Senior Counsel (Director)
Visa · San Francisco, United States
About this role
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 Visa is seeking an experienced and strategic legal leader to join as Senior Counsel supporting Visa's agentic commerce initiatives. This position reports to a Vice President, Visa Legal – Global Product, IP and Services
This role serves as the primary legal architect for Visa's agentic commerce strategy. The Senior Counsel will operate with substantial independence, serving as a trusted legal advisor to senior business executives driving Visa's leadership in this emerging and rapidly evolving space. The ideal candidate combines deep payments and technology law expertise with the executive presence, strategic vision, and sound judgment required to navigate first-of-kind legal questions at the intersection of artificial intelligence, digital commerce, and financial services regulation
Key Responsibilities: Strategic Legal Leadership: Develop and drive legal strategy for agentic commerce initiatives; serve as lead legal advisor on industry-defining initiatives; advise senior leadership on complex legal and regulatory matters; represent Legal in executive-level business discussions Product Counsel: Provide sophisticated counseling on novel legal issues presented by emerging agentic models, including regulatory compliance, liability allocation, consumer protection, and data governance Commercial Counsel: Develop templates and playbooks for our agentic products and partnerships; lead ne
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