Director, Client Success
Role Overview
The Director, Client Success is a pivotal lead individual contributor responsible for owning the holistic post-sale Client Services relationship for applicable clients and providing operational solutions in support of growing clients’ business.
The Director is a trusted client advocate and works proactively with their client portfolio to enable new capabilities, manage geographic expansion, and promote product adoption.
The individual is expected to provide thought leadership and strategic guidance during solution development to ensure outstanding client service.
The role requires a high level of professionalism, leadership and interpersonal skills to influence and manage relationships with a variety of internal and client stakeholders.
This role is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of Visa’s Client Success transformation by partnering closely with key Visa clients to maximize their benefits realization and value from Visa products through optimizing their performance.
Working in conjunction with Account Team members from Sales and Product, you will proactively drive Client Success outcomes in alignment with Visa’s business agenda as detailed in the Sales Account Plan.
The individual will also define and deploy client support and service implementation strategies that drive value for our clients and support Visa’s strategy.
The Director is the voice of the client on all operational initiatives and issues with key internal functional and region/market partners (e.g., Sales, Product, Legal, Finance, Risk).
This role serves as a functional specialist, located in Toronto, Canada and reporting to the Sr Director responsible for the Client Services Team in Canada.
The position provides subject matter expertise, operational guidance, and strategic support across client service initiatives, acting as a key liaison between stakeholders, business partners, and internal teams.
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Basic Qualifications:
- 10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/ MBA/JD/MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD
- Experience coaching or mentoring team members for skill and career development, informally or as part of a leadership role
- In-depth knowledge of the payment industry (i.e., trends, threats, competitors, regulatory environments), client segment and region/market.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD
- Analytical skills to extract and synthesize relevant data into business solutions and provide sound analysis
- Able to communicate complex technical terms and/or processes in business language tailored to client
- Able to effectively prioritize and multi-task under deadlines
- Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence (AI) concepts and applications, and how they can be leveraged to create value for Visa and its clients
- Experience representing technical and/or business issues and solutions to influence audiences at multiple levels of an organization, including senior executives, in support of strategic business plans
- Ability to lead cross-functional team members through high impact, complex business issues that do not have precedent or are ambiguous.
- Certifications or qualifications in Client/Customer Success, project management or related areas of practice and expertise.
- Advanced proficiency in the following skills:
- Building client relationships - Build credibility and create trust-based relations; partner with clients to build their business
- Becoming customer centric - Listen to and prioritize customer needs to drive value realization and build trusted partnerships
- Success planning - Build measurable actions plans to help clients achieve their business goals and realize value from their products/solutions
- Client engagement - Communicate clearly and effectively with clients
- Proactiveness - Think ahead and take action
- Critical thinking - Take ownership over problems and find creative solutions to complex problems
- 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.
- Visa welcome and encourages application from persons with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
About Visa
Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, banks, and governments in over 200 countries through its electronic payment network, VisaNet.
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