Senior Manager, Europe Government Affairs

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Visa is hiring a Senior Manager, Netherlands Government Affairs, based in Amsterdam with a hybrid schedule and occasional travel. This role leads government engagement across Europe, collaborating closely with GA market leads and the Brussels team to advance the Visa 2030 strategy, influence policy in the right direction, and support executive engagement with governments. You will cultivate trusted relationships with regulators and policymakers, safeguard the right to play, and drive meaningful client value through strategic engagement. Ideal candidates have 9+ years with a bachelor or 7+ with an advanced degree, fluent Dutch and English (German a plus), and strong senior stakeholder management. To apply, tailor your CV to policy advocacy outcomes, quantify impact, and demonstrate cross border collaboration and independent, proactive leadership.

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world. Join Visa and do work that matters — to you, to your community, and to the world.

Progress starts with you.

Job Description

The Senior Manager, Netherlands, Government Affairs is a full-time role based in Amsterdam, reporting to the SVP, Europe Government Affairs. Some travel in the region will be required from time to time.

This role is focused on Government Engagement (GA) across the Visa Europe region. It requires strong collaboration with GA market leads and subject matter experts across the Europe region on linked initiatives, and works in close coordination with the GA team in Brussels. The role may also provide industry expertise and support to global colleagues as required.

The role supports wider GA strategies, including providing support for executives to execute strategic engagement with Governments across the region, and helping to ensure that policy frameworks are conducive to a fair, competitive and successful operating environment for current and future business.

Headline objectives of the role are:

• Strengthen leadership in the marketplace, increasing impact on government policy to enable the Visa 2030 corporate strategy.

• Directly and through relevant colleagues, nurture reputation in priority local markets through cultivating long-term, trusted relationships with critical government and regulatory stakeholders and by promoting Visa as a constructive partner to enable growth.

• Seek to safeguard “right-to-play”, as an enabler of the Visa 2030 corporate strategy, through the identification and execution of engagement strategies.

• In alignment with the GE strategies and relevant market priorities, execute strategic client engagement focused on adding qualitative and meaningful value to the business relationships.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications
8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications
9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD
•Fluent in Dutch and English is essential, german is a plus.
•Demonstrable experience in relevant corporate position, including primarily in-house team/regulatory/ government agency, prominent consultancy.
•Proven experience of senior executive engagement and managing upwards.
•Very strong collaborator required.
•Proven strategic advocacy skills and excellent communicator.
•Strong digital services and/or technology interest: knowledge of the payment industry is a plus.
•Good inter-personal skills and stakeholder management experience
•Excellent written and spoken communication including presentation abilities.
•Strong analytical skills.
•Ability to act independently and flexibly within a multi-disciplinary matrixed team.
•A relevant degree in Politics, Economics or Law is desirable, but not essential.

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.