Director, M&A Integration

Visa’s Corporate Development and M&A Integration team plays a critical role in enabling the company’s acquisition strategy and realizing deal value. The team is responsible for leading the end‑to‑end integration of all acquisitions across Visa.

The Director of M&A Integration will partner with business sponsors, the Corporate Development deal team, and functional integration leads across go‑to‑market, corporate, and technology functions to ensure effective and timely execution. This is a high‑visibility leadership role for a proactive leader who is comfortable operating in complex integrations and contributing to the ongoing evolution of Visa’s integration approach within a leading global payments company. This role will report to the Head of M&A Integration.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as an experienced integration leader and co‑lead with the Head of M&A Integration, guiding functional leaders and acquired company teams through complex integrations while helping shape and evolve Visa’s overall integration approach.
• Operate effectively in fast paced, ambiguous deal environments, demonstrating the ability to pivot quickly as deal assumptions, priorities, or constraints evolve, while maintaining momentum and focus on integration objectives.
• Go beyond traditional project management to plan, lead, and execute end-to-end cross-functional and go-to-market integrations, shaping integration strategy, solving complex and novel deal challenges, and driving stakeholder alignment, while owning integrated workplans, interdependencies, and issue resolution to ensure outcomes align with deal rationale, value drivers, and synergy objectives.
• Drive day‑to‑day integration execution and governance, including leading integration forums, managing operating cadence, resolving complex and ambiguous issues, and ensuring timely, well-informed decision‑making across the organization.
• Apply deep understanding of the M&A lifecycle and integration frameworks to flexibly navigate different transaction types, stakeholder dynamics, and operating models.
• Own integration performance management, including defining tracking metrics aligned to transaction value drivers, managing post‑close scorecards, and delivering clear insights and recommendations to senior leadership and key stakeholders.
• Independently identify risks, gaps, and integration challenges, developing mitigation plans, mobilizing cross‑functional teams, and driving resolution through influence, experience, and sound judgment rather than formal authority.
• Partner closely with cross‑functional teams to foster a positive integration experience for employees, ensuring organizational design, culture, and operating processes that support integration objectives and enable effective collaboration between acquiring and acquired teams.
• Lead post‑integration retrospectives and continuous improvement efforts, capturing lessons learned, defining priority improvements for future acquisitions, and translating insights into tangible improvements that strengthen integration outcomes over time.

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

Basic Qualifications:

• 10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/ MBA/JD/MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications:

• 12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD
• Minimum 12 years of experience in Strategy & Operations or Integration, including at least 8 years of hands-on M&A Integration experience within a publicly traded company or top tier consulting firm.
• Executive-level communication skills, including strong verbal, written, and presentation capabilities, with the ability to engage effectively and succinctly with senior leaders and external partners.
• Ability to operate effectively in a highly collaborative, cross-functional environment, while exercising independent judgment and ownership.
• Consultant background highly preferred.
• Up to 10% travel required.

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

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.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for this position is 192,300 to 307,600 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.