Visa’s Innovation & Strategic Partnerships (I&SP) is a global client facing organization that sets Visa’s public innovation agenda, develops commercial partnerships with industry leading brands and platform providers, and promotes hands on incubation and rapid prototyping to demonstrate the art of the possible for clients and partners.

The Program Management Office for I&SP is accountable for delivery of successful commercial launches in close collaboration with our major strategic partners. 

We are seeking a Senior Director who will take the lead for one of our largest partners and lead cross-functional teams across the entire life cycle for specific programs. S/he is responsible for working cross-functionally with development, operations, sales, marketing, finance, risk, and legal.  Some programs may require designing and building I&SP processes and portfolio governance.  S/he will also be responsible for improving our working relationship with the partner.

Responsibilities

• Work with I&SP Account Executives to lead strategic discussions and engagements with our largest, complex partnerships
  
• Structure and manage integrated, multi-track projects and/or programs that meet the business intent for Visa’s most important strategic partners
  
• Support the AE in maintaining a strong partnership relationship, in addition to project delivery, by serving as a subject matter expert in briefing key stakeholders
  
• Build and lead extended internal / external teams
  
• Act as the single accountable party for defining, planning, orchestrating, and delivering programs often involving multiple internal and external constituents and matrix partners
  
• Provides direction, motivation, and support to the program and project teams.  Inspires co-workers to attain goals and excellence.
  
• Identify issues early, determine potential resolutions, assign the appropriate resources, communicate status, and track and resolve them in a timely manner
  
• Define and track project milestones while developing, maintaining, and reporting on an overall integrated delivery plan
  
• Rigorously manages scope to ensure commitments are achieved within agreed on time, cost, and quality parameters
  
• Represents the project in various project governance and inter-department forums and publishes periodic project status reports
  

• A Bachelors of Science degree and 15+ years of experience managing product, product development, large complex projects in a matrix organization is required.  Advanced degree preferred.
  
• Experience in working unstructured environment with evolving process and structure and a matrix organization is desired
  
• Excellent problem-solver and critical-thinker with the ability to identify and remove barriers and enable teams to complete their objectives
  
• Detail oriented and proven ability to manage multiple, cross-functional initiatives with overlapping timelines and deliverables
  
• Solid influencing and presentation skills and able to communicate at all levels with clarity and precision, both written and verbally
  
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, including active listening, persuasion, and managing change
  
• Strong presentation skills – the ability to convey complex information to diverse audiences
  
• Must have a "Can do" attitude and does not hesitate to do what it takes to garner support in order to move a program forward
  
• Pro-active and effective at leading cross-functional teams
  
• Willing to challenge the status quo to get things done
  
• Team player possessing a strong drive to add value to the business direction.
  
• Knowledge of financial services, especially payments helpful
  

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.