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From the employer's careers site First seen 2 Nov 2026

Senior Director of Risk for Mexico

Visa Mexico City Hybrid senior full-time

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Description

The Senior Director of Risk for Mexico, based in Mexico City, will be responsible for managing the relationship of Key Clients on risk-oriented topics, providing guidance and support to achieve a world-class risk mitigation and fraud prevention knowledge applied to protect the several businesses in the country, leveraging VisaNet capabilities and Risk Solutions.

Interactions with all internal teams to provide insights and recommendations to protect Visa and our clients from various risks present on CP and CNP channels will also be part of the responsibilities of this position, which will report directly to Visa's Regional Risk Officer and will interact with the Group Country Manager and the Leadership Team of all functional areas.

Key Accountabilities:

  • Fraud Prevention Strategy Advisory
  • Fraud Prevention Oversight
  • Clients' Risk Assessments / NBIAs
  • Strategic Projects involving Risk topics and/or counterparts at clients
  • Steward of the Market's Security Roadmap

Local liaison for all risk Functional Areas:

  • Enterprise Risk Management
  • Credit Settlement Risk
  • Risk & Regulatory Governance
  • Payment Fraud Disruption
  • Ecosystem Risk
  • Crisis Management – Incident Commander

Partner with Mexico's Business teams from key Clients to:

  • Optimize their fraud and authorization performance
  • Engage clients and educate them on the most recent risk management best practices and technical controls

Collaborate with internal teams to:

  • Create safer processes and payment flows for our clients, leveraging VisaNet and advising our clients on security processes
  • Provide insights and recommendations to protect Visa and our clients from risks present on CP and CNP channels, as well as the various risks tied to the payments business (e.g.: Regulatory, Operational, Settlement, etc.)

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

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's Degree or postgraduate degree / MBA in Business Administration, Technology, Law, or Economics
  • Deep knowledge of the payments industry and the major trends affecting our stakeholders
  • 12+ years of payment experience
  • Previous experience in managing direct staff and in coordinating multi-functional teams
  • Spanish

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