Senior Manager Corporate Communications India and South Asia

Team Summary

The Corporate Communications team in India and South Asia (INSA) is a strategic high performing function with its primary role to advance and protect Visas reputation and drive growth in the markets we serve. The team reports to the Head of Corporate Communications INSA and further into Visas Asia Pacific and Global Corporate Communications function that oversees all corporate communications at Visa Inc. including media relations public affairs employee communications crisis and issues management.

The INSA Communications team is based out of Visas Corporate India office at Mumbai India with the responsibility to create and deliver communication programs to drive business growth and enhance Visas reputation across India and South Asia (INSA) markets serving the cluster of markets comprising India Sri Lanka Bangladesh Nepal the Maldives and Bhutan.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for

• Developing integrated communication strategies and plans to support Visas business objectives aligned with Visas values demonstrating Visas impact to economies people and businesses.
• Reiterating Visas leadership and enhancing its positive equity and reputation across stakeholders through thought leadership programs. 
• Creating opportunities for leaders to reinforce a positive profile in the industry through thought leadership forums social media and industry platforms.
• Driving end to end campaign deliveries flawless of communication plans and ensuring spokespeople are briefed to deliver key messages. 
• Fostering relationships with key media outlets journalists and influencers to ensure positive coverage.
• Issues and crisis management as required. 
• Sustaining CSR and socialimpact programs appropriately through apt communication.
• Reinforcing Visa as a Great Place to Work Volunteering at Visa as well as appropriate employee communications efforts to strengthen Visas inclusive impact across internal and external stakeholders.
• Content development across multiple forms of media (such as fact sheets press releases dataled stories white papers research reports digital and social media videos etc).
• Engaging with diverse stakeholders through crossfunctional collaboration including employees partners media and agencies as required.
• Creating and managing communication plans and budgets.

Qualifications :

• Bachelor or Masters degree in Business Communications/PR is preferable.
• 1215 years of Communications experience at an agency or client.
• Knowledge of the policy environment and payments ecosystem is desirable.
• Strategic thinking skills and an expertise in delivering communication projects and managing events media announcements and interactions endtoend.
• Excellent verbal communication including interpersonal skills writing editing and presentation skills.
• Demonstrable experience of interacting and building trust with all levels of stakeholders including senior level leaders and internal and external partners as a collaborative team player
• Experience of engaging with media to secure proactive opportunities and manage incoming enquiries.
• Experience of using digital channels and social media strategies.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to quickly transition from strategy to implementation working on both simultaneously as needed.
• Creative curious and agile with a proactive growth mindset and a bias for action and adaptability
• Passionate about technology financial services banking and/or retail industries

Additional Information :

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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime