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 Description

What’s it all about?

Our Senior Account Executive in Switzerland is responsible for driving sales and development within payments across the business in our Swiss markets. By building deep partnerships with our clients, opening up access and offering creative solutions, we are at the forefront of protecting and growing Visa’s brand and market share.

We’re looking for those of you who are inherently driven to succeed and make a difference. We’ll equip you with the very best tools and training so that you can deliver the best results.
Continuous self-development underpins job fulfilment at Visa. If you have the burning desire for self-development, working with us will expose you to challenges and opportunities to hone your skills. We’ll provide the right environment and a plethora of top-notch professionals to learn with and from.

What we expect of you, day to day.

• Several years Payments/Card payments experience
• You will be managing account of Visa key client within our Swiss office, ensuring our clients are provided appropriate support and excellent service from Visa in Europe.
• You will build and develop strong relationships with our partners outside of Visa, and will be responsible for working with clients to identify new and ongoing requirements, and introduce new products or services.
• You will build to the annual business and account plans for your clients, liaising with the Country Manager.
• You will collaborate and engage with colleagues across Visa, endeavouring to break down silos and ensure the business is appropriately involved and informed about member issues, delivering solutions as one team.
• Everyone is a leader at Visa – as such you will communicate your expertise and specialist knowledge to less experienced members of the team, acting in a mentorship capacity where appropriate.

Qualifications

• Passion and curiosity for Digital, Innovation/Fintech, and in particular payments
• Extensive Sales, account or customer management experience
• Commercial understanding and the aptitude to identify opportunities and proactively propose solutions
• Experience of liaising with and influencing stakeholders at all levels of the business, as well as of building and maintaining relationships with external partners.
• Collaborative approach to relationship management and problem solving
• German/ English speaker with strong awareness of the Swiss market & payment ecosystem

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.