Responsible for leading key Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability initiatives across corporate functions and business units.

Responsibilities

• Lead engagement on human rights topics, including managing relevant reporting requirements (e.g. UK Modern Slavery Act).
• Build proactive corporate responsibility programs that support engagements with external stakeholders (NGOs, shareholders, etc.)
• Provide project management support and collaboration on company CR&S initiatives and governance. Including preparing CR&S Committee agendas and meeting materials as well as Board presentations.
• Work with the CSO and Director of CR&S to develop and implement a comprehensive reporting strategy to meet standards such as GRI, SASB, TCFD, ISSB, and CSRD.
• Identify opportunities to enhance scores by understanding CR&S ratings and rankings methodologies and building proactive relationships with external organizations.
• Identify opportunities to increase efficiency in current and future disclosure activities across the global business.
• Support client engagement as a subject matter expert on CR&S topics at both global and regional levels.
• Develop strategies for CR&S stakeholder membership organizations, establish KPIs to assess ROI, and open up opportunities to inform new audiences of Visa’s leadership and engage Visa business partners.
• Coordinate CR&S business and thought leadership activities at major stakeholder events.

Skillset

• 8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Exemplary presentation skills with the ability to take complex sustainability material and make it into story that engages a broad set of stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently as well as within a global team and take initiative to contribute to team success.
• Experience with Materiality Assessments or equivalent issue prioritization and evaluation processes preferred.
• Efficient project and program manager who executes in a fast-paced environment.
• Expertise in CR&S reporting standards and frameworks such as GRI, SASB, TCFD, etc.
• Working knowledge of CR&S -related risk assessments and broad experience with social, sustainability, and governance matters.
• Ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders, gather diverse perspectives, recommend approaches, and communicate in a manner that builds trust and grows partnerships.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, risk management, and critical thinking that leads to sound business judgment.

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