Senior Manager – Visa Direct Commercialization

The role holder leads the Visa Direct platform and commercialization efforts for the Eastern Africa Cluster i.e. Ethiopia, Djibouti, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar, and Comoros, across all use cases.

Responsibilities include sizing the opportunity, developing the push payment strategy in line with the Cluster’s business objectives, identifying use cases, and engaging internal and external stakeholders to deploy Visa Direct solutions. The key focus is on product and platform development, from drafting business requirements to quality assurance and project management or coordination with multiple internal teams. These new solutions must be deployed considering the evolving market, client, and consumer needs, aiming to drive significant future market growth for Visa in emerging markets.

The role requires a unique blend of commercialization and business analysis skills, along with an intimate understanding of payments, mobile technology, consumer behavior, and Visa’s business. The role will work cross-functionally with other teams in the markets and coordinate the product roadmap and learnings from the wider regional Visa Direct teams.

Solution Development and Deployment

Be a thought leader and influencer in developing and deploying the solution in the market. Manage the full cycle of Visa Direct solutions deployment, including articulating the solution's value proposition for stakeholders, mapping the value chain, working on commercials and solution deployment, testing plans with key partners, and instituting program management for effective deployment and tracking.

Go-to-market Plans

Lead in defining market plans for Visa Direct, focusing on target markets and solutions. Success requires seamless execution based on carefully designed market plans.

Business Analysis and Project Management

Lead product-related project tasks and associated deadlines to ensure they are met. New solution rollout involves complexities with multiple stakeholders and tight deadlines.

Product and Platform Design

Recommend and develop product and platform design improvements relevant to the Cluster. As a subject matter expert, develop knowledge on new solutions, customize them for local markets, and create industry best practices for local teams worldwide. Translate specific market needs into the global platform development roadmap.

Partner Management and Building Local Accelerator Partners

Provide thought leadership to identify target accelerator partners, coordinate with partnership teams to sell-in the solution, and manage these partners to deployment.

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