Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, South Africa
4 days ago
Senior Director - Consumer Products: SSA

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Job DescriptionIdentify, develop, lead and inspire a team of innovative and engaged individualsManage local products development and ensure localization of global products to cover market needs, to come up with and execute revenue generating product strategiesFocus on delivering best in class products and delivering financial performancePartner with other product teams across solutions, value added services and beyond on a wide range of diverse product initiatives.Communicate cross-functionally to ensure consumer benefits and product features sales and adoption across all sales division (business development, merchant sales and acquiring, digital partnerships), and obtain appropriate level of operational supportManage and meet business metric performance for Products and Solutions and SSA scorecardEngage with clients to co-create new solutions, drive adoption of existing products and manage obstacles effectivelyChampion Visa values across the organizationManage existing product benefit providers with a view on improving customer proposition and balanced with optimizing return on Visa investmentLaunch New product - includes expanding coverage of existing products to new markets as well as creating new variants based on regional requirementsExplore continuous improvement opportunities in the value proposition including customer benefits, services and overall user experienceManage all existing CVPs and benefits.Custodian of the SSA core product rules and policies.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications
12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 10 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters/MBA /JD/MD), or a minimum of 5 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications
15 or more years of experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 12 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, or MD), PhD with 9+ years of experience
•Plus 8 years experience in financial and fintech industries, leading product individuals/teams and delivering on product development agenda.
•Business related degree
•Strong understanding of the clients’ business and how it aligns with Visa’s strategy
•Project management skills and strong execution capability to deliver against tight deadlines
• Strategic thinking, strong analytical skills and financial acumen
• Self-directed and motivated with the ability to operate in a fast paced and constantly changing work environment
• Digitally curious, follows industry trends and can utilize this exposure to develop Visa’s products, customer experience and digital offerings
• Solid interpersonal skills, ability to effectively work and collaborate across the organization

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.

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