Strategic Planning Associate — Growth & Insights

Visa; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa is seeking a Strategy Associate to support the Senior Director of Strategy & Planning across long-range strategy development, portfolio diagnostics and key initiatives. You will synthesize data and craft robust strategic recommendations to drive growth.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years in strategy, strong analytical and communication skills, and a collaborative mindset. The role requires in-office presence in San Francisco and opportunities for meaningful impact across the organization.

Qualifications

• 2 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD, or PhD)

Responsibilities

• Support the Value-Added Services strategic planning process, ensuring alignment with the company's mission and objectives
• Support workstreams / projects related to multi-year strategy development and assessments of significant opportunities - including potential acquisitions - and threats
• Structure and solve business problems, collaborating with a range of internal stakeholders to make recommendations on issues with far-reaching business impact
• Communicate recommendations to senior management, other executive, functional, or regional teams and management in a clear, concise, and impactful way
• Support Value-Added Services' senior leadership team by developing thought leadership for internal executive meetings and external client councils / forums
• Execute market and competitive research and connect trends to business goals, synthesizing research into consumable strategy outputs
• Proactively manage upwards to pre-empt critical business opportunities and challenges

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Collaboration

Learning ability

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced Degree

Job description

Visa is seeking a Strategy Associate to support the Senior Director of Strategy & Planning across long-range strategy development, portfolio diagnostics and key initiatives. You will synthesize data and craft robust strategic recommendations to drive growth.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years in strategy, strong analytical and communication skills, and a collaborative mindset. The role requires in-office presence in San Francisco and opportunities for meaningful impact across the organization.