Sr. Director, Global Sales Enablement

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.

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Job Description

Visa’s Global Sales and Commercial Operations team supports the execution and delivery of key global initiatives and planning activities across the company and reports directly to the CEO.  Our mandate is to develop, design, and execute the strategic direction for Visa’s business operations and global sales organization, be the super connector for the markets, regions, global groups, and bring a consistent voice and 'One Visa' mindset.  The team has the following key focus areas: Business Performance, Sales Excellence, Sales Enablement and Sales Tools.    
This role will report into the Global Sales Enablement organization. The Senior Director will lead the strategic design, execution and delivery of key global strategic Sales Enablement initiatives, including Sales training (products, skills, and foundational trainings), Knowledge Management, IDDEA Sales Methodology, Country Manager trainings, among others. This person will be expected to solve complex problems and identify innovative solutions, partnering with colleagues from Business Units, Functions, and Regional Sales Excellence leadership teams. 
This is a global team. You will work hand in hand with many different functions, regions, and markets.  It is a great opportunity to gain exposure to our strategy and business. The Sr. Director will be a seasoned professional with a passion for sales and sales enablement, with strategic thinking, and the ability drive execution in a fast-paced environment. With strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with a positive can-do attitude. A change management leader, who can easily navigate regional, business unit, and cross functional teams, thrives on process optimization and ensuring a best-in-class experience for our sellers. 
Responsibilities:
As we transform the way we sell at Visa, our big focus is on building a Best-in-Class Sales Organization.  This includes enabling and upskilling our sales organization, equipping sellers with the knowledge, skills, tools, resources, and materials to sell more effectively and efficiently our broad set of Visa Solutions, with an enhanced focus on selling Value-Added Services (VAS) and Commercial and Money Movement Solutions (CMS).
Key job responsibilities include:

•  Design and execute the Sales Training and Enablement strategy, developing persona-based learning paths for sales teams (Generalist, Specialists, Sales Leaders, etc.), across all learning tracks for sales teams – foundational, skills/competencies, and products and solutions, equipping our sellers with the most optional tools and materials
• Partner closely with sales and other business leaders to create and develop dedicated learning paths to reinforcing critical sales competencies
• Support targeted sales programs that enable sales to increase their pipeline and revenue
• Collaborate with Business Units and Visa University to design and implement the sales enablement program for priority sales plays, including sales trainings, knowledge management assets, call to action, etc.
• Advise on the evolution and impact of Visa’s IDDEA Sales Methodology. Championing consistent and effective use of IDDEA, ensuring it’s adopted and embedded into all sales enablement initiatives.
• Lead cross-functional efforts, partnering with Sales enablement, Product Marketing, Client Services, Sales Engineering, and Visa University, aligning all stakeholders behind a single sales training and enablement calendar
• Together with the Leadership College from Visa University, design and execute the learning modules of the Country Manager & senior sales leaders’ trainings
• Drive strategic alignment across Business Units, Regional Sales Excellence, and Functions to design, develop, and execute Sales Enablement strategies and plans
• Stakeholder management and strategic alignment with VAS sales enablement, CMS sales enablement, Regional Sales Excellence, Visa University, CS, Product Marketing, MS&A, among others
• Facilitate and actively promote sharing of best practices and influence adoption across region
• Contribute to building a culture of collaboration and mutual accountability across regions and business units
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