Senior Director PPSR Strategy Operations

The Senior Director PPSR Strategy & Operations will play a critical role in enhancing and maturing risk management activities and decision making throughout Visas strategic pillars and amongst Visas clients. The position will be responsible for leading the architecting of effective operating models with our regions to better serve our clients through management of the Risk Operating Plan working across PPSR to drive holistic comprehensive and consistent oversight approaches and will lead oversight of Visas M&A lifecycle from due diligence through integration. The position will lead a team of 4 based across North America and report into the VP Product and Payment Services Risk.

Key Accountabilities:

Play a pivotal role in securing the ecosystem driving sustainable revenue growth through:

• Architecting and executing operating models that serve clients holistically
• Partnering with Risk Managers to drive adoption of Visas ValueAdded Services and supporting fraud mitigation capabilities through enablement of fraud metrics and reporting enhancements
• Enabling use case and best practice sharing across regions to expand impact and accelerate outcomes of the Risk Operating Plan

Drive operational excellence and embedded lifecycle risk management across Visas strategic pillars by:

• Identifying and driving enhancements to PPSRs oversight approaches setting common approaches & methodologies to manage risks in accordance with Visas Risk Appetite
• Driving 1st line risk management maturity through enterprisewide strategic initiatives incl. strengthening of the Risk Champion network
• Collaborating closely with other risk program owners to identify and drive enhancements that support the continued evolution of risk management maturity across Visa
• Driving adoption standardization and enhancements to digitized tools and processes including GoRO GenAI PowerBI etc. and enhancing reporting and MI to support comparison analysis and more streamlined decision making
• Championing risk culture by developing & maintaining risk partnerships with other Visa functions to educate & infuse Risk Management culture into the organization
• Collating synthesizing and analyzing risk information on key strategic themes to support updates to governance including Visas Corporate Risk Profile

Leading the oversight of Visas M&A lifecycle to enable inorganic growth and support Visa in achieving its 2030 strategy through:

• Partnering with Corporate Development Executive Sponsors and Deal teams to oversee M&A due diligence ensuring material risks are identified appropriately considered and mitigation plans are identified in line with the strategic merits of the deal and Visas Risk Appetite
• Ensuring an appropriate oversight program is deployed across all new acquisitions and ventures in line with the entitys risk profile including designing and executing on integration plans into Visas Global Risk Programs (incl. PPSR oversight programs) and leading engagements with auditors and regulators as required
• Leading updates to Visas governance committees (incl. ORS) on the risk profile of Visas portfolio of acquisitions incl. close collaboration with a cross functional team of experts
• Driving continual enhancement to Visas M&A oversight program via cross functional collaboration

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 23 set days a week (determined by leadership/site) with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Qualifications :

Basic Experience:

• 12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 10 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters/MBA /JD/MD) or a minimum of 5 years of work experience with a PhD
• Bachelors Degree in Finance Accounting Mathematics Statistics or Business field preferred with minimum of 12 years or more work experience or at least
• 10 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters/MBA) incl. leadership experience
• Strong understanding of the payments and financial services industry
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of industry risk management practices with experience in performing both enterprise wide and process specific risk assessments across a broad array of stakeholders
• Ability to work across all levels of the organization with the willingness and ability to inspire challenge influence and shift the status quo and existing ways of working
• Sufficient technical expertise to effectively challenge functions (Finance HR Technology etc.)
• General awareness of the underlying technology that enables along with the solutions that Visa provides to clients to secure the payments ecosystem
• Highly collaborative personality with experience managing deliverables across global and local teams with a track record in synthesizing complex information to produce impactful management information to support informed executive decision making incl. presenting to governance forums
• Demonstrated analytical process and problemsolving skills ability to be both strategic and tactical and work in a fast paced environment with proven ability to accomplish results and exercise influence in a large global matrix organization to build new capabilities and act as change agent

Preferred Experience:

• 15 or more years of experience with a Bachelors Degree or 12 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD or MD) PhD with 9 years of experience
• Understanding of Visas regulatory environment and market dynamics
• Demonstrable experience in overseeing strategic initiatives incl. acquisitions JVs and equity tags (covering due diligence integration planning and integration oversight)
• Experience in leading within a virtual environment
• Project management skills a plus
• Knowledge of Visas existing risk management approaches and experience in driving and influencing programmatic changes amongst such approaches
• Comfortable in liaising with auditors and regulators
• Knowledge of Visas Risk Operating Plan existing operating models with Regional Risk Managers and Visas Global Client Engagement Survey
• Adept in the use of reporting tools with experience in driving adoption and standardization of digital tools and processes such as GoRO GenAI PowerBI
• Relevant professional certifications (e.g. Certified Risk Manager Certified Financial Services Auditor) are a plus

Additional Information :

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 510% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting.  The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk communicate in person and by telephone frequently operate standard office equipment such as telephones and computers.

Visa is an EEO Employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability or protected veteran status.  Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 160100 to 273250 USD per year which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on jobrelated factors which may include knowledge skills experience and location. In addition this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical Dental Vision 401 (k) FSA/HSA Life Insurance Paid Time Off and Wellness Program.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime