Manager, Strategy, Business Planning, and Operations, Philippines

Visa; Makati; On-site; PHP 4,200,000 - 5,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa is seeking a Manager, Strategy, Business Planning, and Operations for the Philippines to shape market strategy, drive disciplined execution, and strengthen operating rhythms. You will advise the Philippines Country Manager and collaborate across VP-level teams to deliver impactful initiatives.

You will report to the Head of Strategy and collaborate with market leadership, cross-functional teams, and Asia Pacific planning groups to drive durable performance and strategic growth.

Qualifications

• 5 to 8 years of relevant experience in strategy, business planning, consulting, financial services, payments, technology platforms, or a related field.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, with the ability to integrate multiple data sources and translate findings into clear business insights and recommendations.
• Demonstrated project management and execution capability, including managing multiple stakeholders, priorities, dependencies, and deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and deliver outcomes in a complex, highly matrixed organization.
• Sound commercial judgment and the ability to understand business performance and financial drivers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting complex analysis to senior stakeholders.
• High standards of integrity, collaboration, and respect in the workplace.
• Comfort with AI-enabled productivity and analytical tools is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop medium- to long-term market strategies for the Philippines as customer needs, competition, regulation, and opportunities evolve.
• Size strategic opportunities, evaluate pathways, and develop business cases and recommendations.
• Analyze macroeconomic, regulatory, competitive, customer, and payments developments affecting the Philippines.
• Lead defined workstreams on pricing, economics, segmentation, competitive assessment, and cost efficiency.
• Manage the end-to-end IMD portfolio from opportunity identification to benefits realization.
• Establish and maintain a PMO framework covering milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, budgets, and outcomes.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to execute complex domestic and cross-border initiatives.
• Prepare concise progress updates and recommendations for market leadership.
• Partner with Finance and business teams to monitor market performance, annual objectives, sales metrics, and financial outcomes.
• Identify drivers of performance and recommend actions to address gaps or accelerate opportunities.
• Support annual planning, budgeting, and resource allocation processes.
• Develop management insights and materials for market and regional leadership.
• Support country operations governance, cost management, planning, and leadership rhythms.
• Improve processes and operating rhythms to enable accountability and execution.
• Coordinate leadership reviews of high-priority initiatives with material implications.
• Partner with client-facing teams to develop focused account business reviews and action plans.

Skills

Strategy experience

Business planning

Financial services

Payments industry

Project management

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

English & Filipino

AI tools proficiency

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

About Us

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.

About Us

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.

Job Description

The Manager, Strategy, Business Planning, and Operations will use quantitative and qualitative analysis to shape Visa's Philippines market strategy, drive disciplined execution of priority initiatives, and strengthen the market’s operating rhythm. The role will serve as a trusted adviser to the Philippines Country Manager and Head of Strategy and Business Transformation.

The role will report to the Head of Strategy and Business Transformation for the Philippines and collaborate extensively with market leadership, the market cross-functional team, IPVMC Strategy and Transformation, Sales Excellence, Corporate Strategy, and other Asia Pacific business planning teams.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy and Market Intelligence

• Develop and refine medium- to long-term market strategies as customer needs, competition, regulation, and commercial opportunities evolve.
• Size strategic opportunities, evaluate alternative pathways, and develop business cases and recommendations.
• Analyze macroeconomic, regulatory, competitive, customer, and payments industry developments affecting the Philippines.
• Lead defined workstreams across priority strategic topics, including pricing, economics, segmentation, competitive assessment, and cost efficiency.

Innovation and Market Development Fund (IMD) Portfolio and Strategic Execution

• Manage the end-to-end IMD portfolio, from opportunity identification and business-case development through prioritization, governance, budget and utilization tracking, implementation, and benefits realization.
• Establish and maintain a PMO framework covering milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, budgets, and outcomes.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to execute complex domestic and cross-border initiatives.
• Prepare concise progress updates and recommendations for market leadership.

Business Performance and Planning

• Partner with Finance and business teams to monitor market performance, annual objectives, sales metrics, and financial outcomes.
• Identify underlying drivers of performance and recommend actions to address gaps or accelerate opportunities.
• Support annual planning, budgeting, and resource allocation processes.
• Develop management insights and materials for market and regional leadership.

Market Operations

• Support the Head of Strategy and Business Transformation in managing country operations, including governance, cost management, planning, and leadership routines.
• Improve processes and operating rhythms to enable clearer accountability and more effective execution.
• Coordinate periodic leadership reviews of high-priority initiatives with material strategic or financial implications.
• Partner with client-facing teams to develop focused account business reviews and action plans.

Visa requires at least 1 day in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

• 5 to 8 years of relevant experience in strategy, business planning, consulting, financial services, payments, technology platforms, or a related field.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, with the ability to integrate multiple data sources and translate findings into clear business insights and recommendations.
• Demonstrated project management and execution capability, including managing multiple stakeholders, priorities, dependencies, and deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and deliver outcomes in a complex, highly matrixed organization.
• Sound commercial judgment and the ability to understand business performance and financial drivers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting complex analysis to senior stakeholders.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel.
• Strong English and Filipino communication skills.
• High standards of integrity, collaboration, and respect in the workplace.
• Comfort with AI-enabled productivity and analytical tools is preferred.

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.