# Government Affairs Manager

**Company**: Visa
**Location**: Almaty, KZ
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Policy & Public Affairs
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

This role will be primarily responsible for managing Visa’s relationships with key government officials, policymakers, public influencers, and regulators in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

Key Responsibilities:

- Develop and execute a Government Affairs strategy, with clear objectives, timelines, and actions aligned to Visa’s global policy and regional priorities.

- Manage operations including budgets, reporting, and timely delivery of high-quality position papers, policy briefs, analyses, and engagement plans.

- Align policy initiatives with business goals and provide guidance to support market growth and innovation.

- Monitor and influence legislation, regulation, and policy affecting Visa’s interests, advocating for favorable outcomes.

- Build and sustain relationships with government bodies, industry groups, NGOs, and multilaterals; represent Visa in strategic forums to shape payment policies.

- Implement best practices in advocacy, stakeholder engagement, and regulatory monitoring; refine processes for efficiency and impact.

- Promote internal awareness of Government Affairs through training, briefings, and updates.

Key Competencies:

- Understanding of the digital payments industry and its economic and social impact.

- Strong ability to analyze, interpret, and anticipate regulations and policy frameworks impacting digital payments and fintech ecosystems.

- Proven experience in developing and implementing stakeholder relations strategies.

- In-depth knowledge of business and political environments in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

- Strong political and business acumen.

- Creative and innovative thinking.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

- Budgeting and financial management experience.

- Ability to work under pressure.

- Motivated self-starter, able to work independently and as part of a team with minimal supervision.

- Strong teamwork and cross-functional collaboration skills.

- Computer literacy.

- Fluency in Russian and English.

Job Scope:

- Reports to the Senior Director and Head of Government Affairs for Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia.

- Works closely with country, CEMEA hub-level, and global colleagues, including teams in Country Management, Corporate Communications, Legal, Marketing, Strategy, Risk Management, Social Impact, and Products.

- Collaborates with Government Affairs colleagues globally to develop and refine best practices.

- Serves as a subject matter expert on policy, regulatory issues, and government relations for cross-divisional business teams.

Based in Visa’s Almaty, Kazakhstan office, this dynamic position requires a proactive, solution-oriented, articulate, and strategic thinker who can operate and interact at the highest levels of government. The role involves frequent travel within Central Asia.

Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

## Skills

### Required
- digital payments
- government affairs
- policy analysis
- stakeholder engagement
- regulatory monitoring
- budgeting
- financial management
- Russian
- English

### Nice to have
- public policy
- international relations
- law
- government relations
- regulatory affairs

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