Senior Vice President

2 weeks ago


Doral, Florida, United States Visa Full time
Company Overview

Visa stands as a global frontrunner in payment solutions and technology, facilitating over 259 billion secure transactions annually among consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities across more than 200 nations.

Our vision is to unify the world through a cutting-edge, convenient, and secure payments network, empowering individuals, businesses, and economies to flourish, all while adhering to a shared mission - to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the premier method of payment.

Join us and make a meaningful impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Experience the essence of Life at Visa.

Position Overview

The Senior Vice President, Regional Risk Leader for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will hold a pivotal role within Visa's Risk organization, overseeing all 'chief risk' responsibilities for the LAC region.

This role reports directly to the Chief Risk and Client Services Officer, a key member of Visa's Executive Leadership Team.

This leader will spearhead risk initiatives across Visa's operations in LAC, ensuring the company upholds its esteemed reputation in the payments sector by executing a robust long-term risk strategy.

The SVP will manage a diverse array of responsibilities, including enterprise and strategic risk management, credit settlement risk, franchise risk management, innovation risk, and ecosystem risks, particularly focusing on fraud and data security across the LAC region.

They will advocate for security among all stakeholders in the Visa payments ecosystem and will be accountable for preserving the integrity of that ecosystem within the region.

Key Responsibilities

- Play a crucial role in shaping the regional Risk strategy and leading initiatives that align with broader strategic objectives as part of the regional leadership team.

- Develop and implement the enterprise risk program for LAC, promoting the three lines of defense model, executing oversight programs, and coordinating risk and control functions across the region.

- Foster a culture of risk management within the '1st Line of Defense,' ensuring effective monitoring, analytical tools, and appropriate training and support.

- Safeguard the integrity of the Visa payment system by collaborating with financial institutions, merchants, issuers, Fintech, payment facilitators, law enforcement, and regulatory bodies to secure the payment system, mitigate fraud, and eliminate harmful activities.

- Lead responsible innovation initiatives in the region, guiding clients to understand and manage risks associated with new technologies, products, services, and platforms.

- Collaborate with sales, product, consulting, and client support teams to enhance the adoption and effective use of Visa risk solutions and services, aiming to maintain security, reduce fraud, and expand Visa's business.

- Support the country management team by providing insights on the health of settlement exposure in the market and educating them on local risk programs and assessments.

- Manage incidents of data breaches and fraud attacks impacting clients in the region, including mitigation efforts, cause identification, and remediation oversight, while ensuring communication with relevant stakeholders.

- Drive Visa's thought leadership on payment security, integrity, and fraud management across the region, including client communication, risk forums, and security summits.

- Act as the primary spokesperson and liaison with regulatory authorities in LAC regarding risk-related matters.

- Uphold operational excellence within the Risk function and contribute to the development of innovative risk solutions that enhance security and fraud control while delivering value to the Visa community.

Work Environment

This is a hybrid role, allowing employees to alternate between remote and office work. Employees in hybrid positions are expected to work from the office 2-3 designated days a week, based on business needs.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
15 years of professional experience with a Bachelor's Degree, 12 years with an Advanced degree (e.g., Masters/MBA/JD/MD), or a minimum of 10 years with a PhD.
Fluency in Spanish and/or Portuguese is required.

Preferred Qualifications:
20+ years of experience in Risk Management, including significant leadership experience at the C-Suite level.
A profound understanding of the payments industry and financial services, particularly within the retail sector, along with knowledge of payment products and services, and the broader economic landscape.

Exceptional knowledge of risk management, especially ecosystem risk, with advanced governance oversight and control expertise.

Financially and technologically literate, possessing strong analytical and decision-making skills, with the ability to maintain objectivity in high-pressure situations.

Strong commercial acumen and the ability to cultivate deep, trusted client relationships, establishing a respected professional brand in the external market.

Excellent understanding of regulatory objectives and processes, with experience in engaging with regulators.

Proven ability to proactively identify and manage risks through collaboration with business leaders.

Strong written and verbal communication skills, demonstrated in senior-level corporate environments and public speaking engagements, with the ability to distill complex insights.

Experience in synthesizing complex information to create impactful management insights and the ability to respond swiftly to identified issues.

Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, navigating complex organizational structures.

Strong interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to lead, motivate, and empower teams, fostering collaboration across organizational boundaries.

Experience in guiding organizations through stressful or crisis situations with successful outcomes.

Commitment to fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment that promotes engagement and contributes to broader strategic goals.

Demonstrated success in managing and leading high-performing, diverse teams.

Ability to enhance the intellectual capital of the risk function in key areas such as payments, security, fraud management, credit and settlement risk, and operational and enterprise risk.

Experience in leading major transformation initiatives within an organization or involvement in acquisitions/integrations.

Additional Information

Work Hours:
Varies based on departmental needs.

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

Mental/Physical Requirements:
This role will be performed in an office setting, requiring the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, and frequently operate standard office equipment.

Visa is an Equal Opportunity 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 qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.



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