Risk Director

Company Description

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

Visa Inc. is seeking an experienced Risk Director (RD) to act as Visa’s authority of market and client fraud performance, insights and risk success measures. Risk partners with issuers, acquirers, merchants, processors and other stakeholders to ensure secure business growth, by mitigating risks to the Visa payment system. The RD will also work collaboratively with global and local teams to develop, execute, and evaluate our in-country Enterprise Risk Management, Ecosystem Risk and Payment Risk Initiatives.
 

The Risk Director will work closely with the Risk Sub-Regions Head and other Risk Service Managers to support Mexico stakeholders, providing risk insights, consultative support and effectively managing key risks for Visa, and clients, in the market, while balancing our client’s objectives and operational goals. Developing and influencing client adoption of risk reduction strategies and tools, and leading development and promoting Visa’s Payment Security roadmap in Mexico.

• Lead the Country Manager and commercial team on their effort to grow the business securely, while providing fact-based market insights and strategic thought-leadership to assist Visa clients in managing their fraud risk, allowing balanced customer experience and operational metrics
• Identify in-market risks for Visa and take actions to mitigate and for risk reduction, including executing in-country enterprise risk management programs
• Acting as Subject Matter Expert with clients and help troubleshoot problems
• Contribute to Champion Security by creating and implementing risk management roadmaps for the market, and identifying new, creative 'win-win' methods to reduce and mitigate payment system risk, fraud and cardholder data security risks
• Work closely and guide the country’s leadership to evaluate new Visa clients, to establish market and client plans, prioritizing activities, promote domestic processing and to promote adoption of Visa’s fraud reduction tools and authentication solutions, i.e. 3D Secure 2.0, contactless, Visa Token Service, etc.
• Partnering with product specialists to promote adoption and optimize the use of Visa fraud tools by client Issuers
• Preparing reports, briefings and other written products for Visa and external stakeholders
• Partnering with Government Relationships to train regulators about payment risks controls

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager. 

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/ MBA/JD/MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications:

12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD

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.

Client-provided location(s): Mexico City, Mexico

Job ID: ae725c99-02ca-4734-b93f-635ca1bb063f

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-04-22T20:31:53