Director, Head of Visa Direct, Philippines
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- PH - Makati, Philippines
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- C level
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree required.
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred.
Nice to have
- 10+ years of experience in payments, transaction banking, fintech, remittances, financial services, or related industries.
- Proven track record of business development, sales leadership, and revenue growth.
- Strong understanding of money movement, cross-border payments, real-time payments, treasury services, cash management, or remittance solutions.
- Experience working with banks, digital banks, fintechs, wallets, payment service providers, or financial institutions.
- Demonstrated success leading complex client engagements and strategic partnerships.
Full description
About Us
Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.
At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.
Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.
Job DescriptionTeam Summary:
Visa Direct is one of Visa's fastest-growing businesses, enabling real-time and near real-time money movement for consumers, businesses, governments, financial institutions, fintechs, remittance companies, and enablers. Visa Direct supports a broad range of use cases including cross-border remittances, wallet funding, account-to-account transfers, merchant settlements, corporate payouts, and disbursements.
As part of the Visa Direct team, this role will lead business development and sales activities in the Philippines, working closely with regional sales, product, country management, consulting, marketing, and implementation teams to drive growth across Visa's Money Movement Solutions portfolio.
What a Director, Visa Direct Sales Executive Does at Visa:
The successful candidate will drive Visa Direct growth in the Philippines by shaping market strategy, originating and closing new business, and expanding strategic client relationships.
Key responsibilities include:
Sales & Business Growth
- Own the Visa Direct revenue, pipeline, and business development agenda for the Philippines market.
- Identify, originate, qualify, and close opportunities across banks, digital banks, fintechs, wallets, remittance providers, corporates, and government entities.
- Drive adoption of Visa Direct capabilities across:
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- Cross-border remittances
- Wallet funding
- Account funding transactions (AFT)
- Original credit transactions (OCT)
- Payouts and disbursements
- B2B and commercial money movement solutions
- Develop and execute market-specific growth strategies aligned with Visa's Money Movement priorities.
Client Leadership:
- Serve as the primary Visa Direct commercial lead for strategic Philippines clients.
- Build executive-level relationships across strategy, product, digital, payments, treasury, and senior management functions.
- Influence clients' payment and money movement strategies through thought leadership and industry expertise.