Senior Director, Risk for Mexico

Visa
Mexico City
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 10+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Influence","Strategic thinking","Problem-solving","Project leadership","Relationship building","Leadership","Motivation","Risk management"]

Lead risk for Mexico by managing key clients on fraud and risk mitigation topics, overseeing fraud prevention strategy, and conducting clients’ risk assessments. Advise internal and client teams to protect Visa and customers across CP and CNP channels, leveraging VisaNet capabilities and Risk Solutions. Steward the market security roadmap, coordinate with functional risk areas (e.g., enterprise risk, regulatory governance, crisis management), and drive strategic risk-related programs and projects.

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Senior Director, Risk for Mexico

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Job Summary

Lead risk for Mexico by managing key clients on fraud and risk mitigation topics, overseeing fraud prevention strategy, and conducting clients’ risk assessments. Advise internal and client teams to protect Visa and customers across CP and CNP channels, leveraging VisaNet capabilities and Risk Solutions. Steward the market security roadmap, coordinate with functional risk areas (e.g., enterprise risk, regulatory governance, crisis management), and drive strategic risk-related programs and projects.
Location: Mexico City
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Manage key client relationships on risk-oriented topics and guide risk mitigation and fraud prevention knowledge to protect businesses in Mexico.
  • •Provide fraud prevention strategy advisory and fraud prevention oversight, including clients’ risk assessments / NBIAs.
  • •Steward the market’s security roadmap and manage strategic risk-focused projects with client counterparts.
  • •Serve as local liaison for risk functional areas including enterprise risk management, credit settlement risk, risk & regulatory governance, payment fraud disruption, ecosystem risk, and crisis management as incident commander.
  • •Partner with business teams and internal teams to optimize fraud and authorization performance, create safer processes and payment flows, and provide insights on risks across CP and CNP channels.

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree, or 8+ years with an Advanced Degree (e.g., Masters/MBA/JD/MD), or 3+ years with a PhD.
  • •Deep knowledge of the payments industry and trends affecting stakeholders, including regulatory, market environment, competitive landscape, and technology.
  • •12+ years of payment experience engaging and advising clients on risk management best practices (fraud prevention, cybersecurity, credit risk, regulatory risk, operational risk, etc.).
  • •Proven ability to manage direct staff and coordinate multi-functional teams to execute risk programs and initiatives in-market.
  • •Proficiency in both written and spoken English and Spanish.
Experience:10+ yearsPaymentsFraud preventionRisk management
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationInfluenceStrategic thinkingProblem-solvingProject leadershipRelationship buildingLeadershipMotivationRisk management
Languages:EnglishSpanish
Tech Stack:VisaNetRisk Solutions

Company Brief

Visa
Global payments technology company that operates the VisaNet electronic payments network, facilitating credit, debit and digital transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and governments worldwide.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 1958
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