Sr. Director Business Planning

Company DescriptionVisa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across 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.When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging - where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world - helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.**Join Visa: A Network Working for Everyone.****Job Description**:Sr. Director Business Planning & DevelopmentKey role in the Merchant and Acquirer Sales and Solutions' LAC team (MS&A-LAC), partnering closely with the Head of MS&A of LAC and Leadership Team. This role is responsible for providing strategic business analysis and input to the development and execution of the business strategy across the region, which addresses,1. Developing a robust coverage and acceptance of electronic payments in key LAC markets2. Growing Visa share of business on Key MerchantsThis position is also charged with streamlining and tracking execution, increasing efficiency, ensuring alignment to global and regional strategy and objectives, supporting macro-level initiatives, scorecards, NPS approach, customer needs assessments, and other business planning activities (e.g. BPO) and specific strategic initiatives, in partnership with regional and global teams as needed.This individual will be a key participant of the MS&A-LAC Leadership Teams and is the main contact point with the Global MS&A and the LAC regional teams.Responsibilities/Key Results- Preparation, implementation and monitoring of Business Strategy and Annual Plans. Lead the MS&A LAC planning cycle (strategy, budget, goal setting and performance tracking), aligned with the GMS&A and regional processes- Development and use of reporting tools to manage and monitor MS&A LAC performance (aggregated and by market) on a regular basis (weekly, monthly or quarterly). These include (but are not limited to) Salesforce Playbook, Monthly Reports, Performance Assessments, Balanced Scorecards and Dashboards- Provide analytical capabilities to support business strategy- Lead efforts of New Business Development for MS&A LAC- Identification of best practices and synergies across the region- Highlight main competitors´ moves, key technology trends, challenges & gaps for merchant payment adoption in the region- Propose strategic themes and issues to be discussed by the Leadership team, providing insights and market analysis based on internal and external information to enable discussion and decision-makingThis 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 two days a week, Tuesdays and Wednesdays with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% of the time based on business needs.**Qualifications**:- Excellent interpersonal skills to work collaboratively across functions and geographies in a complex matrix environment- Strategic and analytical thinking with an ability to see the broader picture- Consulting and Finance experiences are a plus- Solid project management abilities- Strong presentation and communication skills- Creative, innovative problem solving- Strong leadership skills, with demonstrated ability to influence and built credibility with people outside his/her direct organization- Experience of working in the regional roles and LAC knowledge- Advanced knowledge of the electronic payments business (preferably cards, preferably Visa) policies, financial controls / accounting processes- Seasoned professional, with a sound track record of results and with the ability to work and influence multiple stakeholders, both internal and external to Visa- 15+ years' progressive experience managing staff- Fluent in Portuguese, English and Spanish.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.