Visa
Sr. Director; Regulatory Affairs
US - Miami, FL · Director
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About the role
- The executive will report to the head of government affairs for Latin America and the Caribbean and work closely with a wide range of in country and regional functional teams.
- Monitor, analyze and coordinate efforts to mitigate potential regulation that might negatively affect the digital payments industry and Visa business.
- Record and share best practices with government bodies, regulators, and industry stakeholders to promote digital payments.
Responsibilities
- Think strategically and provide sound advice and support on matters of legislative, policy, and regulatory interest to internal and external clients, in close coordination with other incumbent teams.
- Support Visas regulatory information needs as a regulated entity and coordinate responses to regulatory consultations.
- Build proactive, trusted relationships with key government officials, regulators, and lawmakers.
- Collaborate with local and regional government affairs professionals and industry associations to develop strategies and engagement plans to boost financial inclusion and digital payments.
- Support partners issuers, acquirers, fintechs, merchants in understanding payments regulation, alongside the Head of Government Affairs for Latin America and the Caribbean, Legal, and business teams.
Requirements
- 12 years of work experience with a bachelors degree or at least 10 years of experience with an advanced degree, e.g. Masters MBA JD MD
- At least 10 years of experience in a relevant corporate position regulatory or government agency or consultancy on any country within CARCAMs financial system, payments, banking and or technology issues.
- Spanish required and fluent in English.
- Basic Qualifications
- Strong analytical skills to interpret, communicate and explain complex regulatory and legislative matters.
Nice to have
- Proactive, pragmatic and results oriented.
- Combination of political and business acumen.
- Skilled in managing, organizing, and sharing data and insights from public reports and industry papers.
- Strategic stakeholder advocacy skills.
- Experience managing direct reports.
- Superior inter personal, presentational, and written communication skills.
- Ability to act independently but also within a team environment.
- Experience in a similar industry or sector is an important plus.
Compensation
- For roles located in the US, the estimated salary range for this position is $189,500.00 to $ 303,500.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable).
Company info
- 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.
- Join Visa and do work that matters - to you, to your community, and to the world.
- Progress starts with you.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Monitor, analyze and coordinate efforts to mitigate potential regulation that might negatively affect the digital payments industry and Visa business.
- Proactively identify strategic business issues and opportunities for Visa and its clients.
- Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
This listing is sourced directly from Visa's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.