Leadership Development Product Director, Talent Management & Development

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

Imagine yourself as part of the Leadership Programs and Practices (LPP) team that is making leadership and executive development a differentiator that will enable Visa’s leaders to continue positioning the company for growth in the years to come. This affords you with a unique opportunity to work on some of the most highly visible initiatives inside one of the world’s most valuable brands.  The role will allow you to be creative, strategic and impactful. It will also test your ability to thrive under the pressure of intense expectations and a multitude of critical stakeholders, and ultimately be a rock star in a company where industry leadership is the norm. 
 
LPP is part of the newly integrated global Talent Management and Development team. We are a team of experts in our respective disciplines, but more importantly, we strive to harness our collective expertise in the most effective way for the benefit of Visa leaders. We combine rigor, data and subject matter expertise with intuition and common sense of what will be most effective for the business. We like to prototype, launch and evaluate. We are comfortable learning from our mistakes. 

ABOUT YOU 

• You are passionate about providing impactful learning experiences to leaders at all organizational levels globally 
• You are both a thinker and a doer and can constantly switch between the two, balancing big picture thinking with detailed execution 
• You are excited and curious about how developments in technology broadly and AI specifically can be used effectively to enhance leadership skills. You love to experiment and push boundaries 
• You are resilient and flexible – you perceive false starts, changing priorities and developmental feedback as opportunities, not setbacks 
• You are curious and broad in your orientation. You are knowledgeable and up-to-date not only on what’s current in leadership and executive development, but also like to understand the industry and business environment in which you operate 
• You are service-oriented, and keep the learner experience front-and-center in everything you do 
• You have a global mindset – you take genuine interest in other cultures, do not suffer from HQ syndrome, and embrace the need to operate with cultural norms and in time zones other than your own 
• You are action-oriented and adept at dealing with ambiguity 
• You are adept at leveraging AI to harness new ideas and maximize your productivity 

Key Responsibilities:  

With the guidance of the Sr. Director, Leadership Development, you will: 

1. Manage the entire product development life-cycle for leadership development learning products that ensure the organization has the capabilities to compete in the future by: 

• Using human-centered design methodology to discover, synthesize and clearly articulate Visa leaders’ development needs. You are adept at translating needs into leadership development solutions in a mix of modalities – inclusive of and not limited to live and asynchronous virtual learning, in-person, peer learning and more 
• Using your design expertise and breadth of knowledge of external leadership development resources to design, curate or buy-and customize-for-Visa the most impactful solutions. You will need to be adept both at designing programs yourself as well as providing strategic direction for work done by select external providers and internal designers. You will play a key role in scaling leadership development to maximize opportunities for all Visa leaders to benefit from impactful learning opportunities. You will be mindful of using modalities that work most effectively for engaging audiences at different levels of seniority, with an eye to balancing innovative thinking on learning pedagogies with organizational constraints 
• Setting a vision for and using your influencing skills to lead project teams established to ensure the leadership development products you oversee are not only superbly designed but also set up for effective launch and implementation.  

2.    Develop and grow key relationships: you will skillfully cultivate