What will I work on in Business and Economic Insights? We have an exciting opportunity for a seasoned professional to help us establish and grow our macroeconomics team covering the Asia Pacific region. The Director 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:
Provide thought leadership to senior management and clients by developing insights into the interplay between 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
Assume primary responsibility for project processes and management, communications, and dissemination of economic insights
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
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.
Develop and maintain relationships with industry vendors and partners as appropriate
Qualifications
What is Business and Economic Insights looking for in a Director?
Requirements
We seek experienced, pro-active, high-achieving professionals to bring innovative ideas to our consulting solution development. Specific requirements are:
Prefer advanced graduate degree in economics; however, relevant experience in lieu of advanced degree will be considered.
Minimum of ten 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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