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Senior Director, Cross-border Strategy and Innovation

Visa
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/4/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/3/2026

We are seeking a strategic and visionary leader to assume the role of Sr. Director, Cross Border Strategy and Innovation. This role will support our global strategy to evolve and modernize the core cross-border business, with a particular focus on our cross-border programs, rules, economics, and new solutions. 

The successful candidate will manage a comprehensive, multi-year transformation effort focused on evaluating big rock risks or opportunities to the consumer cross-border business, defining and refining our strategic approach, aligning with key executives and executing across all global markets in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders.  The role will interact extensively across a variety of global functions, including pricing and interchange, legal, government engagement, core product, risk, client services and regional/local market teams. 

 Essential Functions

  • Global Cross-border Acquiring Strategy Own the strategy and manage associated workstreams related to cross-border acquiring, including measurement and tracking, processing solution development, rules/pricing evolution, compliance and risk policies, legal and government engagement gameplan, internal and client communications, and executive and regional alignment. 

  • XB Solutions: Partner with key functions like network processing, value-added services and treasury teams to design, develop, pilot and scale net-new capabilities for our clients’ XB business.  Represent XB throughout the development lifecycle, ensuring continued strategic alignment and on-schedule delivery.  Act as general SME and thought leader on XB and ecosystem challenges and opportunities for innovative new approaches. 

  • Market execution: Build out and maintain organizational infrastructure and execution plans to manage all workstreams over time and across geographies and regions, in partnership with regional XB team, client services and AE teams.  Ensure relevant and impactful research, analytics, data science resources and tools are deployed effectively to in-market teams.  Establish robust RACIs, deliverables and timelines across all workstreams.

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

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