Senior Director Business and Economic Insights Visa Singapore

Job Description
Visa Performance Solutions (VPS) drives tangible, impactful and financial results for Visa’s network clients, including both financial services and merchants. Drawing on our expertise in strategy consulting, data analytics, brand management, marketing, operational and macroeconomics, VPS solves the most strategic problems for our clients and underscores the value of Visa as a trusted partner in payments.



Within VPS, Visa Business and Economic Insights (VBEI) delivers actionable intelligence into the evolving global economy for Visa and Visa’s clients. The group harnesses its expertise, multiple data sources and deep client relationships to provide cutting-edge insights into consumer spending and the payments industry to better inform business planning and management decisions. VBEI’s mandate and business scope are growing and we are looking for talented individuals to help us to build our team.

Responsibilities

We have an exciting opportunity for a seasoned professional to help us establish and grow our macroeconomics team covering the Asia Pacific region. The economist will work to retain and grow Visa’s client network and serve as Visa’s voice on the consumer economy within the region. Key responsibilities in this role include:
Identify unmet needs of clients and address those needs through developing insights unique to Visa on Asia-Pacific macroeconomic developments, payment industry trends and consumer behavior.
Make keynote presentations that command the attention of audiences at industry forums and for clients at the most senior-levels
Lead multi-media public outreach efforts to build Visa’s brand within the region
Develop innovative channels for the timely and efficient distribution of key insights to clients
Develop and maintain relationships with industry vendors and partners as appropriate
Define functional requirements and develop supporting financial and business need cases to support new macroeconomic research and services
Manage allocation of work across regional team and manage the research pipeline to maximize efficiency, throughput and quality
Assign engagements and provide direction to other team members
Recruit regional team of economists in line with multi-year expansion plan and coach team toward continuous learnings and upskilling.
Develop annual plans for region – proactively engage with internal and external stakeholders ensuring research is aligned with business needs
Assemble and lead cross-functional (e.g., marketing, analytics, risk, business development) and cross-region teams to ensure that proposed strategies and requirements are consistent with VPS and Visa's overall strategy.


Requirements

We are seeking an experienced, pro-active, high-achieving professional to bring innovative ideas to our team of economists. Specific requirements are:
Prefer advanced graduate degree in economics; however, relevant experience in lieu of advanced degree will be considered.
Minimum of ten to fifteen years of progressively responsible experience in financial services or economic analysis.
Self-starter with an ability to manage own and others' priorities and adapt as required to an unstructured and fast paced work environment
Ability to translate complex macroeconomic trends down to the micro level for the payments industry is expected
Ability to lead and influence decisions of others, including senior management.
Excellent written and verbal communication, story-telling, and presentation skills (including through use of PowerPoint and Excel); listening skills; executive presence.
Willingness to travel (less than 40% of the time).
Fluency in a regional language a plus

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