Company Description
Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose \xe2\x80\x93 to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid. Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

What a Senior Counsel does at Visa: This position is for a seasoned business/commercial lawyer to join Visa\'s growing legal team that supports Visa\'s Bengaluru Technology Centre, for a broad range of legal issues including employment and labor law compliance, sourcing, corporate and SEZ issues, (including coordination with local authorities and law enforcement), technology, products, facilities and real estate, compliance, privacy and intellectual property. Bengaluru Technology Centre provides technology development, operation and maintenance for Visa\xe2\x80\x99s core and allied processing software, hardware and applications, cybersecurity, data centre operations, transaction processing support and other support services for Visa\xe2\x80\x99s operations worldwide. The position will be based in Bengaluru, India and will report to the Vice President, Legal (India & South Asia) based in Mumbai. This role will be a part of the senior leadership team at the Bengaluru Technology Centre. We are looking for a strong commercial lawyer with excellent communication and analytical skills, who is self-motivated, able to work proactively and independently with minimal supervision, and has the skillset and leadership mindset to effectively interact with business units and other support functions at all levels across Visa to influence business directions and bring about positive outcomes. The applicant should ideally have experience in commercial business law and management and have excellent legal drafting skills. The applicant must have technical legal expertise with good commercial/legal risk judgement and be able to juggle multiple priorities with tight deadlines in a fast paced and challenging, but inspiring and rewarding, environment. Prior payments experience is not required, although the candidate must be willing to learn Visa\'s business model and the payments industry. In this role, you are expected to:

• Be a trusted strategic advisor to and an integral part of the Bengaluru Technology Centre leadership team to help navigate complex legal and business issues
• Work closely with different functional business teams to review and advise using exceptional risk-based judgement on regulatory, employment, commercial and contractual enhancements and/or new business initiatives, as well as day to day commercial related matters
• Draft, negotiate and drive to completion complex commercial, technology, and strategic partnership agreements that achieve business objectives
• Be an effective representative / stakeholder for the AP Legal team, liaise and cooperate with other members of the global and regional Visa legal teams
• Perform such other responsibilities as may be assigned by the Chief Counsel for Asia Pacific

Why this is important to Visa The Senior Counsel provides legal advice, counsel, and support to Visa\xe2\x80\x99s business operations in the Bengaluru Technology Centre and serves as a trusted and respected advisor to senior management. The incumbent has responsibility for enabling Visa\xe2\x80\x99s business and protecting Visa, through drafting agreements, managing negotiations, and advising on diverse areas of law for employment, regulatory, commercial transactions, technology, and intellectual property-related matters as well as daily operations of the business. This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.
Qualifications

What you will need:

We are looking for a strong leader who can bring a breadth of experience and knowledge to our business. As a candidate, you should have:

• 12 to 15 years of post-qualification legal experience and qualified to practice law in India
• Solid corporate or commercial law experience in drafting and negotiating strategic and complex cross-border deals in a top-tier law firm or multinational company, hands-on experience in advising on legal issues in India
• Strong academic background with good commercial sense and analytical skills
• Excellent command of written and spoken English, can work in India
• Ability to work independently and interface with executive level stakeholders with little or no supervision, but also be a good team player
• Practical and proactive problem-solving skill, strong business acumen and be confident, mature and calm under stress
• Demonstrated ability to manage and drive complex cross-border technology transactions, strong understanding of complex legal issues in multiple jurisdictions
• Excellent legal analytical skills with the ability to integrate legal advice and business knowledge, while providing balanced advice regarding risks and benefits
• Genuinely interested in technology and the payments industry
• Good attention to detail, strong EQ and resilience

What will also help:

• Prior work experience in IT or ITES industry or supporting a captive service center would be highly desirable
• International experience preferred, but a desire to expand knowledge of regional laws and legal systems can substitute
• Good knowledge of antitrust law, anti-bribery laws, privacy law and intellectual property law preferred

Additional Information
Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.