The Senior Director, PPSR Strategy & Operations will play a critical role in enhancing and maturing risk management activities and decision making throughout Visa’s strategic pillars and amongst Visa’s clients. The position will be responsible for leading the architecting of effective operating models with our regions to better serve our clients through management of the Risk Operating Plan, working across PPSR to drive holistic, comprehensive and consistent oversight approaches, and will lead oversight of Visa’s M&A lifecycle, from due diligence through integration. The position will lead a team of 4 based across North America and report into the VP, Product and Payment Services Risk.Key Accountabilities:Play a pivotal role in securing the ecosystem, driving sustainable revenue growth through:Architecting and executing operating models that serve clients holisticallyPartnering with Risk Managers to drive adoption of Visa’s Value-Added Services and supporting fraud mitigation capabilities through enablement of fraud metrics and reporting enhancementsEnabling use case and best practice sharing across regions to expand impact and accelerate outcomes of the Risk Operating PlanDrive operational excellence and embedded lifecycle risk management across Visa’s strategic pillars, by:Identifying and driving enhancements to PPSR’s oversight approaches, setting common approaches & methodologies to manage risks in accordance with Visa’s Risk AppetiteDriving 1st line risk management maturity through enterprise-wide strategic initiatives, incl. strengthening of the Risk Champion networkCollaborating closely with other risk program owners to identify and drive enhancements that support the continued evolution of risk management maturity across VisaDriving adoption, standardization and enhancements to digitized tools and processes, including GoRO, GenAI, PowerBI etc. and enhancing reporting and MI to support comparison analysis and more streamlined decision makingChampioning risk culture by developing & maintaining risk partnerships with other Visa functions to educate & infuse Risk Management culture into the organizationCollating, synthesizing and analyzing risk information on key strategic themes to support updates to governance, including Visa’s Corporate Risk ProfileLeading the oversight of Visa’s M&A lifecycle to enable inorganic growth and support Visa in achieving its 2030 strategy through:Partnering with Corporate Development, Executive Sponsors and Deal teams to oversee M&A due diligence, ensuring material risks are identified, appropriately considered and mitigation plans are identified in line with the strategic merits of the deal and Visa’s Risk AppetiteEnsuring an appropriate oversight program is deployed across all new acquisitions and ventures in line with the entity’s risk profile, including designing and executing on integration plans into Visa’s Global Risk Programs (incl. PPSR oversight programs) and leading engagements with auditors and regulators as requiredLeading updates to Visa’s governance committees (incl. ORS) on the risk profile of Visa’s portfolio of acquisitions, incl. close collaboration with a cross functional team of expertsDriving continual enhancement to Visa’s M&A oversight program via cross functional collaborationThis 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.