Company Description 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.
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Job Description Job Description Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA) 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, the VCA team solves the most strategic problems for our clients.
The Strategy and Operations (S&O) team supports the North America VCA team through setting standards, developing foundational processes, and driving operational performance for the consulting organization. The
Director, AI & Data Policy will be a part of the S&O team and report directly to the Sr. Director, Strategy and Operations.
VCA supports these partners by using our extraordinarily rich data set that spans more than 3 billion cards globally and captures more than 100 billion transactions in a single year and is bound by Visa's contractual relationships with the world's foremost issuers, merchants, and technology companies. This creates a complex compliance landscape for our Consultants and Data Scientists to navigate. Working closely with VCA Legal staff and Visa's Global Privacy Office the
Director, AI & Data Policy will need to quickly build a command of the various privacy and confidentiality policies governing how VCA shares data-driven insights with partners. In this role they will collaborate with VCA members provide value to clients in a manner that complies with Visa's data use policies.
- Lead VCA's thought leadership on the approach for data policy and AI governance
- Drive collaborations with key stakeholders to shape and clarify data policy situations; creatively solve problems to provide value to clients in a compliant manner
- Quickly build a command of the various privacy and confidentiality policies which govern how VCA shares data-driven insights with partners
- Work across VCA teams to address nuanced policy inquiries in a timely and professional manner, identify potential risks, suggest mitigation strategies
- Develop processes for managing and tracking inquiries and connecting data use tickets to project tracking tools
- Oversee data ingestion processes from internal sources (e.g., Visa dashboards, enterprise data) and external feeds, ensuring completeness and accuracy.
- Design frameworks and recommendations that address clients' most critical challenges and growth objectives.
- Contribute to thought leadership and best practices that elevate Visa's VCA capabilities.
- Establish and maintain documentation, coding standards, and best practices for agent development.
- Advocate for VCA in data policy conversations, including influencing policy updates
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 3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site).
Qualifications Basic Qualifications: - 10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/ MBA/JD/MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD
Preferred Qualifications: - 12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD
- 8+ years of work experience in data policy or data-driven consulting
- Ability to handle multiple workstreams with a client-facing outcome-driven mindset
- Demonstrated experience and technical familiarity with data analytics
- Demonstrated track record of adding value through process and program ownership
- Strong communication skills, ability to explain how policy applies to a proposed approach
- Ability to consistently apply structured thinking and good judgment to analytical inquires, communicate guidance in a reasoned, fact-based manner
- Consulting and/or payments experience
- CIPP/CIPM/CIPT or comparable certifications
Additional Information Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.
Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.
Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.
Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.
U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for this position is 192,300 to 307,600.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program. 
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