Senior Director, Head Of Strategic Policy Initiatives

Job Description
The Visa Economic Empowerment Institute (VEEI) is Visa’s flagship research and thought leadership platform. VEEI publishes insights on the future of payments, digital infrastructure, financial inclusion, and cross-border commerce and money movement.
Job Responsibilities:
Builds and operates the platforms that support the Visa Global Policy Institute and public policy thought leadership more broadly. These platforms include:
The Visa Institute Advisory Council – a community of senior thought leaders that help shape, elevate, and expand Visa’s thought leadership:
The Regulatory Monitoring and Analysis platform – a proprietary database of payments policies spanning 200 countries and territories
The Global Policy Knowledge Hub – a global repository of policy insights, positions, and case studies:
The Visa Institute web presence.
Serves on the Global Policy Leadership Team.
Partners with the Visa Institute’s Head of Research to develop and execute an annual content strategy that combines original knowledge products, events, and bespoke client engagements.
Builds consensus across global and regional Visa business leaders to ensure that Global Policy Institute research accurately reflects corporate perspectives and positions.
Manages a team of public policy strategists, instilling a culture of accountability and performance.
Aggregates and communicates objectives, key results, and impact metrics to internal stakeholders.
Ensures that the Global Policy Institute’s research and advocacy teams have access to relevant internal data and insights for use in syndicated research and bespoke client engagements.
Sets and enforces a high standard of quality control for all Visa Global Policy Institute publications.
Manages a budget and instills an impact investing mindset.
Represents Visa in meetings with external stakeholders.
Note:
As a senior member of the Global Policy Institute, the Senior Director will also have opportunities to publish articles under her own name and represent Visa in external speaking engagements.
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.