REGIONAL SECURITY & GEOPOLITICAL RISK ANALYST — VISA

Location: Singapore / Hong Kong / Shanghai / Beijing / Remote (APAC)
Employment Type: Full-time · Mid/Senior · Hybrid/Remote

ABOUT THE ROLE

This role delivers forward-looking geopolitical and regional security analysis to support Visa’s employee safety, business continuity, and market operations. You will monitor political and regulatory developments, assess country and city-level risks, produce executive-ready briefs, and provide actionable recommendations for decision-makers.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Monitoring & Early Warning: Build and maintain risk dashboards and thresholds using OSINT, commercial intelligence, and internal signals; issue timely alerts and concise situation reports.
• Geopolitics & Regulatory Assessment: Track elections, policy shifts, sanctions (e.g., OFAC/EU/UK), and regulatory changes; evaluate implications for payments networks, partners, and operations, with clear options and next steps.
• Country/Regional Risk Profiles: Deliver periodic country/city risk assessments, quarterly/annual trend reports, and deep dives (e.g., cross-border data, critical infrastructure, social stability, terrorism).
• Scenarios & Exercises: Develop most-likely/worst-case scenarios with impact/likelihood matrices; run tabletop exercises; codify SOPs/runbooks.
• Crisis Support: Provide decision support during major incidents; contribute to incident summaries and after-action reviews in partnership with Global Security, BCM, Public Policy, Legal, and Compliance.
• Travel & Event Security: Produce site assessments and pre-trip briefs for executives, client events, and market activations.
• Intel Ecosystem & Tools: Manage vendor/think-tank networks and local sources; maintain indicators & triggers, knowledge base, and visualization dashboards.