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Vice President of Innovation jobs are open across technology, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and consumer goods, at levels from director to C-suite, with specializations in product strategy, digital transformation, and R&D leadership. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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About Us
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.
Visa will accept applications for this role until at least 11-26-2026Job Description
The Vice President of Consumer Payments, Content, Media & Digital Innovation for Latin America and the Caribbean will lead Visa’s consumer marketing agenda across the region.
This leader will connect brand, media, content, digital engagement, CRM, sponsorships, data, and innovation into one clear strategy that strengthens Visa’s relevance and drives business growth.
The VP will report to the LAC Chief Marketing Officer and partner closely with Global Brand, Strategy, Sponsorships, Product, Sales, Marketing Services, Insights & Analytics, Technology, Finance, Legal, agencies, and market teams.
This is an opportunity to build a connected marketing model for LAC, combining creativity, commercial discipline, media effectiveness, data, and AI-enabled innovation to deliver measurable impact.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Leadership: Define and lead Visa’s consumer marketing strategy across LAC, connecting brand, product, consumer engagement, media, content, sponsorships, and business priorities into an integrated growth agenda.
- Consumer Payments Marketing: Lead strategies for priority growth areas including Affluent, Next Gen, Cross-Border, eCommerce, New Payment Flows, and other regional business priorities.
- Brand, Content, and Social: Build consistent, locally relevant brand, creator, content, and social strategies that help Visa show up with cultural relevance and speed.
- Media Strategy and Governance: Oversee regional media strategy, investment governance, audience planning, agency partnerships, performance measurement, and optimization across consumer, brand, client, and market priorities.
- Digital, CRM and Data Activation: Advance DTC, CRM, personalization, marketing technology, and responsible first-party data activation to deepen consumer engagement and improve outcomes.
- Marketing Services Media: Partner with Marketing Services, Sales, Client Marketing, Consulting, and market teams to scale client-facing media solutions with clear commercial and measurement standards.
- Innovation and AI-Enabled Marketing: Champion experimentation, test-and-learn models, automation, AI-enabled media capabilities, and new ways of working that improve speed, relevance, and effectiveness.
- Budget and Investment Management: Manage regional marketing investments with strong prioritization, governance, financial discipline, and accountability to brand, business, and client outcomes.
- Team Leadership and Operating Model: Lead high-performing teams and cross-functional squads, establishing clear ways of working that connect regional strategy with market execution.
- Collaboration and Communication: Influence senior stakeholders and partner across global, regional, and market teams to align priorities, simplify complexity, and accelerate impact.
- Performance Measurement: Work with Insights & Analytics to define KPIs, learning agendas, and measurement frameworks across consumer marketing, media, content, CRM, sponsorships, and digital engagement.
- Media Agency Management & Partnerships: Lead regional media agency relationships, establishing clear governance, performance accountability, capability development, and innovation agendas to ensure strategic alignment, operational excellence, efficient investment management, and continuous optimization across all markets
You are:
A senior marketing leader who connects strategy, creativity, media, data, technology, and business growth.
An innovative thinker with a strong bias for action, experimentation, and measurable impact.
- A collaborative leader who works effectively across countries, functions, agencies, clients, and senior stakeholders.
- A curious learner who stays ahead of trends in culture, media, AI, consumer behavior, and marketing innovation.
- A regional leader who can inspire teams, create clarity, and deliver results across diverse LAC markets.
- A clear communicator who can influence executive audiences and simplify complex priorities.
Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate brings deep consumer marketing, media leadership, strong commercial acumen, and the ability to operate with influence in a complex global matrix.
Basic Qualifications:
- 12 or more years of work experience with a bachelor’s Degree or at least 10 years of experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters/ MBA/JD/MD) or at least 8 years of work experience with a PhD
- Professional Spanish fluency is required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 15 or more years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD, PhD)
- 15 or more years of senior leadership experience across consumer marketing, media, content, digital CRM, brand marketing or related disciplines.
- Expertise and proven results across media strategy, agencies, content, creators, social, martech, and analytics.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to connect investment to business and client outcomes.
