Visa
Senior Director, Sales Engineering - Issuing Solutions
Visa, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Company DescriptionVisa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in 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 while driven by a common purpose - to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Sales Engineering Leader for our newly formed VAS Issuing Solutions Sales Engineering team. As the global lead, this role will build and lead the team to support expanded VAS Issuing Solutions sales across all regions. With a unique purview across both global and regional interests, this role will help to identify opportunities that sit at the intersection of both.This is an extraordinary opportunity to shape VAS Issuing sales within a leading global company, impacting our global sales strategy and approach.The successful candidate will be a seasoned leader with a deep understanding of the Issuing payments ecosystem, capable of collaborating and influencing across a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders. They will be results-oriented, energetic, and adept at working within a global, matrix organization at a fast and dynamic pace. Importantly, they will also exhibit:A passion for leveraging our diverse Issuing Solutions portfolio to help issuers stay ahead of customer expectations. The portfolio includes empowering infrastructure like DPS and Pismo, turnkey solutions like our Digital Enablement SDK, and our loyalty and campaign solutions.A growth mindset and requisite leadership skills to extend the reach of our VAS Issuing Solution products across all relevant markets.A solution-selling orientation that can effectively support our top sales priorities.A consistent record of building and leading high-performing teams that exceed KPIs, demonstrate creative thinking, employ innovative approaches to drive scale and efficiency, and develop deeper client relationships.The role reports to the SVP, Global Head of Issuing Solutions and is dotted line to the Global Head of Acceptance Sales Engineering - Center of Excellence.What You'll Do:
As the Head of Global Sales Engineering - Issuing Solutions, you will play a pivotal role in Visa's journey to scale our VAS Issuing Sales. Responsibilities include:Lead the global Issuing Solutions sales engineering team to achieve results:
Build and lead a high-performing global Issuing Solutions sales engineering team.Exhibit a passion for Issuing Solutions and enabling issuers to stay ahead of customer expectations.Exercise strong leadership skills to maintain a team of top talent and coach, train, motivate and grow direct reports.Set team priorities, goals, and KPI targets in partnership with Regional VAS sales leadership.Supervise regional team leads in achieving performance goals and KPIs.Provide ongoing coaching to regional sales engineering teams to achieve targets and execute strategic initiatives.Allocate resources for optimal revenue growth across regional sales opportunities.Build team's product and technical knowledge across all Issuing Product domains.Collaborate with regional leaders to execute prioritized sales initiatives.Collaborate with the Global Head of Sales Engineering - Acceptance Solutions to drive consistency and scale.Inspect progress and adjust activities as needed to achieve results.Maintain a deep knowledge of all Visa Issuer Solutions products and solutions.Improve the sales engineering delivery model:
Partner with the Global Acceptance Sales Engineering Center of Excellence to establish best in class sales engineering practices.Ensure roll out and adoption of solution selling best practices.Design GTM strategies in partnership with regional sales leaders.Drive enablement for the global sales engineering function.Drive technical excellence and innovative client experiences.Feedback loop between product/solutions, technology & sales.Collaborate with cross-functional partners to ensure success with clients:
Manage partnerships with Visa stakeholders in each market/region.Collaborate with regional VAS leadership and global Issuing Solutions product teams.Leverage your global/regional purview to identify improvement opportunities.Work with Client Delivery and Client Services to ensure effective sale to implementation transition.Capture and communicate client feedback to inform product evolution.What business results matter in this role:
Increased deal attachment by leveraging the team's technical knowledge.Accelerated deal cycles through technical feasibility reviews.Improved deal flow through leadership of solutions discussions.Faster revenue activation through improved solution validation.Higher client satisfaction and retention through value-based selling.How you will succeed in the role:
Passion for expanding Visa and Issuing Solutions revenue.Strong desire for solving client challenges through technology solutions.Deep product domain knowledge of the Issuing payments ecosystem.Leadership in implementing best practices for enhanced sales.Easily navigate through ambiguity to overcome challenges.Influence and collaborate to drive stakeholder engagement.Strong partnerships in matrixed organizations.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).Qualifications
Basic12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 10 years of work experience with an Advanced degree, or a minimum of 5 years of work experience with a PhD.Preferred15 or more years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 12 years of experience with an Advanced Degree.You have prior experience in technical product solutioning and sales engineering.You are well versed in product management in the payments industry.Proven track record of successful sales and/or relationship management.Experience with FI relationships, analysis, finance, and reporting.Ability to manage & grow internal and external resources and cross-functional relationships.Additional InformationWork 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.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.
