The North America Risk Team is responsible for maintaining trust in the Visa brand, championing security in the industry and differentiating Visa in the eyes of clients and key stakeholders. The Director - US Merchant Risk Engagements will serve as a trusted advisor in the NA Risk Team by providing risk intelligence to guide internal business partners, clients, and ecosystem participants in the secure, reliable, and trusted growth of digital payments. This position will be responsible for partnering with key strategic Merchants to execute risk roadmaps that accelerate secure business growth. Additional responsibilities may be aligned to this role as Visa’s strategy evolves to secure the ecosystem and meet the needs of our customers.Specific responsibilities for this role include:Develop a strategic vision and plan for how Risk should engage with Merchants to optimize impact, in collaboration with partners in the account teams and Value-Added-ServicesConduct regular risk engagement sessions with Merchants to evaluate risk performance, produce insights, analyses and data-based recommendations to improve client performance, boost growth, drive understanding of client issues and provide strategic guidance for client priorities across the product categories and segmentsCollaborate cross-functionally with the Issuing and Acceptance Risk teams to ensure a true, “One Visa” mindsetPartner with peers in other functional areas (e.g., Sales, Analytics, Marketing, Risk and Identity Solutions, Client Services, DPS, and others) to execute initiatives by leveraging the breadth and depth of Visa’s resourcesIdentify opportunities to promote & support client adoption of Visa risk products and solutionsProvide client support relating to emerging/immediate fraud trends Identify opportunities to enhance the payment ecosystem and advance risk management best practicesBuild new scalable solutions, toolkits, and best practice documents, including reports, presentations, education materials and other written artifacts to present Visa’s analysis and guidanceThis is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.