Director B2B Acceptance
Tink
London, UK
Posted on May 12, 2026
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.
Job Description
The Visa Commerical Solutions (VCS) team is a world-class commercial organization experiencing tremendous, double-digit growth as we expand into new payment flows and continue to grow our core card solutions. This is an incredibly exciting time to join our team as we expand globally. We work closely with Issuers, Merchants, FinTechs, Acquirers, and other payment ecosystem players to deliver these services. We believe that the B2B market is at an inflection point whereby Visa can play a larger role in building and delivering solutions around the world.
The B2B Acceptance Strategic Merchant team is responsible for expanding Commercial Acceptance with B2B Merchants. The Director Business Development Executive will be responsible for driving net new acceptance with B2B Merchants by leveraging creative solutions that deliver value to all parties involved. This newly created role will also lead Visa’s efforts in retaining and recapturing supplier spend that has migrated away from the Visa network. The Director will engage directly with suppliers to articulate the value of Visa acceptance, and collaborate with buyers to secure endorsement and drive engagement.
This position requires a strategic thinker and proactive relationship builder with strong financial acumen and a deep understanding of B2B payment ecosystems.
Key Responsibilities
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/ MBA/JD/MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD
Preferred Qualifications
12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD
Experience selling B2B Payment Acceptance with large strategic suppliers
Proven experience in business development, strategic partnerships, or merchant services.
Strong financial acumen, with the ability to articulate the value of working capital to large corporates.
Self-starter with a track record of building and executing go-to-market strategies.
Exceptional relationship-building and networking skills across supplier and buyer ecosystems.
Experience navigating complex onboarding processes and working with acquirers or reseller channels.
Ability to work cross-functionally and influence without direct authority.
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.
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 Visa Commerical Solutions (VCS) team is a world-class commercial organization experiencing tremendous, double-digit growth as we expand into new payment flows and continue to grow our core card solutions. This is an incredibly exciting time to join our team as we expand globally. We work closely with Issuers, Merchants, FinTechs, Acquirers, and other payment ecosystem players to deliver these services. We believe that the B2B market is at an inflection point whereby Visa can play a larger role in building and delivering solutions around the world.
The B2B Acceptance Strategic Merchant team is responsible for expanding Commercial Acceptance with B2B Merchants. The Director Business Development Executive will be responsible for driving net new acceptance with B2B Merchants by leveraging creative solutions that deliver value to all parties involved. This newly created role will also lead Visa’s efforts in retaining and recapturing supplier spend that has migrated away from the Visa network. The Director will engage directly with suppliers to articulate the value of Visa acceptance, and collaborate with buyers to secure endorsement and drive engagement.
This position requires a strategic thinker and proactive relationship builder with strong financial acumen and a deep understanding of B2B payment ecosystems.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify B2B Acceptance opportunities, gain access to key decision makers, develop and execute strategies to move opportunities through the pipeline, and effectively manage a pipeline.
- Develop and execute strategies to identify and re-engage suppliers whose spend has declined or shifted away from the Visa network.
- Build compelling value propositions for Visa acceptance tailored to supplier and buyer needs.
- Collaborate with internal teams (e.g., issuer relationship management, merchant team, supplier enablement, acquirer relations, product) to identify new opportunities, remove onboarding barriers and accelerate adoption.
- Ensure merchants/suppliers are optimizing their acceptance environment though use of appropriate tools/solutions.
- Drive deep analytics and deal-modeling leadership, through partnering closely with regional Account Executives and Business Development Associates, Pricing and other functions.
- Monitor and report on supplier engagement metrics and spend recovery trends
- Recruit senior leaders at corporations to attend Visa forums and events
- Represent Visa at industry events
- Travel requirements: 20% of time.
- Location: London
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/ MBA/JD/MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD
Preferred Qualifications
12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD
Experience selling B2B Payment Acceptance with large strategic suppliers
Proven experience in business development, strategic partnerships, or merchant services.
Strong financial acumen, with the ability to articulate the value of working capital to large corporates.
Self-starter with a track record of building and executing go-to-market strategies.
Exceptional relationship-building and networking skills across supplier and buyer ecosystems.
Experience navigating complex onboarding processes and working with acquirers or reseller channels.
Ability to work cross-functionally and influence without direct authority.
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.