarterly Business Review, NA Risk Executive Council,  and Quarterly Business Review.
  • Drive the development of and serve as a key contributor to the content of powerful MIS and reporting for the benefit of our NA Risk and business partners.
  • Drive the preparation and provide key input into the content for bi-weekly leadership, monthly all staff, and Bi-weekly business updates to Global Risk and North America leadership teams.
  • Establish strong working relationships with the other regional teams to drive operational improvements and ensure adoption of best practices across the globe.
  • Manage key business operating rhythms including quarterly revenue and expense reporting, annual planning, outlook exercises, in partnership with Finance
  • Assess new capability opportunities and develop business case and vision for enhancements in partnership with Technology and platform owners
  • Understand the evolving needs and challenges of ecosystem risk and ensure the technology platform is tailored to meet those needs.

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

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

  • 12 or more years of wor

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