Sr. Manager, Corporate Strategy

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

The Corporate Strategy team tackles some of Visa’s toughest questions to chart our long-term strategy. Our Corporate Strategy group is composed of six distinct teams: a Global Strategy team - driving strategy work across Visa's businesses, geographies, and functions, and five regional teams - driving strategy work in each of Visa's five geographic regions. The senior manager role is on the Global Corporate Strategy team.

We are an apprenticeship-based culture, rigorously investing in the cultivation of exceptional talent. In this role, you will embark on a structured two-year experience that serves as the foundation for a lasting career at Visa. The two-year experience is designed for you to receive regular coaching, develop a board network across Visa, and tackle the most difficult and pressing strategic and operational topics at Visa. After two years, you will continue to grow on the strategy team or move to a broader business area at Visa.

The Sr. Manager: Global Corporate Strategy will:

• Lead or support major workstreams across strategic projects, developing unique and creative solutions that strengthen Visa Inc.'s corporate strategy
• Structure projects and/or workstreams for the corporate strategy team. This includes setting deadlines, creating roles and responsibilities, owning readouts, and more
• Develop rigorous, fact- based, quantitative analyses to support recommendations. Ensure strategic and financial soundness of recommendations
• Communicate recommendations to senior management, other executive, functional, or regional staff in a clear, concise, and impactful way
• Participate in and occasionally lead regular strategy and payment focused trainings

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

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications
• 8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications
• 9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD
• Experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, investment banking or equivalent
• Experience in and/or significant exposure to the payments industry not required, but a plus
• Ability to independently lead and manage projects with multiple workstreams, with proven leadership success over a wide variety of functional business problems
• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor, attention to detail and ability to structure and analyze sophisticated financial modeling
• Personal presence and ability to clearly communicate compelling messages to senior stakeholders and external business partners

Additional Information

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting.  The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

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.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 159,100 to 230,900 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.

Client-provided location(s): New York, NY

Job ID: c15dce42-762c-4341-9d48-7b21fdb5cc25

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-10-02T15:45:16