Senior Associate, Corporate Strategy - Marketplace and Competitive Insights

  • Full-time
  • Job Family Group: Strategy

Company Description

As the world’s leader in digital payments technology, Visa’s mission is to connect the world through the most creative, reliable and secure payment network - enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive. Our advanced global processing network, VisaNet, provides secure and reliable payments around the world, and is capable of handling more than 65,000 transaction messages a second. The company’s dedication to innovation drives the rapid growth of connected commerce on any device, and fuels the dream of a cashless future for everyone, everywhere. As the world moves from analog to digital, Visa is applying our brand, products, people, network and scale to reshape the future of commerce.

At Visa, your individuality fits right in. Working here gives you an opportunity to impact the world, invest in your career growth, and be part of an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are a global team of disruptors, trailblazers, innovators and risk-takers who are helping drive economic growth in even the most remote parts of the world, creatively moving the industry forward, and doing meaningful work that brings financial literacy and digital commerce to millions of unbanked and underserved consumers.

You’re an Individual. We’re the team for you. Together, let’s transform the way the world pays.

Job Description

The Senior Associate will be a member of Visa's Strategy Team focused on Marketplace & Competitive Insights. He/she will be responsible for identifying key marketplace & competitor actions and developing actionable recommendations to respond. The position will be based in the San Francisco Bay Area with some travel expected.

 

  • Lead projects or major project workstreams related to marketplace & competitive intelligence, corporate strategic initiatives, or business development
  • Structure and solve business problems, collaborating and coordinating with a range of internal stakeholders to make recommendations on a wide range of business issues. Build out unique, creative and impactful solutions by integrating insights across Visa's many expert functional resources and supporting collaborative solution development
  • Develop rigorous, fact based, quantitative analysis to support recommendations. Ensure strategic and financial soundness and alignment for any recommendations
  • Work closely with cross-functional and regional management teams on strategic projects, bringing timely and useful insight and analytical support
  • Communicate recommendations to senior management, other executive, functional, or regional staff and management in a clear, concise and impactful way

Qualifications

Basic:

  • 4 years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD degree

Preferred:

  • Bachelor's from a top-tier institution or similar academic / professional experience
  • Typically requires 5+ years total experience in management consulting or corporate strategy preferred
  • Experience in and/or significant exposure to the payments industry preferred
  • Ability to independently lead and manage projects with multiple workstreams, with proven leadership success over a wide variety of functional business problems
  • Ability to structure and manage complex cross-enterprise projects and processes with multiple stakeholders at both senior and junior levels
  • Superior analytical and problem solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor, attention to detail and ability to structure and analyze sophisticated financial modeling
  • Experience working with economic theories, strategic and prioritization frameworks, scenarios analysis, and competitive assessments. Knowledge of payment industry revenue drivers a plus.
  • Personal presence and ability to clearly communicate compelling messages to senior managers and external business partners
  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to influence and build credibility as a "peer" with functional and regional leaders within Visa
  • Commitment to continuous training and improvement of employees throughout the corporate strategy function
  • Self-starter, team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible, with excellent presentation skills, including strong oral and writing capabilities.

Additional Information

Physical Requirements:  This position will be performed in an office setting.  The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers, and reach with hands and arms.

  • This position requires the incumbent to be available during core business hours  
  • This position requires the incumbent to travel for work 0-10%  of the time. 
  • No sponsorship is available for this role to work in the U.S.

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