Visa is Hiring a Program Manager - Military Talent Attraction Near Ashburn, VA

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive.

When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging – where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world – helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.

Join Visa: A Network Working for Everyone.

Job Description

We are seeking a Program Manager to join the Military Talent Programs team, embedded in Visa’s Global Talent Acquisition team. This Program Manager will play a key role in managing the Talent Attraction pillar as part of Visa’s new military hiring program.

In this role you will be expected to stand-up and manage recruitment-focused initiatives, tools and events to increase military representation and evangelize Visa’s military employer brand externally. This highly visible and critical work will positively impact hundreds of new military-affiliated hires and existing employees.

To lead the program with integrity and influence, the ideal candidate should also be a veteran, military spouse, reservist, guardsmen or ally who has prior experience engaging with and advocating for the military community in a professional setting.

Visa’s Military Talent Program team is small and scrappy, and we’re believe frugality breeds innovation. We value moving quickly, taking initiative, collaboration, open communication and ownership. We prioritize professional development, work-life harmony, and always take the time to celebrate the achievements of others. If we’re not having fun while we work, we’re doing it wrong.

What You’ll Do:

• Partner closely with external vendors, internal I&D teams, gov’t workforce development programs, recruiting leaders and hiring teams to identify appropriate recruiting events,
• Build an annual calendar of military recruiting events, updating monthly and as needed to align with hiring goals,
• Coordinate all recruiting event details and logistics, including branded assets, schedules, pre-briefs, debriefs, speakers, content, and staffing,
• Work with Visa’s Talent Attraction & Recruitment Marketing team manage all military employment branding workstreams: design and order materials for events, execute updates to the career site and other digital assets, research & propose new content to enhance our recruiting efforts and reach, support targeted & campaigns, 
• Partner with Employee Referral Program leaders to conduct regular military referral campaigns with hiring teams and ERGs, and wok with I&D leads to executive sourcing events to increase top-of-funnel military-affiliated candidate representation,
• Leverage Talent Intelligence data to make recommendations to recruiters and TA leads to increase top-of-funnel military-affiliated candidate representation,
• Create program goals, measure progress, and report results to stakeholders and executive sponsors (net promoter score, hiring manager satisfaction score, conversion metrics, etc.),
• Strengthen your team through best practices and by mentoring others,
• Apply leadership skills to all programmatic work and communications with others to create a program experience that people want to be a part of.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 5 or more years of relevant work experience (recruiting, program management, talent management, workforce development) with a bachelor’s degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD.
• Military-affiliation (Veteran, Reservist, Military spouse, or National Guard) or deep subject matter expertise in military talent acquisitions and programs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 6 or more years of work experience with a bachelor’s degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
• Prior experience with a global technology company and/or leading veteran service organization
• Prior experience working independently to lead and manage complex projects with multiple workstreams across stakeholders at both senior and junior levels
• Demonstrated ability to convey key insights with data, strong storytelling capability, including building compelling narratives in PowerPoint
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and achieve in-depth understanding of complex processes and systems
• Effective leadership qualities, ability to influence without direct management authority
• Experience managing conflict to achieve project goals

Additional Information

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is $101,800 to $125,000 USD, 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.

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 10-15% of the time.

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 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

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.