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Job Description
The Senior Manager, Government Affairs is a full-time role based in Copenhagen. This role is focused on Visa's Government Affairs (GA) in Nordic and Baltic region, as well as close coordination with Visa’s engagement with the European Union. Some travel in the region will be required.
There is a focus on supporting Visa's wider Government affairs strategy, including support for Visa executives to execute strategic engagement, working to deliver proactive strategic opportunities with national Governments, and helping to ensure that policy frameworks are conducive to a fair, competitive and successful operating environment for Visa's current and future business. Given geopolitical boundaries, the majority of regulatory policy advice will come from our team in Brussels, but there will be a need to consider national Regulatory Policy matters in each market.
Headline objectives of the role are:
- Support one approach to Government Affairs. Take a holistic and scalable approach across markets, to drive consistency in our narrative and in the execution of all positioning and advocacy efforts.
- Contribute to a clear & comprehensive, documented, embedded market-based strategy, underpinned by and complementing our wider European strategy to advocacy, engagement and thought leadership.
- Promote deep and value-adding client engagement to help accelerate revenue growth.
- Play a leading role in supporting a best in class, highly motivated and outcome-orientated Government Affairs Team in Europe. Use a one Visa approach to communication, transparency and knowledge sharing across Visa Europe region and beyond.
- Strengthen Visa’s License to Operate. Ensure that engagement strategies work to mitigate impacts on the business from identified high risk programmes in the region.
- Ensure impact and inclusion in the region.
What we expect of you, day to day:
- Core Engagement: Execute effective short/medium/long term Government & Regulatory engagement strategies to position Visa as trusted partner, including stakeholder maps of key decisionmakers, to use for executive engagement as required.
- Strategic Engagement: Identify, highlight and deliver strategic engagement opportunities to ensure Visa can influence the regulatory set up in digital payments and related policies.
- Campaigns: Deliver integrated strategies allowing broad engagement and promotion of Visa’s thought leadership through a range of channels. Promote Visa's reputation and profile by ensuring Visa presence at key political events.
- Client Engagement: Deliver systematic, documented and effective engagement plans for top clients and strategic merchants to create deep relationships that matter.
Additional responsibilities:
- Work constructively in different markets with other functions, across the regional and global environment, in a matrix environment.
- Share know how and expertise with GA counterparties in other Regions.
- Help drive the continuous enhancement of function, toolkit and staff.
- Support open, timely and targeted communication with executives to ensure awareness of main regulatory, policy and engagement developments and strategy to protect Visa business and reputation.
- Maintain a relentless focus on the bigger picture, adopting a strategic approach.
- Promote diversity and inclusion in all engagements.
This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
Demonstrable experience in relevant corporate position, including primarily in-house team/regulatory/ government agency, prominent consultancy.
Proven strategic advocacy skills.
Good inter-personal skills and stakeholder management experience
Strong digital services and/or technology interest: knowledge of the payment industry is a plus.
Excellent written and spoken communication including presentation abilities.
Strong analytical skills.
Ability to act independently and flexibly within a multi-disciplinary matrixed team.
A relevant degree in Politics, Economics or Law is desirable, but not essential.
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.