Director, Sales Enablement, Asia Pacific (AP) Sales Excellence

Team Summary

A core priority for Visa Asia Pacific is to strengthen sales execution by building a bestinclass Sales Excellence capability that improves how we plan execute and deliver for clients across the region. As our portfolio solutions and client expectations increase in complexity AP requires a Sales Excellence function that provides operating discipline actionable insight and scalable enablement while remaining tightly anchored to market realities.

The Director Sales Enablement will sit within the AP Sales Excellence team and be responsible for designing and delivering a coherent enablement operating model across the region. This role will focus on sales methodology seller curriculum account planning discipline and gotomarket enablement ensuring that clientfacing teams are prepared to execute priority initiatives effectively and consistently across markets.

What a Director Sales Enablement AP Sales Excellence does at Visa:

• Sales Enablement Strategy & Curriculum
  • Design and own the AP sales enablement curriculum including sales methodology (e.g. IDEA) product and solution enablement across Consumer VAS and CMS and rolebased learning paths.
  • Translate regional sales priorities into clear enablement plans that build seller capability over time rather than oneoff or ad hoc training programs.
  • Define accreditation and proficiency standards to ensure consistent understanding and application of sales methodology and solutions across markets.
• Account Planning & Execution Discipline
  • Own and enforce account planning discipline for AP sales teams including strategy articulation account mapping and validation of account plans.
  • Partner with Sales Analytics & MIS to ensure account plans and execution priorities are reflected accurately in core sales systems.
  • Support markets in embedding account planning as a routine part of sales execution reviews and pipeline discussions.
• GTM Enablement & Sales Plays
  • Operationalize sales plays and gotomarket enablement for priority initiatives ensuring sellers are equipped with clear value propositions narratives tools and execution guidance.
  • Partner with Product VAS CMS and Pricing teams to translate strategy and launches into practical sellerready enablement materials.
  • Ensure enablement for regional initiatives is sequenced coordinated and aligned to seller capacity and market context.
• Seller Readiness & Capability Building
  • Lead enablement delivery mechanisms such as bootcamps workshops and knowledgesharing forums with a focus on readiness and capability uplift rather than participation metrics alone.
  • Support onboarding programs for new hires ensuring sellers understand Visas solutions commercial model and expectations for execution.
  • Champion adoption of digital tools and AIenabled workflows within sales enablement in partnership with Sales Excellence and broader BPO teams
• Collaboration & Integration
  • Work closely with the Head of Sales Excellence to ensure enablement efforts are aligned to performance management pipeline priorities and regional strategy.
  • Partner with Sales Analytics & MIS to use data and insights to inform enablement focus areas and measure effectiveness.
  • Act as a trusted partner to market sales leaders adapting enablement approaches to local needs while maintaining regional consistency.

Why this is important to Visa

Effective sales enablement is essential to translating strategy into execution. Sellers who are consistently equipped with the right knowledge tools and guidance are better positioned to engage clients execute sales plays and deliver on Visas priorities.

This role plays a key part in strengthening APs sales execution by building scalable enablement capability improving consistency across markets and supporting seller effectiveness in a complex and evolving environment.

Qualifications :

What you will need:

• 10 years of experience in sales enablement sales operations commercial operations or related roles within payments financial services or technology.
• Strong understanding of enterprise sales motions and the practical realities of seller execution in regional and market contexts.
• Experience designing and delivering sales enablement programs curricula or methodologies at scale.
• Working knowledge of Visas solutions across Consumer VAS and CMS or the ability to quickly build deep product and commercial understanding.
• Demonstrated ability to operate crossfunctionally and influence without direct authority

What will also help:

• Experience working in both regional and market environments.
• Familiarity with CRM systems knowledge management platforms and digital enablement tools.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills with credibility in front of sales leaders and sellers.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and building structure where it does not yet exist

Projects you will be a part of:

• Building and scaling the AP sales enablement operating model within Sales Excellence.
• Establishing consistent sales methodology account planning discipline and enablement standards across markets.
• Supporting priority gotomarket initiatives through effective seller enablement and readiness

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 :

Full-time