- Executive presence with proven ability to lead and influence in complex, global organization
Work permit sponsorship is not available for this role. Only domestic relocation within the U.S. will be considered.
Information for US Applicants
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. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.
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 protect veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.About Us
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.
Visa will accept applications for this role until at least 11-26-2026Job Description
The Vice President of Consumer Payments, Content, Media & Digital Innovation for Latin America and the Caribbean will lead Visa’s consumer marketing agenda across the region.
This leader will connect brand, media, content, digital engagement, CRM, sponsorships, data, and innovation into one clear strategy that strengthens Visa’s relevance and drives business growth.
The VP will report to the LAC Chief Marketing Officer and partner closely with Global Brand, Strategy, Sponsorships, Product, Sales, Marketing Services, Insights & Analytics, Technology, Finance, Legal, agencies, and market teams.
This is an opportunity to build a connected marketing model for LAC, combining creativity, commercial discipline, media effectiveness, data, and AI-enabled innovation to deliver measurable impact.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Leadership: Define and lead Visa’s consumer marketing strategy across LAC, connecting brand, product, consumer engagement, media, content, sponsorships, and business priorities into an integrated growth agenda.
- Consumer Payments Marketing: Lead strategies for priority growth areas including Affluent, Next Gen, Cross-Border, eCommerce, New Payment Flows, and other regional business priorities.
- Brand, Content, and Social: Build consistent, locally relevant brand, creator, content, and social strategies that help Visa show up with cultural relevance and speed.
- Media Strategy and Governance: Oversee regional media strategy, investment governance, audience planning, agency partnerships, performance measurement, and optimization across consumer, brand, client, and market priorities.
- Digital, CRM and Data Activation: Advance DTC, CRM, personalization, marketing technology, and responsible first-party data activation to deepen consumer engagement and improve outcomes.
- Marketing Services Media: Partner with Marketing Services, Sales, Client Marketing, Consulting, and market teams to scale client-facing media solutions with clear commercial and measurement standards.
- Innovation and AI-Enabled Marketing: Champion experimentation, test-and-learn models, automation, AI-enabled media capabilities, and new ways of working that improve speed, relevance, and effectiveness.
- Budget and Investment Management: Manage regional marketing investments with strong prioritization, governance, financial discipline, and accountability to brand, business, and client outcomes.
- Team Leadership and Operating Model: Lead high-performing teams and cross-functional squads, establishing clear ways of working that connect regional strategy with market execution.
- Collaboration and Communication: Influence senior stakeholders and partner across global, regional, and market teams to align priorities, simplify complexity, and accelerate impact.
- Performance Measurement: Work with Insights & Analytics to define KPIs, learning agendas, and measurement frameworks across consumer marketing, media, content, CRM, sponsorships, and digital engagement.
- Media Agency Management & Partnerships: Lead regional media agency relationships, establishing clear governance, performance accountability, capability development, and innovation agendas to ensure strategic alignment, operational excellence, efficient investment management, and continuous optimization across all markets
You are:
A senior marketing leader who connects strategy, creativity, media, data, technology, and business growth.
An innovative thinker with a strong bias for action, experimentation, and measurable impact.
- A collaborative leader who works effectively across countries, functions, agencies, clients, and senior stakeholders.
- A curious learner who stays ahead of trends in culture, media, AI, consumer behavior, and marketing innovation.
- A regional leader who can inspire teams, create clarity, and deliver results across diverse LAC markets.
- A clear communicator who can influence executive audiences and simplify complex priorities.
Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate brings deep consumer marketing, media leadership, strong commercial acumen, and the ability to operate with influence in a complex global matrix.
Basic Qualifications:
- 12 or more years of work experience with a bachelor’s Degree or at least 10 years of experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters/ MBA/JD/MD) or at least 8 years of work experience with a PhD
- Professional Spanish fluency is required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 15 or more years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD, PhD)
- 15 or more years of senior leadership experience across consumer marketing, media, content, digital CRM, brand marketing or related disciplines.