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We are looking for an experienced Sales Engineering Leader for our newly formed VAS Issuing Solutions Sales Engineering team. As the global lead, this role will build and lead the team to support expanded VAS Issuing Solutions sales across all regions. With a unique purview across both global and regional interests, this role will help to identify opportunities that sit at the intersection of both.This is an extraordinary opportunity to shape VAS Issuing sales within a leading global company, impacting our global sales strategy and approach.The successful candidate will be a seasoned leader with a deep understanding of the Issuing payments ecosystem, capable of collaborating and influencing across a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders. They will be results-oriented, energetic, and adept at working within a global, matrix organization at a fast and dynamic pace. Importantly, they will also exhibit:A passion for leveraging our diverse Issuing Solutions portfolio to help issuers stay ahead of customer expectations. The portfolio includes empowering infrastructure like DPS and Pismo, turnkey solutions like our Digital Enablement SDK, and our loyalty and campaign solutions.A growth mindset and requisite leadership skills to extend the reach of our VAS Issuing Solution products across all relevant markets.A solution-selling orientation that can effectively support our top sales priorities.A consistent record of building and leading high-performing teams that exceed KPIs, demonstrate creative thinking, employ innovative approaches to drive scale and efficiency, and develop deeper client relationships.The role reports to the SVP, Global Head of Issuing Solutions and is dotted line to the Global Head of Acceptance Sales Engineering - Center of Excellence.What You'll Do:
As the Head of Global Sales Engineering - Issuing Solutions, you will play a pivotal role in Visa's journey to scale our VAS Issuing Sales. Responsibilities include:Lead the global Issuing Solutions sales engineering team to achieve results:
Build and lead a high-performing global Issuing Solutions sales engineering team.Exhibit a passion for Issuing Solutions and enabling issuers to stay ahead of customer expectations.Exercise strong leadership skills to maintain a team of top talent and coach, train, motivate and grow direct reports.Set team priorities, goals, and KPI targets in partnership with Regional VAS sales leadership.Supervise regional team leads in achieving performance goals and KPIs.Provide ongoing coaching to regional sales engineering teams to achieve targets and execute strategic initiatives.Allocate resources for optimal revenue growth across regional sales opportunities.Build team's product and technical knowledge across all Issuing Product domains.Collaborate with regional leaders to execute prioritized sales initiatives.Collaborate with the Global Head of Sales Engineering - Acceptance Solutions to drive consistency and scale.Inspect progress and adjust activities as needed to achieve results.Maintain a deep knowledge of all Visa Issuer Solutions products and solutions.Improve the sales engineering delivery model:
Partner with the Global Acceptance Sales Engineering Center of Excellence to establish best in class sales engineering practices.Ensure roll out and adoption of solution selling best practices.Design GTM strategies in partnership with regional sales leaders.Drive enablement for the global sales engineering function.Drive technical excellence and innovative client experiences.Feedback loop between product/solutions, technology & sales.Collaborate with cross-functional partners to ensure success with clients:
Manage partnerships with Visa stakeholders in each market/region.Collaborate with regional VAS leadership and global Issuing Solutions product teams.Leverage your global/regional purview to identify improvement opportunities.Work with Client Delivery and Client Services to ensure effective sale to implementation transition.Capture and communicate client feedback to inform product evolution.What business results matter in this role:
Increased deal attachment by leveraging the team's technical knowledge.Accelerated deal cycles through technical feasibility reviews.Improved deal flow through leadership of solutions discussions.Faster revenue activation through improved solution validation.Higher client satisfaction and retention through value-based selling.How you will succeed in the role:
Passion for expanding Visa and Issuing Solutions revenue.Strong desire for solving client challenges through technology solutions.Deep product domain knowledge of the Issuing payments ecosystem.Leadership in implementing best practices for enhanced sales.Easily navigate through ambiguity to overcome challenges.Influence and collaborate to drive stakeholder engagement.Strong partnerships in matrixed organizations.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).Qualifications
Basic12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 10 years of work experience with an Advanced degree, or a minimum of 5 years of work experience with a PhD.Preferred15 or more years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 12 years of experience with an Advanced Degree.You have prior experience in technical product solutioning and sales engineering.You are well versed in product management in the payments industry.Proven track record of successful sales and/or relationship management.Experience with FI relationships, analysis, finance, and reporting.Ability to manage & grow internal and external resources and cross-functional relationships.Additional InformationWork 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.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.
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