Director - Senior Counsel

Visa

Legal

Payments

Fintech

About this role

This senior legal role sits within Visa’s Asia Pacific Legal team and supports the business responsible for the Japan market. The work spans corporate and commercial matters, technology, products, marketing, privacy, intellectual property, and the payments and fintech industry, with coordination across Japan, Korea, Mongolia, regional, and global legal teams.

The counsel advises business and technology groups on deal structures, commercial risk, new initiatives, and contractual matters. Responsibilities include drafting, negotiating, and completing complex commercial, technology, and strategic partnership agreements, while serving as a strategic legal adviser to business stakeholders. Applicants need experience as a commercial business lawyer, technical legal expertise, sound commercial and legal risk judgment, and strong legal drafting skills in both English and Japanese. The posting also requires excellent communication and analytical ability, proactive independent working, and the capacity to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.

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