Description
Visa's Internship Program provides an immersive, 12-week journey where you'll work on impactful projects that drive Visa's mission forward.
As a Workforce Protection Intern, you will support Visa's Insider Risk team and gain exposure to corporate investigations, threat assessment, and risk intelligence programs.
Working alongside experienced professionals, you will help conduct research, analyze publicly available information, support investigative efforts, and contribute to initiatives designed to identify and mitigate insider threats.
You will also gain insight into how global organizations assess behavioral, operational, and data-related risks while collaborating with partners across Security, Cybersecurity, Legal, and Human Resources.
This internship is ideal for students interested in investigations, intelligence analysis, risk management, government affairs, political science, criminology, or related fields who are eager to apply analytical and research skills in a corporate security environment.
All Visa roles require digital fluency, including the ability to work with emerging technologies such as Generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot) to support everyday work.
Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
- Students pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's Degree with a graduation date in December 2027-August 2028
Preferred Qualifications
- Pursuing a degree in Political Science, International Relations, Government, Criminology, Intelligence Studies, Security Studies, or a related discipline.
- Interest in investigations, threat assessment, insider risk, intelligence gathering, or corporate security.
- Experience with or coursework related to open-source intelligence (OSINT), investigative research, behavioral analysis, or risk assessment.
- Strong analytical, critical thinking, and research skills with the ability to synthesize information from multiple sources.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to handle sensitive information with professionalism and discretion
U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated hourly range for a new hire into this position is $35.00/hr to $39.00/hr which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable).
Work Authorization: Visa will not sponsor applicants for work visas in connection with this position.
Work Hours Varies upon the needs of the department.
Travel Requirements This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.
Mental/Physical Requirements This position will be performed in an office setting.