Senior Director, Visa Business Solutions - SEA

Tink; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 1,759,000 - 2,639,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in payments technology seeks a strategic leader for Visa Commercial Solutions in South Africa. This role involves driving the commercial card business, managing P&L, and developing partnerships across the region. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in financial services, strong leadership skills, and a passion for team development. This position offers flexibility with a hybrid work model and focuses on enhancing Visa's impact in the B2B payments landscape.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of experience in financial institutions or services.
• Leadership experience in commercial cards or cash management.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive commercial card business results and expansion.
• Develop and lead a team of sales specialists.
• Manage financial forecasts and operating plans.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Teamwork

Influencing clients

Education

Master of Business Administration

Job description

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

• Establishment and execution of near and long-term strategies that accelerates Visa Commercial Solution’s (VCS) business across in Southern & East Africa (SEA) sub region, covering the Small and Medium Businesses (SMB), Large & Middle Market (LMM) and Government segments.
• Drive all of Visa’s commercial card (“Card-able”) business results and expansion within the sub region, including the establishment of regional strategies and priorities, sales relationships, new business development and product delivery.
• Carry P&L responsibility for VCS in SEA – manage financial forecasts and short and long term financial operating plans to maximize growth, meet quarterly and annual financial targets, and, ensure that resources are dedicated to the most appropriate business initiatives.
• Drive thought leadership and development with issuers, acquirers, technology partners and emerging alternative providers.
• Develop and lead a high caliber team of sales specialists, set smart targets and OKRs and offer regular oversight feedback and assessment.
• Collaborate closely with key stakeholders like Marketing, Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA), Visa Government Solutions (VGS), Merchant Sales Acquiring (MSA), Country teams (Account Executives), Customer Service (CS) and Finance teams etc. to drive VCS business.
• Work in close partnership with global VCS teams to deliver globally consistent and regionally relevant solutions to clients.
• Partner with stakeholders within and outside VCS on major initiatives and opportunities, leveraging customer interactions to identify new and enhanced products and services.
• Add value to customers by focusing on the product needs and gaps, new use cases, offering consultative feedback based on our current and envisioned solutions

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
Leadership experience in the Commercial Cards and/or Corporate Banking /
Cash Management space
Minimum 15 years of experience in top tier financial institutions, payments
networks or financial services firms

Preferred Qualifications:
Deep understanding of current B2B payment trends, regulatory environment
and current market landscape and gaps
Strong experience working directly with and influencing clients (FIs / Fintechs /
Corporates)
Strong leadership and analytical skills
Good knowledge of product management and development, data driven
insights and finance
Ability to work effectively with cross functional and cross regional teams
Teamwork, interpersonal & relationship-building skills, and ability to lead by
influence and example
Successful track record of stakeholder management and ability to
communicate and influence at all levels of an organization
A passion and energy for people management and people development
Preferably a Master of Business degree

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.