Senior Director, People Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and Legal Entity Set-up (LES) - Europe & CEMEA

Company Description

Visa 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.

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Job Description

One of our top priorities is organic and inorganic growth via market expansion and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and the People function is critical to the successful execution of these priorities.

This is a ‘ground floor’ opportunity to continue to build the People M&A and Legal Entity Set-up (LES) strategy and practices. As the team leader with accountability for the Europe & Central Europe Middle East (CEMEA) M&A and LES activities, you will design the People M&A and LES strategy in partnership with the Senior Director, North America, Asia Pacific and Latin America, and be accountable for execution needed to support the new entity set-up and the integration of acquired entities, while continuously improving the Team practices. 

This role reports to the SVP, Global Global Markets and Corporate Functions. It will have visibility across the Visa People Leadership Team and will collaborate with key stakeholders across the People team and corporate functions.

Essential Functions:

• Accountable for and provide leadership in all aspects of acquisition process (due diligence, negotiation, purchase agreements and close) and market expansion (new entity set-up) for all activities in Europe and CEMEA.
• Oversee a small team of resources driving strategic projects, working in partnership with the Leadership Team to accept and sequence strategic projects
• Ensure that project teams are adequately resourced to deliver on time and with exceptional results
• Set priorities and tactical projects to execute against them
• Develop and enforce protocols and consistent documentation for supported projects
• Maintain and strengthen relationships with members of the People Team, acquired entities (where applicable) and corporate functions partners, identifying synergies and areas of improvement
• Proactively push key project updates and issues to primary stakeholders
• Quickly elevate roadblocks to Leadership and stakeholders, communicating effectively with People Business Partners, Centers of Excellence, corporate functions and business leaders
• Produce and present materials for key meeting such as: Steering Committees, Advisory teams and People Leadership

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.

Qualifications

• Experience building, leading and coaching teams and familiar with agile ways of working
• Expertise in program management with financial / budget management experience in a transformation environment
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities, assignments, and roles
• Entrepreneurial, flexible, strategic thinker who can balance strategy with detailed execution
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to distill complex information into a compelling narrative, and in a variety of formats (ex. presentations, talking points, executive summaries, etc.)
• Strong attention to detail
• Keen eye for process improvement and operational efficiency
• Exceptional collaboration and partnership skills in a global, matrixed environment with cross-functional teams
• Self-starter, results oriented individual with the ability to “roll up their sleeves” and handle numerous projects concurrently
• Ability to anticipate issues before they arise and work to proactively support resolution
• Proven track record of driving results, even when faced with ambiguous circumstances
• Exceptional personal accountability and the highest of ethical standards

Additional Information

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.