Sr. Contracts Manager

Company Description

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.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Job Description

This role is part of the AP CCM team, and will be based in Pasay office. The ideal candidate will be self-directed, analytical and a strategic thinker.

• Serve as the key CCM contract owner for the assigned markets in managing and facilitating end-to-end client contract management process which includes reviewing and processing contract requests, contract drafting, managing stakeholders’ approvals, contract issuance, and execution within agreed Service-Level Objectives (SLOs).

• Liaise with various stakeholders including Account Executives, Products, Legal, Finance, Audit etc to ensure that contracts are developed and approved consistently and promptly in accordance with relevant policies and procedures.

• Serve as Subject Matter Expert to onboard new and manage changes to existing contract types, establish contract workflow and reporting process, lead team training and knowledge-sharing efforts to other CCM members, and assimilate it into CCM day-to-day operations.

• Liaise with internal stakeholders e.g. Technology team, Global Sales and Commercial Operations (GS&CO) team, CS Project Management Office (PMO) to discuss, test, and deploy fixes and enhancements tickets for Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) tool i.e. Apttus/Icertis and Customer Relation Management (CRM) tool i.e. Microsoft Dynamics. This requires profound working knowledge of both tools and CCM day-to-day operations to be able to identify issues and enhancement opportunities, and liaise with relevant stakeholders to assess potential upstream or downstream impact in our workflow. Strong project management and critical thinking skill is needed to work with multiple stakeholders including other regions’ CCM colleagues in prioritizing tickets to meet timeline, and apprise CCM Management of potential delays.

• Manage post-contract administration activities including and not limited to distribution of contract information to all necessary stakeholders, handling of hardcopies, contracts filing, database management, audit enquiries, and other post-execution activities independently with limited supervision.

• Maintain accurate and timely records and documents associated with all contracts for management reporting, capacity planning, as well as for audit purpose.

• Identify and implement process improvements for assigned markets and / or contract types, and provide value-add services to our stakeholders and business partners.

• Proactively participate in special assignments and providing ad-hoc support and reporting as required, including but not limited to supporting other regions’ colleagues as needed.

• This is an individual contributor role with a potential to grow into a people manager role when the need arises.

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

What you will need:
• Required education: Bachelor’s degree at minimum.
• At least 10 years of experience in contract management or in combination with managing sales operations, preferably in the payment services industry and related credit and debit processing industries, banking and financial institutions, technology and digital payments, fintech.
• Prior experience managing staff in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment required.
• Highly organized self-starter with strong attention to detail, able to multi-task and to follow procedures-driven process in managing requests from stakeholders across various functions at all levels of management throughout Visa under minimal supervision within agreed Service-Level Objectives (SLOs).
• Responsible for own workflow assignments and must be able to take the initiative to resolve problems and meet tight deadlines especially during peak period.
• Team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic and flexible.
• Openness to active developmental feedback and coaching from peers and managers.
• Excellent proficiency in professional business English both written and verbal.
• Experience with Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) tool, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool, eSignature tool, and computer applications including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) is required.
• Experience with data analytical tool e.g. Power BI, Tableau etc for management reporting purpose.

Additional Information

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.