Team Summary
The Director, Gaming Vertical Lead will be a part of the AP Growth Verticals team within the Merchant Sales and Acquiring (MS&A) hub organization. This is a team of thought leaders and execution-focused specialists who work with market teams to deploy acceptance growth initiatives, issuance opportunities, and seller-side solutions to catalyze growth across Asia Pacific. The team is also the regional co-ordination point and interface into the global verticals and segments and drives the overall strategy for multiple initiatives to grow Visa’s acceptance footprints.
As a key member of this team based in Singapore, you will be the subject matter expert for helping Visa’s market teams in identifying and delivering on opportunities within the Gaming vertical with client segments such as developers, publishers, console manufacturers and other gaming partners/enablers. This role will report to the Head of AP Co-brand & Growth Verticals in AP.
What a Gaming Vertical Lead does at Visa:
- Build, own and drive Visa’s Gaming segment strategy for merchants, acquirers, and enablers across the Gaming value-chain in Asia Pacific.
- Be the subject-matter-expert to Visa market teams to grow Visa acceptance, co-brands opportunities, acceptance solutions and various payment flows with gaming merchants (eg: game developers, online gaming platforms, console manufacturers) as identified in the regional Gaming strategy.
- Engage with ecosystem players including game developers, console manufacturers, gaming associations, digital distribution platforms and others to identify and build opportunities/partnerships to grow Acceptance in Gaming, update on trends and obtain industry feedback.
- Collaborate with key partners - both internal and external – in defining and executing Visa’s Gaming strategy in the region. Specifically, this includes building compelling sales collateral, developing a sales pipeline, co-pitching with respective Account Executives, partnering with Product teams to define appropriate products/services, Portfolio Optimization and building commercial arrangements where required.
- Front client engagements on relevant products/solutions such as Co-Brands, CyberSource, Tokenization etc and articulate Visa value proposition in Gaming customer-centric language.
- Increase Visa share of processed volume and grow Visa revenue (from core and Value-added Services) in the Gaming vertical.
- Be a thought leader and champion of innovation by staying current with industry trends, representing Visa in Gaming forums and market activities as a subject matter expert.
Why this is important to Visa
As a Gaming Vertical Lead at Visa, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our company's future in the burgeoning gaming industry in Asia Pacific. You will be at the forefront of building and driving Visa's Gaming segment strategy, actively shaping our presence in this rapidly expanding market.
This role provides an opportunity to be a part of an innovative and collaborative environment, where your subject matter expertise will be utilized to grow Visa's acceptance and create opportunities with gaming merchants. You'll have the chance to engage with key players in the gaming ecosystem, such as game developers, console manufacturers, and online gaming platforms, to forge strategic partnerships that can significantly contribute to Visa's growth.
Moreover, your work will have a direct impact on Visa's revenue as you increase our share of processed volume in the gaming vertical. You'll also have the platform to put forth Visa's value proposition in customer-centric language, enhancing our relevance and appeal in the gaming industry.
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.
