Senior Director, Strategy â India and South Asia
Senior Director, Strategy â India and South Asia
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Team Summary
A unique opportunity exists to join Visa and the INSA (India and South Asia) cluster one of Asia Pacifics and the worlds fastest growing commerce and digital payments ecosystems. Strong economic growth rapid social and demographic change proactive payments regulation and rapid acceleration of digital commerce make these markets some of the most exciting in the world.
The Strategy and Business Transformation function plays a key role in shaping Visas medium and longterm strategy in the markets solving countryspecific opportunities and challenges in partnership with executives and business leaders across Visas organization. Initiatives would include but not be limited to market strategy product strategy multiyear planning and organic / inorganic growth opportunities. The team is responsible for developing thought leadership and capturing emerging trends in the payments industry cross pollinating best from INSA to the world and vice versa.
The team also supports crossfunctional teams in executing that strategy and ensures successful ongoing business operations. The team partners with corporate functions within Visa to develop and enhance best practices leveraging the full suite of expertise that the business requires such as Marketing Legal Finance Technology Risk People Client Services and Communications.
What a Senior Director Strategy INSA does at Visa:
The Senior Director will be a member of Visas INSA Strategy & Business Transformation team. As a strategist the individual will work with and support key areas of the business both across functions and geographies in conducting analysis to support development of strategies in alignment with the regional and global priorities. This role will also support cluster business planning needs monitoring of market developments across countries and development of timely response to emerging trends and opportunities. The position will be based in Mumbai with some travel expected.
The Senior Director role in the INSA Strategy & Transformation team supports the INSA Head of Strategy & Transformation in the formulation analytical review preparation and communication of the INSA strategy and associated Sub Cluster and Market Strategy plans.A typical effort may entail working closely with senior stakeholders to understand and logically structure the problem develop hypothesis work with crossfunctional teams to validate the hypothesis develop strategy to address the problem and develop recommendations and execution plan to present to the INSA & Asia Pacific (AP) leadership team. The Senior Director is expected to lead endtoend strategy efforts independently or with a small team of analysts depending on the scope and complexity of the effort. The strategy efforts can range from developing country strategies to developing multiyear plans for the cluster addressing emerging competitive and economic model developments managing commercial response to market changes developing gotomarket plans for new solutions and supporting strategic investment assessments.
Why this is important to Visa
The INSA Strategy & Transformation team is responsible for helping the senior leadership team in setting the strategic agenda for Visa in INSA in close alignment with the Global & AP Corporate Strategy. In close alignment with the cluster regional and global leadership team you will be instrumental in defining planning and executing longterm strategic priorities that will set Visa (encompassing all our segments channels and geographies) on a path to create even greater value for Visas shareholders.
Qualifications :
What you will need for this role
We are looking for an individual with a structured mindset curiosity about the payments industry is resultsdriven and client focused. As an ideal candidate you should have:
Bachelor or Masters degree preferably in Economics Business or similar fields
15 years of experience in leading strategy projects at toptier Management Consulting firms or in a Corporate Strategy group in a multinational environment
Proactive and effective communicator experienced in presenting information to all levels and with ability to facilitate group discussions and debate
Ability to lead crossfunctional teams and proven experience of project management
Strong interpersonal and execution skills
Strong analytical and strategic acumen
Excellent presentation and verbal and written communication skills
Able to manage work in different time zones effectively
Ability to be recognized as thought leader
Ability to influence the organization in order to make strategy happen
Professional confident and outgoing with the ability to maintain good communication with wide internal and external audiences
Team player possessing a strong drive to add value to the business direction
Highly numerate with attention to detail and ability to structure and analyze databases and strong knowledge of financial modelling scenariobuilding and analysis
What will also help
Financial Services / FinTech / Payment industry experience would be a distinct advantage
Broad understanding / experience in financial services and / or payments a plus
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
Employment Type
Full-time
