Senior Manager, Visa Direct FI Sales

PowerToFly; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 208,000 - 332,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa Direct is Visa's real-time money movement platform enabling institutions to send and receive funds globally.

The Senior Manager, Visa Direct FI Sales will drive growth by acquiring and expanding financial institution relationships, guiding the full sales lifecycle from discovery to onboarding, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable money-movement solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
• Experience in payments, financial services, or sales roles is preferred.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and strategic planning abilities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Account Executives and stakeholders to identify Visa Direct opportunities.
• Develop and execute sales strategies to grow adoption and transaction volume.
• Consult with clients to understand objectives, challenges, and money-movement priorities.
• Act as a trusted advisor on real-time payments, digital wallets, and cross-border movement.
• Build compelling business cases and commercial recommendations for clients.
• Negotiate and close commercial opportunities while balancing client and Visa goals.
• Partner with product, legal, risk, finance, and marketing to onboard clients.
• Coordinate with processors and ecosystem partners to deliver scalable solutions.
• Maintain a robust pipeline with accurate forecasting and regional growth focus.
• Expand existing relationships with new Visa Direct capabilities and use cases.

Skills

Communication

Presentation

Relationship management

Storytelling

Strategic thinking

Project management

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

PhD

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

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.

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

About Visa Direct

Visa Direct is Visa's real-time money movement platform that enables financial institutions, fintech's, businesses, and governments to send and receive funds quickly and securely to eligible cards, accounts, wallets, and other endpoints around the world.

Visa Direct supports a broad range of consumer and commercial use cases, including person-to-person (P2P) payments, account-to-account transfers, merchant and marketplace payouts, gig-worker and earned wage access disbursements, insurance claim payments, loan disbursements, government benefit payments, real-time treasury and business payments, and cross-border remittances.

By enabling near real-time money movement, Visa Direct helps clients improve customer experiences, enhance cash flow, reduce reliance on legacy payment methods, and compete more effectively in an increasingly real-time payments ecosystem.

Responsibilities:

The Senior Manager, Visa Direct FI Sales will be responsible for driving Visa Direct growth through the acquisition, expansion, and management of financial institution relationships. This role will manage the sales lifecycle from client discovery and opportunity identification through solution development, commercial negotiations, implementation planning, and ongoing relationship management.

The successful candidate will work closely with Visa Account Executives and cross-functional teams to identify opportunities, develop client-specific money movement strategies, and help financial institutions accelerate adoption of Visa Direct solutions. The role requires strong relationship management skills, commercial acumen, and deep knowledge of the evolving payments landscape.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Account Executives and cross-functional stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and pursue Visa Direct opportunities across regional and community financial institutions.
• Execute sales strategies and account plans designed to grow Visa Direct adoption and transaction volume among financial institutions.
• Consult with clients to understand strategic objectives, payment challenges, customer needs, and money movement priorities.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on payment trends, competitive dynamics, real-time payments, digital wallets, account-to-account solutions, and cross-border money movement.
• Develop and present compelling business cases, value propositions, and commercial recommendations that demonstrate the benefits of Visa Direct.
• Structure, negotiate, and support the closing of commercial opportunities while balancing client requirements, Visa objectives, and long‑term partnership goals.
• Partner with product, finance, legal, risk, technology, marketing, and client services teams to advance opportunities and support successful client onboarding.
• Collaborate with processors, fintech's, payment enablers, and ecosystem partners to help deliver scalable money movement solutions.
• Maintain an active pipeline of opportunities, provide accurate forecasting, and support regional revenue and growth objectives.
• Identify opportunities to expand existing client relationships through additional Visa Direct capabilities, use cases, and payment flows.
• Present Visa Direct capabilities and recommendations to client stakeholders, industry events, and internal teams.
• Leverage market insights, client feedback, and competitive intelligence to help inform sales strategies and client engagement plans.

Visa requires at least 3 days in the office. Expectations for in-office attendance will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications

• 9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD
• 8-12 years of experience in payments, financial services, fintech, business development, strategic partnerships, product commercialization, sales, or relationship management.
• Strong understanding of domestic and cross-border payments, money movement, and payment networks, including RTP, FedNow, ACH, wires, FX, SWIFT, card‑based payments, account‑to‑account payments, and digital payment platforms.
• Experience working with financial institutions, fintechs, processors, payment service providers, or other participants in the payments ecosystem.
• Demonstrated success developing, structuring, negotiating, and closing complex commercial opportunities.
• Knowledge of financial institution payment strategies across consumer banking, commercial banking, treasury management, wealth management, and digital channels.
• Strong communication, presentation, relationship management, and storytelling skills with the ability to communicate complex concepts effectively to client stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively within a matrixed organization and collaborate across multiple business functions to achieve results.
• Experience building business cases, financial analyses, and value propositions that support commercial decision making.
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, project management, and problem‑solving skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and deliver results in a fast‑paced environment.
• Self‑starter with strong intellectual curiosity, attention to detail, and passion for the future of real‑time, digital, and cross‑border money movement.
• Strong Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.

Information for US Applicants

For roles located in the US, the estimated salary range for this position is $207,600.00 to $ 332,300.00 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.