Sr. Contracts Manager

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

This role will partner with the various stakeholders throughout Visa to develop and manage complex commercial agreements and contracts from approved financial proposals. This role requires knowledge of industry best practices (in this case, both legal drafting and contract management practices), and calls for deep collaboration and partnership with cross-functional senior leadership across Legal, Finance, Product and Sales. Specifically, this person will be an advocate for the Sales organization (e.g. Co-branding, Financial Institution Sales, DPS, Prepaid, and Commercial, Merchant Acceptance, etc.) while working closely with Finance, Legal and Audit. 

The ideal candidate will be self-directed, analytical and a strategic thinker with experience in the payments industry.

We are looking for an individual who brings breadth of experience, a curiosity about payments, is results-driven and client-focused. 

Essential Functions

• Draft and drive to completion complex commercial agreements that achieve business objectives, and continue to support those business relationships once consummated
• Liaise with Sales, Finance, Legal, and Audit to ensure contracts are developed consistently and approved promptly
• Identify opportunities to improve process and add additional value to our stakeholders and partners
• Contract development, contract approval coordination, contract file and database management, recurring and ad hoc reporting, etc.
• Participate in special assignments and provide ad hoc support and reporting as required

Why this is important to Visa

The Senior Contracts Manager is a subject matter expert on drafting and client contracts management process, and as such, will be responsible for providing training regarding the contract process to internal stakeholders. The Senior Contracts Manager must be able to identify and implement process improvements for more than one existing contract type CCM supports. The role calls for deep collaboration and partnership with leadership across Legal, Finance, Sales, Product, Client Services, and other internal stakeholders.

This role is vital in helping Visa to understand and deliver against the goals of our key clients, allowing us to provide the right service enablement and partnership that recognizes client specific requirements and ultimately enables and supports client business.

This is a remote position. A remote position does not require job duties be performed within proximity of a Visa office location. Remote positions may be required to be present at a Visa office with scheduled notice.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications

• 9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD
• Required Education. Bachelors at minimum, J.D. from accredited law school highly preferred or equivalent experience. If not J.D., an Advanced Degree in specific applicable field preferred (e.g., MBA, Masters in Finance, Analytics, etc.)
• 6+ years extensive previous contract drafting experience required (preferably at a company of the same size) – candidate must come in as expert contract drafter
• Relevant and transferable experience at a Fortune 500 or large-scale corporation or law firm
• Strong understanding of payments industry and Visa Products and Services
• Background, knowledge, and experience with some or all of the following is preferred, the payment services industry and related credit and debit processing industries, banking and financial institutions laws and regulations, and/or antitrust and competition law, technology and digital payments, fintech.
• Prior experience managing staff in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment required
• Proven ability to work independently and proactively, as well as colla