Senior Manager - Strategy Execution: Global Licensing Delivery Lead

Visa

  • London
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 16 days ago
Company DescriptionVisa 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 DescriptionAs our business continues its ambitious growth trajectory, there is a strategic aim to build out a significant licence footprint in order to enable the local collection capability and direct connection to local payment schemes. The Global Licencing programme is as a critical initaitive of the money movement strategic objectives. The Senior Manager position will be a key role ensuring the success of this programme. This role is essential in ensuring that the cross-functional groups deliver the required 'get to operational' tasks required for assigned jurisdictions.Key Responsibilities:Build End-to-End Processes Required to Deliver Capabilities via New Licences:Use high-level assessments of end-to-end project requirements to identify most efficient path to delivery.Use industry best practices to drive delivery.Analyse organisational data to pinpoint structural and operational obstacles hindering delivery.Maintain and update detailed execution roadmaps with clear timelines, resource allocation, and key milestones for each assigned jurisdiction.Strategic Execution:Support the strategic execution of go-live initiatives, ensuring alignment with the organisation's long-term vision and goals.Support the implementation of medium to large-scale projects and initiatives, ensuring timely delivery and high-quality outcomes through influential leadership.Liaison/Control Point:Act as the key liaison within the strategic team regarding specific licence expansion jurisdiction(s).Serve as a check and control point for the assigned jurisdiction(s) delivery.Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between product, network, compliance, legal, revenue and operations teams to avoid duplication of effort, identify gaps, and ensure adherence to governance standards.Ensure compliance with regulatory and internal governance requirements, maintaining the highest standards of control and governance.Influence, Engagement and Leadership:Motivate teams to address critical challenges and drive deliverables.Create a collaborative and high-performance environment for the various teams to do well in.Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.Provide regular, transparent updates on progress, risks, and outcomes to key stakeholders.This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.Qualifications
  • Experience in banking, payments, money movement, and executing growth in regulated entities.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proven track record of delivery
  • Exceptional project management abilities, with experience in developing and executing initiatives using MS Project / Planner.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of influencing and rallying teams across various functions.
  • Demonstrated ability to think strategically and execute methodically, balancing short-term needs with long-term goals.
  • Strong influencing and execution skills, with the ability to energize teams to achieve ambitious goals and address root causes of inefficiencies.
  • Demonstrated understanding of the upstream and downstream implications of operational decisions.
  • Articulate and agile in leading multiple threads of complex problems.
  • Proven ability to build new capabilities and act as a change agent.
  • Experienced and credible in building valuable relationships across all roles and levels within a highly matrixed environment.
Personal Attributes:
  • Leadership: Ability to lead and inspire cross-functional teams to achieve successful outcomes. Earns credibility through deep process knowledge and a hands-on approach. Inspires and drives teams to higher levels of performance and accountability.
  • Continuous Improvement Mindset: Embraces change and fosters innovative thinking to drive continuous improvement and process excellence. Energised by creating lasting capacity and efficiency within teams.
  • Change Agent: Thrives in fast-paced environments, adept at managing multiple priorities and adapting to evolving circumstances.
Additional InformationVisa 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.

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