Sr Manager, Account Executive Global Clients

The Sr Manager, Global Clients is a sales, enablement, and account management role that will be focused on Visa’s relationship with one of the world’s leading payment processors.  The client is a global payment and financial technology company with multiple lines of business, including issuer processing, acquirer/acquirer processing, prepaid, digital banking and network services.  With worldwide reach spanning across 170 countries, they are a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P500® Index.  They are also one of the world’s largest distributors/enablers of Visa products.

The Sr Manager, Global Clients is responsible for identifying and executing on sales opportunities and strategies focused on enabling value-add services, money movement, and other commercial / B2B strategies – sometimes directly to the client, sometimes in an oversight capacity as an enabler for other internal business partners.  The relationship has an added layer of complexity in that the client is at times a consumer of Visa products and services, at times a reseller, at times a competitor, and at times an enabler for our mutual acquiring and issuing clients.  They are a client of Visa, and Visa is (or may be) a client of theirs.  They compete directly with Visa in certain lines of business, and they are also important partners in others.  Due to their size, they are, like Visa and other large players, important stewards of the global payment ecosystem, particularly in the US. 

The Sr Manager, Global Clients must be comfortable navigating the complexity of the relationship and making progress while living in the ‘grey zone’ and charting a course on how to add value.  Experience working with Visa’s issuing side products and value-add services such as risk products, experience working in sales and strategic partnerships, experience working with processors, and experience in strategy development and data analytics would all be beneficial. 

The Sr Manager, Global Clients will execute on the Global Client team objective of delivering white glove service, faster decision-making, and access to Visa’s best thinking and newest products and services.

The position will work closely with internal and client partners to ensure that we deliver on the promise of One Visa and that we present a holistic story to the client even though the individual solution that we are selling into them may just be one part of it.

The Sr Manager, Global Clients will also play an important role in creating connective tissue across different geographies and across different lines of business.  The individual must work collaboratively with the full Visa team supporting this client, even though the team is disbursed across different organizational units, different reporting lines, and different geographies within Visa.  The person must act, deliver, and promote a One Visa, One Team concept.    

Locations considered include Frankfurt, London and Prague

What we expect of you, day to day. 

• Act as a key member of the Global Client team responsible for this important client relationship within the greater Europe region, with a One Visa team approach to ensuring success with this client.  The individual will work across organizational lines and geographies collaborate effectively with everyone and anyone on the team regardless of reporting lines.  With the client at the center, the individual will lead or support any facet of the business as required to effect sales and relationship excellence and client growth, to influence the client’s vision for the future of electronic payments, and to expand relationships.

• Work collaboratively with the consumer product, value-add services, and commercial money movement organizations, and any of Visa’s specialized sellers, to identify innovation and sales opportunities with the client.  While the individual will be able to lead or support sales opportunities on any part of the client’s business, the individual’s focus will be on the issuing side of the client’s business where there are more greenfield opportunities today.

• Proactively identify and solve complex problems that impact the management, relationship, and direction of the client’s business.

• Develop and execute customized account plans and manage joint innovation “roadmaps” to increase engagement, revenue and market share with the client.

• Ensure that Visa is communicating in a holistic, professional, appropriate, clear, and client-specific way whenever material is presented to the client.

• Ensure that the client is receiving timely updates with respect to material information that would be relevant to the running of their business.  For example, ensuring new fees, rule changes, mandates, and insights are communicated to the right audience.

• Provide reporting and insights that will help the client understand their performance, trends, and future opportunities or challenges.  This will be done in collaboration with the Global Client analytics team and other analytics teams as required.

• Excellent project management where required, working with internal and client teams.

• Actively participate and lead various ad-hoc internal projects as assigned.

• Leverages internal (e.g., Legal, Finance, Risk & Compliance, Marketing) and external partnerships to deliver and maintain a robust, revenue pipeline 

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.

Experience

• Medium level B2B sales experience, particularly in digital product or solutions
• Demonstrated track record of relationship management and account planning

Knowledge Focus Areas

• Expertise in electronic payments and familiarity with emerging payment trends
• Demonstrated track record of project management and moving opportunities through the stages of sales, contracting, implementation and go to market

Skills/competencies

• Language skills with German, Spanish or Czech is preferred, but not required
• Excellent strategic thinking and analytical skills with an ability to identify trends, understand business drivers, and present complex information in a digestible way that will lead to better business insights and decisions. A background in strategy roles either in a consulting firm, a strategy and operations role, or a product strategy role will be considered favourably
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to establish effective relationships with all levels including executive management
• It is critical that the individual be very proficient with PPT with the ability to synthesize information into an effective PPT deck and compelling storyline suitable for any audience, including a senior executive audience
• Knowledge of Visa products and services and internal processes will be considered very favourably
• A broad, applied working knowledge in consumer and commercial payments in different markets around the globe will be considered favourably
• Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills with a natural enthusiasm for building camaraderie, for positively impacting client performance, and for building an engaging work culture

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.