Senior Director – Strategy and Planning, Risk
Visa
- San Francisco, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Formulate a company-wide risk strategy by working cross-functionally across the risk organization, as well as with the product, technology, sales, and business planning teams
- Partner with CRO and Risk leaders on priority initiatives and make actionable recommendations that help achieve their long-term strategic priorities and develop roadmaps that enable long-term adoption and value realization
- Ensure that Risk is integrated with other key functional groups (Technology, Product, Sales, CS, VCA, MS&A, etc.) and drive cross-functional alignment on OKRs
- Synthesize the company’s strategic risk objectives, industry trends, and client/ecosystem needs to identify and formulate a risk vision that can achieve the organization’s risk agenda
- Partner closely with the Risk leadership team to establish strategic plans and develop priorities focused on expanding our competitive advantage, enhancing relationships with key stakeholders, and driving adoption of Risk capabilities and solutions
- Design and implement the process that will address strategic risk questions facing the organization and broader payments ecosystem to improve our differentiation while enhancing the security of the payments ecosystem
- Evaluate market opportunities for new risk capabilities, proactively forecast ecosystem needs and develop strategy that identifies and addresses existing gaps in our risk portfolio to drive cross-functional prioritization
- Provide competitive insight to our organization and the broader business through data analysis and research (market, client, competition) by leveraging risk experts throughout the company and develop an effective market response strategy
- Assess the effectiveness of our various risk initiatives and make recommendations that optimize the organization’s business objectives and resource allocation
- Acts as a thought partner and trusted advisor to senior executives and business leaders by staying abreast of competitive moves, security trends, regulatory developments and other strategic developments
- 12 years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree; 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
- Exceptional strategic thinker and enablement leader that will drive the overall productivity and effectiveness of the Visa Risk organization.
- Experience in leading and managing a high-performing team across strategic initiatives, thought leadership and planning that are focused on the design, delivery, and effectiveness, driving the trajectory of Risk’s overall organization.
- 15 or more years of experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 12 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, or MD); PhD with 9+ years of experience
- 10+ years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, or an analytical/operational role for global corporations
- Knowledge of the payments industry and experience in risk function is a plus
- Experience with strategic analysis
- Executive level presentation and communication experience; Good executive presence
- Inspirational leader with strong collaboration skills and proven ability to work cross functionally with diverse business unit leaders
- Successful track record of impeccable organizational abilities, validated business insight and client experience
- Effective communicator, able to convey complex ideas in a clear, concise manner both verbally and in writing
- Developed consulting skills enabling the individual to work with others to elicit information, to think objectively and analytically and to influence outcomes positively
- Fact-based problem solver with the ability to evaluate alternative courses of action and make sound management decisions