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

Role Responsibilities

• Put together and execute strategy for Visa to drive seller side revenue growth in SSA Markets.
• Develop plan and drive execution to grow acceptance across the region.
• Grow distribution of Visa acceptance solutions, build new commercial partnerships with the key players, measure new acceptance locations, increased Visa usage, and additional processing volume via VisaNet.
• Develop and execute sound segment account coverage model for all SSA markets.
• Position Visa as the industry leader amongst clients, partners and peers.
• Expand access by driving the increase of Merchant Sales Volume (MSV) and corresponding revenues.
• Drive contactless, tokenization and adoption of new solutions.
• As a member of the SSA Leadership Team take ownership of score cards revenue and expense budgets for SSA.
• Drive merchant engagement based on Visa 360 values – increasing differentiation for Visa, XB revenue, sales of Value-added services and monetization of Visa Data and Consulting solutions
• Engage with and grow Acquirer relationships in SSA. Drive compliance and adherence to industry practices
• Work closely with country and functional teams to engage with the regulator and managing IRF/Pricing and balancing the four-party model.

Qualifications

Personal Characteristics

A hands-on approach to all activities with real passion and high levels of energy.  Agile and comfortable adapting to different environments.
Courageous innovation: creative and resourceful in overcoming barriers and unexpected roadblocks 
An authentic leader who intuitively engenders an inclusive environment, enabling the business to reach its ambitious goals
Diversity of thought and experience: continually seeks new perspectives and feedback, takes an inclusive approach
High personal standards of ethics and integrity towards employees, stakeholders, and customers
High levels of learning-agility with a real interest in developing relationships with progressive businesses, combining a ‘technology / digital-first’ approach
Entrepreneurial and comfortable with ambiguous and change-led environments, self-confident with an authentic style that gravitates to championing change
Eager to seek a challenge and expand frontiers, brings a visionary approach.  Sets and meets a high bar of goals and principles.
Servant leadership mentality: deeply committed to serving and listening to others.  Natural ability to build strong relationships and enable collaboration through empathy and authenticity.

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.