- Expertise and proven results across media strategy, agencies, content, creators, social, martech, and analytics.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to connect investment to business and client outcomes.
- Executive presence with proven ability to lead and influence in complex, global organization
Work permit sponsorship is not available for this role. Only domestic relocation within the U.S. will be considered.
Information for US Applicants
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. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.
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 protect veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.See All 40 Vice President of Innovation Jobs
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Banking & Financial Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in vice president of innovation jobs.
- 10 or more years leading innovation, product, or R&D functions at senior levels
- Demonstrated experience building and scaling cross-functional innovation programs
- Bachelor's degree required, with an MBA or advanced technical degree strongly preferred
- Proficiency with stage-gate, design thinking, or lean startup methodologies
- Experience managing executive stakeholders and presenting to boards or C-suite leadership
- Familiarity with emerging technology assessment and open innovation partnerships
Tips for Your Vice President of Innovation Job Search
Quantify transformation outcomes on your resume
Hiring panels for vice president of innovation roles want to see the scale of change you drove, not just that you led initiatives. Replace vague bullets with outcomes like revenue generated from new product lines, cost reductions from process reinvention, or time-to-market improvements on specific launches.
Tailor your portfolio to the industry vertical
A healthcare system and a consumer goods company define innovation differently. Before applying, review the organization's recent press releases and annual reports to identify their current bets, then reframe your past work to match their vocabulary and strategic priorities, not yours.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists vice president of innovation openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings by organizational maturity
An early-stage company hiring a vice president of innovation wants a builder who can stand up a function from scratch. An enterprise wants a leader who can operate within governance structures. Filtering your search by company size and funding stage saves you from mismatched interviews.
Prepare a signature innovation framework for interviews
Interviewers at this level expect you to arrive with a point of view, not just a process. Develop a concise framework you use to evaluate ideas, allocate resources, and kill underperforming projects, and practice articulating it in terms that connect directly to business results.
Negotiate scope before negotiating compensation
At the vice president of innovation level, the reporting structure and budget authority determine whether the role is real or ceremonial. Before discussing compensation, clarify headcount ownership, P&L access, and whether the function has a direct path to the CEO or is embedded inside another division.
Vice President of Innovation Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most vice president of innovations?
AVI Foodsystems, Western Alliance Bank, and State Street are hiring the most vice president of innovations right now, with openings concentrated in New York, Ohio, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Organizations in technology, healthcare, and financial services tend to post these roles most frequently.
How many vice president of innovation jobs are remote?
About 69% of vice president of innovation openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the seniority and cross-functional collaboration demands of the role. Sub-areas focused on digital product strategy and technology scouting tend to offer the most location flexibility, while roles tied to physical R&D labs or manufacturing operations are more likely to require on-site presence.
How do you become a vice president of innovation?
Most vice presidents of innovation reach the role by building a progression through product management, R&D, strategy, or digital transformation, then taking on increasingly visible innovation mandates. Getting there typically involves leading a cross-functional initiative that produced measurable business results, earning executive sponsorship, and developing fluency in both technology and commercial strategy. Advanced degrees in business or a technical discipline accelerate the path at many organizations.
Can you get a vice president of innovation role without direct innovation leadership experience?
Yes, but you need to reframe adjacent experience deliberately. Executives who have led large-scale digital transformations, launched new business units, or managed product portfolios have done most of the work the role requires. The gap is usually in the title and in the narrative, not in the actual capabilities. Targeting companies building out their innovation function for the first time gives you the best opening, since they value potential alongside experience.
What does the vice president of innovation interview process look like?
The process typically runs four to six rounds and includes an initial screen with HR or talent acquisition, a deep-dive conversation with the hiring executive or CEO, and a presentation round where you are asked to diagnose the company's innovation challenges and propose a strategic direction. Many organizations also include a panel interview with business unit leaders whose teams you would partner with, followed by reference checks with former stakeholders rather than direct reports.
Where can I find and apply to vice president of innovation jobs?
You can find and apply to vice president of innovation jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the roles available, find the ones that match your background and goals, and apply directly to each listing that fits.
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