Visa

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

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Job Description

The U.S. Client Marketing Manager role will support the implementation of marketing programs on behalf of Visa clients. Clients may include financial institutions, merchants, processors and fintech partners. Types of marketing programs include research & insights, lifecycle marketing, creative, content development, channel delivery (email, digital) and sponsorship marketing (e.g., NFL, Olympics, US Soccer, FIFA, gaming, music, fashion).

The Marketing Manager must be able to thrive in a dynamic, highly matrixed environment. This individual will be results-oriented with strong project management ad presentation skills. Additionally, this individual must have a consistent track record working cross-functionally to implement marketing campaigns on time and within budget to achieve business objectives.

Essential Functions:

• Develop marketing project kick off materials to include business objectives, scope, deliverables, timeline and budget
• Manage cross-functional team (internal stakeholders, agency partners, vendors) to project scope, timeline and budget
• Lead project status calls with cross-functional working team to assess progress, communicate risks and problem solve as needed to ensure on-time delivery within budget
• Maintain project management tracker, distribute meeting minutes and escalate project risks as needed
• Brief and mange agency partners on project deliverables, review creative and/or content and integrate Visa marketing insights and best practices into deliverables where relevant
• Present marketing deliverables (e.g., marketing strategy, creative concepts, media plans, sponsorship activations, experiential concepts etc.) to client for review/approval
• Manage day to day interactions/updates with Client to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget; facilitate client reviews/approvals on project deliverables
• Develop and present project wrap reports to clients and executives

This 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.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications

• 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
• 5-8 years of marketing experience working with and or for financial institutions, merchants, processors or fintechs
• General knowledge of marketing principles and their application across marketing strategy, creative, paid media, sponsorships, and experiences
• Strong project management skills and experience coordinating cross functional, end-to-end projects that included a high level of detail
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional team to get work done on time and within budget
• Self-starter who can operate independently as needed while managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience running meetings with internal and external clients
• Strong relationship management skills and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience managing creative agencies and third-party vendors to execute marketing campaigns
• Experience activating sponsorships and executing experiential marketing campaigns

Additional Information

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.