Visa · 3 weeks ago
Director, Skills Strategy & Execution (Skills COE Lead)
Atlanta, GA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$153K/yr - $216K/yr
10+ years expVisa is the world’s leader in digital payments technology, focused on connecting the world through secure payment networks. The Director of Skills Strategy & Execution will lead the Skills Center of Excellence, architecting a skills-based talent model to enhance productivity and employee career journeys across the organization.
BankingFinanceFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologyMobile PaymentsPayments
Responsibilities
Serve as the primary enterprise architect and thought partner for designing and delivering the company’s end‑to‑end skills strategy
Advise senior leaders on integrating a skills lens into workforce planning, talent acquisition, upskilling, mobility, and career development
Serve as project owner for the enterprise skills roadmap—including data governance, deployment timelines, skills ontologies, and user experience
Champion the transition to skills‑centric practices across the organization, collaborating with and influencing leaders, HR teams, and functional stakeholders to seamlessly embed skills capabilities and tools across the full employee lifecycle—from hiring to performance to development, globally and regionally
Design and execute enterprise skills programs, taxonomies, and capability frameworks aligned to strategic business priorities, partnering with wider teams to drive adoption and alignment to enterprise goals
Lead cross‑functional teams and working groups to deliver skills‑related initiatives, identifying risks early and driving issue resolution
Maintain expertise in external skills technologies, AI/ML‑driven skills intelligence, and future‑of‑work trends; translate insights into actionable recommendations
Foster a culture of experimentation and iteration, ensuring programs continuously evolve based on business needs and user feedback
Serve as the enterprise SME for Workday Skills—guiding configuration, governance, skills inference models, mapping, and data integrity
Partner with People Systems and People Technology to optimize interoperability between Workday, Degreed, and adjacent talent systems
Coordinate strategy and integration for Degreed Skills+, ensuring the platform drives meaningful skills insights, personalization, and curated development experiences
Build governance models, taxonomies, and update processes to ensure high‑quality, reliable enterprise skills data
Use platform analytics and insights to inform workforce planning, mobility recommendations, and targeted upskilling pathways to dynamically match talent to priority work, improving speed‑to‑skill and organizational productivity
Foster a culture of experimentation and iteration, ensuring programs continuously evolve based on business needs and user feedback
Qualification
Required
10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree, or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/ MBA/JD/MD), or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD
Preferred
10-12+ years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree, or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD), or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD
Proven, progressive experience in a skills SME / talent transformation leadership role
Strong understanding of skills trends, strategies, methods, and tools, and experience optimizing systems, processes, and workflows
Hands‑on expertise implementing and governing Workday Skills in a complex, global environment
Proven track record of successfully implementing large-scale skills change initiatives, with strong project management skills and demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives across a range of stakeholders
Strong decision‑making, problem‑solving, and communication / influencing skills, including the ability to partner with senior and executive leaders
Strong long-term strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities
Ability to navigate ambiguity, manage multiple enterprise‑level workstreams, and lead cross‑functional teams
Experience in job architecture, including design and implementation
Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills to operate effectively in a highly matrixed environment, with ‘test and learn' and continuous improvement mindset that embraces creativity, agility, and comfort operating in fast‑changing environments
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401 (k)
FSA/HSA
Life Insurance
Paid Time Off
Wellness Program
Company
Visa
Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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TNB Financial Services
2016-09-10Post Ipo Equity
2008-03-19IPO
Leadership Team
Ryan McInerney
Chief Executive Officer
Chris Suh
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
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