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Visa Direct Head for CEMEA

Unlock employer Dubai, United Arab Emirates Posted: 08 Jan 2026

Financial

  • Estimate: $150k - $200k*
  • Zero income tax location

Accessibility

  • Apply from abroad
  • Visa Provided

Requirements

  • Experience: Senior
  • English: Professional

Position

Visa Direct is a payment service that the company provides to clients (issuers, acquirers, processors, merchants, and service providers) to facilitate fund transfers/disbursements to accounts around the world using push payment technology. Visa Direct has opened up numerous new payment flows for the company that will unlock $1B in new revenue over the next 5 years. This role will be responsible for building and delivering the CEMEA Visa Direct, requiring significant influencing skills and interactions with internal and external executives.

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Location
Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Responsibilities

  • Build annual operating plan, including identifying key initiatives, coordinating fees, payment volume, and revenue forecasting.
  • Lead development of key strategic questions for CEMEA money movement, focusing on building acceptance and transaction volumes, expansion of new use cases, and competitive positioning.
  • Develop and lead regular performance management cadence, including business reviews and internal communication processes.
  • Ensure strong Issuer fast funds coverage and approval rates; work with operations and risk team to identify issues and execute plans.
  • Identify and enable critical enablers with acquirer sales/account executives to support real-time payments and forecasts.
  • Work with sales/account executives to identify use cases with targeted scale merchants for push payments.
  • Collaborate with Visa Direct Policy and Rules team on compliance issues and policy changes.
  • Refine client implementation and account management support model for scalability and excellence.
  • Implement and maintain regional pricing framework to support sales efforts, considering regional competitive environment.
  • Identify and build operating partnerships with key points of payment aggregation in the CEMEA value chain.
  • Work with global strategy, pricing, platform, and operations teams to execute in CEMEA and support growth of Visa Direct globally.

Qualifications
Basic Qualifications

  • 15 years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree; 10 years of work experience with an Advanced degree; or at least 8 years with a PhD.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 15 years of experience with an Advanced Degree.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills with a strong focus on serving clients.
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