Company Description

Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across 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.

When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging - where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world - helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.

Join Visa: A Network Working for Everyone.

• Leading program management and development of Visa CEMEA\'s flagship events ensuring they align with strategic objectives - directing all aspects of the event life cycle including project management, site selection, contracting, budgeting, attendee management, logistics, vendor management, integration of innovation and technology, program implementation, onsite management, and post event reconciliation.
• Consulting business planning functions to formulate event strategies that align to Visa\'s strategic priorities and calendar.
• Sharing regular updates on event strategy & status to senior stakeholders within the organization.
• Partnering with Sales Excellence to develop attendee criteria and client council frameworks.
• Partnering with Corporate Communications on event theme and format.
• Developing, maintaining, and promoting a centralized repository of guidelines and best practices, acting as an event planning Center of Excellence for staff who are self-managing events hereby ensuring consistency in approach and execution. The role will act as a professional event planning consultant offering guidance, creative solutions and assistance to various Visa departments on all aspects of events management.
• Measuring and tracking event success against centralized KPIs to evaluate the impact of events to guide future decision-making.
• Aligning corporate annual goals and tracking quarterly progress of goal milestones.
• Acting as second in command to Head of Corporate Events and delegate when the leader is absent.

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

• 10+ years of relevant work experience, ideally both agency side and in-house.
• In-depth understanding of how events engagement bolsters brand, drives regional and global business strategy, supports business objectives, and aligns with the overall marketing and communications strategy of a global organization.
• Experience managing agencies and other third-party suppliers.
• Strong project management, organization and planning skills applied in a fast paced, multi-tasking environment.
• Experience developing creative event concepts with a desire to constantly innovate and improve all event aspects.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills, particularly with senior executive level stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management to coordinate across multiple teams to define and activate global events.
• Experience with strategic meetings management software platforms and other event technology.
• Driven, self-starter with an ability to prioritize projects in a deadline driven environment.
• Job requires 10-15 percent overnight travel and from time-to-time overtime and weekend work.
• Arabic speaker a strong advantage.

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.

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