Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.

Target Resume Now

About the Role

Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) is seeking a Senior Director, Global Strategy to shape and govern VCA’s global strategy, operating model, and performance agenda. This role partners with executive leadership, regional leaders, and cross-functional teams to define strategic priorities, multi-year bets, resource and location strategy, and execution governance. The Senior Director will govern the execution of VCA’s strategic agenda, translating enterprise priorities into integrated roadmaps, measurable outcomes, and accountability mechanisms.

Responsibilities

Lead VCA global strategic planning and execution governance, defining growth priorities, and translating them into actionable roadmaps, performance metrics, and accountability structures.
Lead the redesign and ongoing evolution of the global VCA operating model to meet client needs, commercial priorities, and profitability objectives.
Define the future-state organizational structure for VCA, including leadership roles, governance forums, and decision rights.
Define and govern the global VCA resource and location strategy, including headcount planning, workforce allocation, and investment trade-offs.
Lead the definition and governance of cross-functional objectives, targets, and success metrics across VCA.
Orchestrate cross-functional and regional alignment across VCA and Visa, building trusted senior stakeholder relationships.
Lead the Quarterly Business Review process, including executive agenda setting, performance narrative, and progress assessment.
Create frameworks to evaluate strategic bets and investment priorities.
Lead organizational effectiveness and continuous improvement efforts across VCA.
Lead special strategic initiatives on behalf of VCA leadership.

Requirements

12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 10 years of work experience with an Advanced degree or a minimum of 5 years of work experience with a PhD.
15 or more years of experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 12 years of experience with an Advanced Degree, PhD with 9+ years of experience.
Bachelor’s degree required, ideally in business administration, economics, engineering, finance, mathematics, science, or another quantitative or analytical discipline from a top-tier institution.
12-18+ years of relevant experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, business transformation, financial services, payments, technology, professional services, or a related strategic function.
Proven experience leading or materially contributing to enterprise strategy, global business planning, operating model design, organizational transformation, or performance management in a complex, matrixed organization.
Demonstrated experience working with senior executives and cross-functional leadership teams.
Strong understanding of consulting, professional services, or advisory business models.
Experience developing executive-level materials, strategic recommendations, business cases, governance routines, and performance narratives for senior leadership forums.
U.S. Applicants Only

Skills

Executive-level strategic thinking
Structured problem-solving
Strong analytical rigor
Business judgment
Excellent executive communication
Storytelling
Presentation skills
Strong stakeholder management
Change leadership skills
High degree of ownership
Initiative
Accountability
Self-motivated
Results-oriented
Ability to manage multiple priorities concurrently
Strong collaboration
Team orientation
Sound judgment
Discretion
Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity

Location

Office setting

Work Type

Full-time
Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree
Advanced Degree (Masters/MBA/JD/MD)
PhD

Salary/Compensations

$179,300 to $369,000 USD per year
may include potential sales incentive payments
may be eligible for bonus and equity

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
401(k)
FSA/HSA
Life Insurance
Paid Time Off
Wellness Program

About the Company

Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories.
Dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.
At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.
Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.

Equal Opportunity

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protect veteran status.
Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the EEOC guidelines and applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.