What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Director - NA Head of Business Development, B2B Fintech Partnerships position at Visa?
This role is accountable for building and managing a fintech and partnership sales strategy to drive payment volume and revenue across Visa Commercial Solutions North America. The NA Head of Business Development, B2B Fintech Partnerships is responsible for identifying developing and selling in meaningful partnership opportunities to grow Visa payment volume in B2B payment flows. This role requires an experienced sales and business development professional with knowledge of the commercial B2B fintech and partner space who can identify potential deals, develop strategies, and manage the teams needed to bring them to fruition. The B2B Fintech Partnerships team works closely with Visa’s core card product and digital solutions as well as other stakeholders such as Finance, Legal, Marketing, etc. teams to execute partnership agreements, and deliverables that are complex, strategic and cross-functional in nature.
The ideal candidate is an experienced senior sales and business development leader who has worked in the commercial payments ecosystem and maintains executive-level relationships with fintechs and partners. This role requires strategic leadership, strong team leadership skills, innovation, collaboration, and creative problem-solving skills in a highly matrixed environment. He or she will bring prior experience in establishing mutually beneficial partnerships and solution selling, as well as a deep knowledge of B2B payments and related technology. He or she is creative and hands-on, has a bias towards action and inspires others with his or her vision.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Drive strategy, pipeline, and revenue for fintech and partnership sales within the Visa Commercial Solutions NA market in partnership with the VCS Leadership Team.
- Identify strategic opportunities across various B2B fintech and partner verticals through a strong understanding of the segment and customer's business needs, demonstrating value to end constituents.
- Maintain a selling partnership with the Visa Enabler, Merchant and Fintech teams while driving and owning the sales and strategy for VCS with our clients
- Be the face of Visa to our clients and partners, drive thought leadership and vision in commercial payments.
- Effective leadership and people management skills with a focus on developing diverse, high performing teams and fostering an inclusive culture.
- Continuously review market and competitive landscape, identifying opportunities and strategies that will position Visa as the market leader
- Strong focus on execution and deliverables. Proven record of exceeding goals in a sales environment.
- Drive agenda with cross functional teams including Account Executives, finance, legal, product, client services, and strategy to ensure we deliver for our clients and against plan
- Identify strategic innovation and development opportunities through a strong understanding of the customer's business.
- Influence the fintech vision for the future of electronic payments, consistent with Visa’s
strategies. - Continuously review client strategies and market landscapes to recommend, develop, and
implement new & creative approaches that ensures that corporate and Visa
business objectives are met.
This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.