Consultant, Technology Talent Acquisition

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. We are 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.

About the role

Visa’s Global Technology Talent Acquisition team delivers recruiting strategies and hiring outcomes for our Technology organization, a strategic growth pillar solving complex technical problems at significant scale. We are seeking a Consultant, Technology Talent Acquisition to serve as a strategic recruiting partner to Technology leaders and hiring teams. This role owns end-to-end recruiting delivery for complex, niche, senior, and high-priority Technology roles, including Director+ searches requiring a consultative, high-touch approach. The Consultant will anticipate business needs, advise hiring managers on talent strategy, influence hiring decisions through market and funnel insights, and strengthen long-term client partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Client Leadership & Hiring Strategy
  • Serve as the primary TA client lead for assigned Technology organizations, partnering with hiring managers, senior leaders, HR, compensation, and TA leadership.
  • Lead intake discussions to define role requirements, success profiles, leveling, compensation parameters, interview process, timelines, and hiring risks.
  • Anticipate business needs and advise stakeholders on talent strategy, market conditions, prioritization, process effectiveness, and hiring tradeoffs.
  • Lead monthly and quarterly recruiting business reviews with executive-level leaders, covering hiring progress, requisition health, funnel performance, pipeline quality, risks, and recommendations.
  • Influence hiring decisions using market insights, candidate intelligence, funnel data, and consultative stakeholder management.
• Recruiting Delivery & Candidate Management
  • Own full-cycle recruiting for assigned Technology requisitions, from intake through offer acceptance and close.
  • Manage requisition health, candidate flow, slate quality, interview activity, feedback quality, funnel conversion, and hiring timelines.
  • Screen, assess, and present candidates for technical alignment, leadership scope, motivation, compensation expectations, location fit, and overall role fit.
  • Lead candidate reviews, interview debriefs, decision alignment, offer strategy, and closing discussions.
  • Deliver a high-touch candidate experience, including proactive communication, expectation management, offer negotiation support, and onboarding transition.
• Pipeline Strategy & Inclusive Hiring
  • Partner with sourcers and recruiting partners to define sourcing priorities, target profiles, outreach strategy, inclusive slate goals, and pipeline plans.
  • Anticipate sourcing challenges and adapt strategies based on business needs, market response, candidate availability, and funnel performance.
  • Use talent mapping, competitive intelligence, and market insights to inform search strategy and stakeholder expectations.
  • Ensure inclusive hiring practices through structured intake, calibrated evaluation criteria, diverse slate development, and equitable candidate process management.
  • Share sourcing, branding, and candidate engagement practices that improve team outcomes.
• Operational Excellence & Team Capability
  • Use data-driven insights to identify bottlenecks, improve recruiting workflows, and adjust strategy as business needs change.
  • Track recruiting KPIs such as slate quality, time in stage, funnel conversion, offer acceptance, req aging, candidate experience, and hiring manager satisfaction.
  • Maintain accurate documentation in ATS/CRM systems and ensure compliance with hiring policies and data privacy requirements.
  • Mentor recruiters, sourcers, and recruiting partners on stakeholder management, candidate engagement, funnel discipline, offer strategy, and inclusive hiring.
  • Model inclusive behaviors, share best practices, and contribute to initiatives that elevate team performance and culture.

Requirements

• Basic Qualifications
  • 5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 8+ years of relevant work experience.
• Preferred Qualifications
  • 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD.
  • Experience owning full-cycle recruitment and/or working in a Finder/Filler model for complex technical roles, including intake, sourcing partnership, assessment, interview management, offer strategy, and close.
  • Experience advising senior hiring managers or business leaders using market insights, funnel data, and talent intelligence.
  • Strong understanding of technology talent markets, role profiles, leveling, compensation considerations, and competitive hiring dynamics.
  • Experience managing senior-level or Director+ searches with high-touch candidate and stakeholder engagement.
  • Strong candidate assessment, engagement, negotiation, and closing skills.
  • Ability to partner with sourcers and recruiting teams to build inclusive, high-quality pipelines.
  • Experience preparing and leading monthly or quarterly recruiting business reviews with senior or executive-level stakeholders.
  • Strong operational discipline, project management, communication, judgment, and problem-solving skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor others, share best practices, model inclusive behaviors, and elevate team capability.
  • Early adoption and productive use of GenAI tools in Talent Acquisition.

Schedule

Visa requires at least 3 days in office per week; specific expectations will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Work hours vary based on the needs of the department.

This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Pay

For roles located in the US, the estimated salary range for this position is $116,300 to $186,000 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors including knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity.

Benefits

Visa offers a comprehensive benefits package for eligible positions, which may include:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• FSA/HSA accounts
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Wellness Program