Director, Stablecoin and Digital Assets Risk Intelligence & Strategy

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Job Description Director, Stablecoin & Digital Assets Risk Intelligence, AI Strategy and Governance

Job Description The Director, Stablecoin & Digital Assets Risk Intelligence, AI Strategy and Governance will own the long-term vision, strategy, architecture, governance, and execution of Visa’s stablecoin, digital asset, and AI-enabled risk intelligence capabilities. Reporting to the Senior Director of the Global CSR team, the Director will lead a team of three and serve as a strategic leader at the intersection of digital asset risk management, emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, data governance, and enterprise risk strategy.

This role requires deep subject matter expertise in stable coins, digital assets, blockchain infrastructure, and crypto risk management, combined with advanced experience designing, deploying, governing, and scaling enterprise AI systems. The successful candidate will be responsible for anticipating evolving stablecoin risks, market structures, technologies, regulatory developments, and AI-driven transformation opportunities while building the governance, analytical, operational, and decision-support capabilities necessary to enable responsible growth.

The Director will act as a key advisor to executive leadership, driving innovation across risk intelligence platforms, AI-enabled workflows, governance frameworks, and enterprise decision-making processes.

Key Responsibilities Stablecoin & Digital Asset Risk Strategy and Governance Establish and maintain enterprise-wide risk appetite, governance frameworks, approval standards, and ongoing monitoring requirements for stablecoin issuers, digital asset counter parties, crypto infrastructure providers, custodians, exchanges, and blockchain-based financial ecosystems.

Serve as Visa’s subject matter expert on stablecoin risk management, reserve risk, de-pegging scenarios, liquidity events, blockchain vulnerabilities, custody risks, market contagion, and regulatory developments.

Design governance mechanisms and risk frameworks that support responsible growth across digital asset initiatives.

Portfolio, Exposure and Liquidity Risk Management Develop scalable methodologies for settlement exposure management, concentration limits, liquidity risk, collateral frameworks, reserve assessments, stress testing, scenario modeling, and portfolio monitoring.

Design advanced risk intelligence capabilities to evaluate stablecoin reserve quality, counter party financial strength, operational resiliency, and systemic market exposures.

Lead enterprise-level assessments of digital asset ecosystem risks, including custody, settlement, treasury, and operational dependencies.

Digital Asset Risk Intelligence and Executive Reporting Lead proactive surveillance and intelligence functions across stable coins, digital assets, blockchain networks, and crypto markets.

Translate financial, regulatory, market, cyber, operational, and on-chain signals into actionable intelligence, executive reporting, risk recommendations, and escalation decisions.

Develop predictive analytics and early-warning indicators supporting executive and Board-level risk oversight.

AI Architecture, Strategy and…