Executive Assistant to SVP

About Us
Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you’ll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.

Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.

Job Description

As Executive Assistant to the SVP Strategy, you will provide high-quality administrative and operational support, helping to ensure priorities, commitments and key activities are managed seamlessly.

In this role, you will proactively manage a complex calendar, coordinate domestic and international travel, conduct research, support team events and engagement activities, and handle a wide range of administrative responsibilities. Success in this position requires a highly organised, forward-thinking approach, with the ability to anticipate needs, manage competing priorities, and keep one step ahead to enable the SVP Strategy to operate effectively and efficiently.

Diary Management

• Establish and maintain a sustainable daily, weekly and monthly rhythm.
• Use knowledge and judgement to proactively manage diary clashes.
• Maintain a forward view of SVP Strategy’s diary.
• At the end/ start of each week, ensure the overall week supports the agreed rhythm unless there are exceptional circumstances.
• Ensure regular meetings are scheduled (and rescheduled) for direct reports and stakeholders.

Administration

• Act as a liaison and facilitator and first point of contact.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to arrange meetings, hold dates for events and co-ordinate business as usual activities.
• Manage the Divisional  Office e.g., facility issues, lockers, ad hoc issues, stationery orders and Purchasing Card payments.
• Facilitate a seamless and consistent onboarding experience for new team members, ensuring they are well-integrated and equipped with the necessary resources.
• Actively contribute to fostering team culture and community by organizing and participating in various team-building activities and events.
• Be the business partner to our Facilities partners managing the floor plan / desk families and floor management in the Paddington Office.

Emails

• Prioritise emails/ requests and filter/escalate information as appropriate and email distribution lists.

Travel Support and Expenses

• Action and approve expenses on behalf of the SVP Strategy.
• Manage complex travel itineraries for the SVP Strategy.

This is a hybrid position, with the expectation being 3 days per week in the London, Paddington office. These days tend to be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to build credible-long term effective working relationships, both internally and externally
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Approaching problems with a can-do attitude, never believing solutions are impossible to formulate
• Ability to work in fast-paced environment
• Proficient with Microsoft Power Point, Excel, Word and Outlook
• Comfortable using AI tools such as Copilot
• Strong communication, including writing, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Self-motivated, highly organized and detail oriented
• Excellent organisational skills

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.