Vice President, Enterprise Transformation

The VP will be a key member in Visa’s Enterprise Transformation Office (ETO), which is responsible for driving meaningful and sustainable change across the many segments of Visa’s business.  As a strategist, the individual will lead the execution of – across functions and geographies – initiatives aligned to executive priorities.  Broad topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:Leading strategy development workstreams that drive step-change improvement in accountabilityAddressing enterprise-wide organizational improvements to unlock revenue or capacityIdentifying areas of opportunity to improve the client experience and accelerate time-to-marketWhat a VP of Transformation does at VisaThe VP of Transformation is a key member of ETO leadership team and plays a critical role in leading and overseeing initiatives that drive large-scale change, improve organizational efficiency, and improve the client experience.  These are often complex, cross-functional engagements that impact multiple geographies and stakeholders. The role is highly visible and will have a broad reach into a variety of teams across functions.  This leader must have the ability to lead key business transformation programs and key cross-functional initiatives.  He or she must stay in front of innovation trends in strategy and transformation and payments and be able to develop an independent point of view on topics in the face of uncertainty and imperfect information.Best-suited candidates will be persuasive, clear communicators with high emotional intelligence as well as analytical, self-motivated, and able to collaborate well with others from a diversity of backgrounds.  This position requires the ability to communicate, partner with and generate support for recommendation among stakeholders to quickly drive to those recommendations and lead a team.  Further, this position requires the ability to apply strong analytical frameworks and critical thinking skills to:Partner with ETO leadership to help identify, shape, and prioritize key transformation initiatives and change management that support Visa revenue ambitionsDevelop and execute Enterprise transformation strategy that supports our growth activities, organizational efficiency, and cross-functional improvementsGrow and lead a high-performing team, providing mentorship, guidance, and support to ensure the team's success.Structure and solve business problems, collaborating and coordinating with a range of internal stakeholders to make recommendations on a wide range of cross-functional improvementsBuild strong relationships with cross-functional teams. Act as trusted partner and advisor to senior stakeholders during and beyond strategic project engagementCollaborate with cross-functional teams to execute business cases, project plans, and implementation roadmaps for key initiativesLead the development of hypotheses and data collection for wholesale organizational improvement, operational efficiency, cost savings (or avoidance), and most importantly, revenue growthManage the day-to-day project and team activities to meet project goals and timelinesEnsure that all initiatives are aligned with the Visa’s overall strategy, goals, and valuesEvaluate the effectiveness of transformational initiatives, develop clear and concise executive level communicationsPresent recommendations to senior management, other executive, functional, or regional staff and management in a clear, concise, and persuasivelyThe position will be based in Austin, TX or Miami, FL with some occasional light travel to be expected.This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.