Lac Ecosystem Acceptance Risk Director

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across 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.

When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging - where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world - helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.

**Join Visa: A Network Working for Everyone.**

**Job Description**:
**Key Accountabilities**

The LAC Ecosystem Acceptance Risk Director will develop and execute a strategy to engage Acquirers to grow their Visa LAC payment services effectively and soundly. Specifically, she/he will:
1) Executing a comprehensive LAC Acquirer Risk strategy to guide the sound growth of Visa acceptance throughout LAC, in partnership with other internal functions including Product, Merchant Sales and Solutions, Client Services and assigned market Risk Managers, including:
a. Proactively educating clients on the latest risk management technologies and practices

b. Advising clients on the necessary actions to comply with Visa risk management programs,

c. Guiding Multinational clients and Acquirers in addressing Visa’s risk related fees

2) Collaborating with MSA and internal product teams on proposals for clients to adopt the use of Visa core and value-added risk services, products and consulting.

a. Collaborate and propose new innovative ways to help our clients accelerate the sound growth of their payment business

b. Partner with clients to explore creative solutions to address their pain points

c. Extend our risk partnership with service providers to accelerate secure digital payments

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 2-3 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**:

- Previous experience in managing direct staff and in coordinating multi-functional teams to execute in market risk functions, programs and initiatives
- 7+ years of payment experience, specifically in engaging and advising clients to adopt risk management best practices that will accelerate the sound growth of their payment business
- Demonstrated success in setting and successfully implementing a strategy for client engagement
- Strong ability to communicate, collaborate and influence within a global, matrix organization
- Deep knowledge of the payments industry and the major trends affecting our stakeholders, including regulatory, market environment, competitive landscape, and technology
- Established reputation for building peer like relationships with senior client and partner leaders in a large and being able to communicate and influence other teams
- Professional track record of responsibility for large, complex programs and guiding cross functional teams to complete these programs with a high level of effectiveness
- Ability to manage multiple initiatives at once in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment, while demonstrating grace under pressure and comfort with problem solving ambiguity
- Understanding of business strategy, clients and their evolving risk management requirements
- Intellectual curiosity with the ability to quickly grasp new payment services and develop corresponding risk and fraud management best practices for clients
- Solid general management background, with proven track record in strategic thinking, financial planning, risk management, relationship building and project leadership
- Proven record of leading and motivating a cross functional teams of diverse SMEs
- Fluent in spoken and written English and Spanish and/or Portuguese

Critical Competencies for Success
- Integrity and High Ethics: Our values and our brand mandate a total commitment to honesty and the highest standards of ethical behavior.
- Curiosity and Problem Solving: Visa seeks intellectually curious individuals who are committed and passionate about continual learning and who are driven to solve problems.
- Diversity: Visa actively seeks diverse talent, who will offer different perspectives and a variety of backgrounds to enhance Visa as a company.
- Leadership: A commitment to be a strong leader is mandatory. Everyone at Visa is a Leader guided by our leadership principles:

- Teamwork: Teamwork and shared success are important to Visa given our complex ecosystem and the collaboration across function, clients