Marketing Director Italy

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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The Head of Marketing Italy, leads all aspects of Visa marketing in Italy. The role will continue to evolve the stature of the Visa brand through a kind of marketing that is strategically sound, engages consumers’ hearts and minds, and builds the business of Visa and its partners Banks, Merchants and Acquirers.

This is a unique role for the right individual, who will have the once in a lifetime opportunity of leading a world class brand, in a growing category that is undergoing a profound transformation powered by technology. Unlike most other industries, digital payments give a marketer the opportunity to improve the experience of virtually every individual, every day, multiple times per day. And because our business model gives us the chance to work with every retailer, every bank and fintech in the market, the potential scope and impact of a Visa marketer is extraordinary and hard to replicate in other industries.

The role will develop and implement the strategic marketing plan to build the brand and support the key business initiatives, leading work across all media touchpoints.

The ideal candidate will be a results oriented, highly motivated, and inspirational leader with the ability to set a clear vision to drive growth. The individual must be flexible and have a can do, positive attitude, combining a solutions oriented mind set with a highly collaborative approach. This leader must have a strong track record in managing high performance teams and influencing across functional areas, coupled with experience of working in a global matrix environment across fast changing sectors. The selected individual will bring strong commercial acumen and deep, proven marketing expertise in world class brands, and will be ready to take the team and the brand to the next level.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

• Develop a strong, transparent relationship with the Italy business leadership team and other members of the team to drive the financial strategy forward
• Demonstrate interpersonal and leadership skills and ability to successfully promote collaboration across different teams, cultures, and interface with people at all levels of the organization
• An intellectually curious but humble leader with a high degree of compassion, able to engage, enable and inspire others
• An authentic leader who intuitively engenders an inclusive environment, enabling the business to reach its ambitious goals
• Possesses high personal standards of ethics and integrity towards employees, stakeholders, and customers
• Diversity of thought and experience. Continually seeks new perspectives and feedback, takes an inclusive approach
• Eager to seek a challenge and expand frontiers, brings a visionary approach. Sets and meets a high bar of goals and principles
• Servant leadership mentality deeply committed to serving and listening to others.
Previous experience in Sales roles is highly appreciated

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.