Cross Border Strategy Manager - job 1 of 25

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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Visa Direct is a new payment service that allows clients (including issuers, acquirers, processors, merchants, remitters and service providers) to facilitate domestic and cross-border fund transfers/disbursements to Visa accounts in the U.S. and around the world using push payment technology, i.e., Original Credit Transaction (OCT), and traditional ACH/RTP payment rails to deposit into checking accounts and wallets. Visa Direct consumer and business applications include person to person (P2P) transfer, cross border remittances, funds disbursement (business to consumer or small business payments) including priority use cases of marketplace payouts, royalty and digital content payouts and gig economy services, and more.

The Strategy Execution Analyst is a high-impact role that will assist in setting the annual strategy for the cross-border team and drive strategic initiatives to ensure that the team delivers on its financial goals. They will track business objectives and identify new risks/opportunities to grow the business. The successful candidate is a structured, detail-oriented strategic thinker with advanced analytics, communication, and organizational skills. They enjoy operating in a dynamic team environment and working on cross-functional projects.

This is a full-time position and will report to the Director of North America Visa Direct Cross-Border Strategy & Operations.

Responsibilities include:

• Quarterly Execution Plan: Create and drive the plan, including scope, goals, and deliverables. Design KPIs to evaluate plan success, and drive reporting of plan to senior leadership.
• Drive Initiatives: Own complex strategic projects that unlock capabilities and program performance for the organization.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Ensure alignment of strategic initiatives with broader teams and business units, providing regular updates on progress.
• Process Optimization: Identify inefficiencies within the team operating model and opportunities to improve them.
• Business Planning & Management: Assist in reviewing monthly team performance and identifying gaps/upsides to plan. Participate in annual planning sessions.
• Payments SME: Stay informed on cross-border payment trends, regulations, etc. and educate the team on potential business impacts/opportunities.

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

Basic Qualifications
- 5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications
- 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
- Excellent communication skills (verbal & written) with the ability to explain complex business and
technical concepts to a broad audience in an approachable way.
- Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Good understanding of money movement space, key players (card based and non-card based),
competition and market trends.
- Strong project management and organization skills with the ability to independently lead and manage
complex projects with multiple work streams and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Fast learner and critical thinker, ability to interpret rules and policies and clearly articulate their
applicability.
- Demonstrated thought leadership and the aptitude to think creatively.
- Strong team player, self-motivated and the ability to work independently at coordinating cross
functional activities, obtain buy-in and elevate issues at critical junctures appropriately.

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% 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 132,300.00 to 191,100.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related 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.