Director, Global Sales

Visa; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa Direct is seeking a Director, Global Sales to lead strategic engagements with key clients and partners globally. You will start with an early-stage consult to understand needs, then co-design solutions and timelines with stakeholders across Visa.

The role requires managing multiple high-visibility opportunities, coordinating cross-functional teams, and close collaboration with senior management. The ideal candidate is a structured, experienced leader with strong analytical and communication

Qualifications

• 10+ years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 8 years with an Advanced Degree; or 3 years with a PhD.
• Experience in payments, banking or money movement, with sales/solutioning background preferred.
• Strong communication, storytelling and presentation skills for broad audiences.

Responsibilities

• Look for new opportunities across different verticals and regions.
• Aggregate and maintain a list of new opportunities and ongoing deals.
• Familiarity with digital payment technologies and the Visa Direct product suite.
• Identify client opportunities and co-design solutions to unlock them.
• Clearly articulate deal structure to internal teams and clients.

Skills

Strategic client engagement

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Negotiation

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Copilot

Outlook

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

Visa Direct is a payment service Visa provides to clients (sending financial institutions) to facilitate fund transfers/disbursements to accounts around the world using push payment technology. Visa Direct consumer and business applications include person-to-person (P2P) transfer, person to micro-business transfer (e.g. payouts to shared economy providers), funds disbursement (e.g. insurance claim disbursement), and more.

The Director, Global Sales will lead strategic engagements with key clients and partners that are critical to the success of Visa Direct’s domestic and cross-border solutions. Engagement begins with an early -stage consultation to understand the partner’s needs, resources and targeted timeframe.

Conversations will continue as we co-design a solution with the partner, agreeing on scope, and timelines. Partnering with multiple stakeholders and teams within Visa will be required to manage multiple sales opportunities across different regions, create complex deal structures, and negotiate, and close multiple deals simultaneously. The role requires direct engagement with clients.

The ideal candidate will be a structured, experienced money-movement leader, an analytical thinker with excellent communication skills and a strong interest in how products are developed and delivered. They will possess a unique combination of sales, business development, product expertise, product solutioning, marketing, problem solving ability, flexibility with rapid changes, intellectual curiosity, and attention to detail.

In this role, you will work closely with clients that are market moving, cross-border payments innovators and on projects that have high visibility and impact. You should be motivated by managing high profile, complex projects relatively independently. Given the strategic nature of the cross-border partners involved and the end-to-end responsibility of the role, this opportunity is very well positioned for recognition and growth.

Responsibilities

• Look for new opportunities across different verticals and different regions.
• Aggregate and maintain a list of new opportunities as well as on-going deals
• Familiarity with digital payment technologies, the payment ecosystem and the various players involved in the value chain
• Develop subject matter expertise on the Visa Direct product suite, including pull payments, push payments (card, account and wallet), domestic, cross-border, platform expertise, market readiness, product features, pricing...
• Identify opportunities with clients and partners and co-design solutions to unlock these opportunities
• Clearly articulate product functionality and commercials to clients and partners
• Clearly articulate structure of the deal to internal parties (finance, upper management, legal, product…)
• Collaborate with cross-functional business, product, technology, client services and other teams to deliver best in class client solutions and product offerings
• Facilitate communication while managing partner relationships, leading cross functional teams and corresponding with senior management.
• Look for innovative ways to sell Visa Direct to FIs and other partners

Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g., Master's, MBA, JD, MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD.

Preferred Qualifications

• 12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g., Master's, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD.
• Proficiency in Microsoft tools such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Copilot and Outlook is required.
• Expert in domestic and cross border payments, banking or funds/money movement, having performed product management or sales or solutioning in the past.
• Excellent communication, storytelling, and presentation skills (including the ability to explain complex business and technical concepts to broad audiences in an approachable way)
• Critical thinker adept at problem-solving with a strong focus on outcomes
• Leadership abilities to influence, negotiate, close deals and drive results
• Disciplined project management and organization skills to track of large, medium and small sales opportunities across different regions
• Aptitude to work with limited direction, usually within a complex and often ambiguous environment

to drive rigorous, fact-based recommendations and solutions

• Ability to work under pressure of tight timelines and frequent changes.

Information for US Applicants

For roles located in the US, the estimated salary range for this position is $249,700.00 to $ 400,200.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity.Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.

Work Hours

Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements

This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements

This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

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 protect veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the EEOC guidelines and applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.