Contract Recruiter

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 Visa is seeking a Contract Recruiter to join the Visa Talent Acquisition North America team. Talent Acquisition at Visa is a strategic function — the team partners directly with business leaders and hiring managers to identify, attract, and hire the talent that powers one of the world's most influential payments networks. At a company operating in more than 200 countries and territories, the quality of every hire matters, and the recruiters who deliver them are trusted advisors, not just transaction processors. This role sits at the intersection of full-cycle recruiting excellence and consultative business partnership. You will own end-to-end hiring delivery across a range of business functions, advising hiring managers on talent strategy, driving inclusive hiring practices, and bringing market intelligence and funnel data to every conversation. Whether you are navigating a complex senior search or managing a high-volume requisition load in a fast-moving environment, you will be the person stakeholders rely on to keep hiring moving and decisions well-informed. For a recruiter ready to deepen their strategic impact, this role offers broad exposure to Visa's business, direct partnership with senior leaders, and the opportunity to contribute to a TA function that continuously raises the bar on candidate experience, hiring quality, and operational discipline. All roles require digital fluency, including the ability to work with emerging technologies such as Generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot) to support everyday work. Key Responsibilities Client Partnership & Hiring Strategy • Serve as a trusted recruiting advisor to hiring managers and senior leaders, aligning talent strategies with business priorities, organizational goals, and workforce plans. • Lead intake discussions to define role requirements, success profiles, leveling, compensation parameters, interview process design, and anticipated hiring risks. • Advise stakeholders on market conditions, talent availability, competitive dynamics, and hiring tradeoffs using data, funnel insights, and candidate intelligence. • Prepare and lead recruiting business reviews with senior leaders, covering requisition health, pipeline quality, funnel performance, and forward-looking hiring recommendations. Full-Cycle Recruiting Delivery • Own end-to-end recruiting for assigned requisitions across business functions, from intake through offer acceptance and close. • Screen and assess candidates for role alignment, leveling, motivation, compensation expectations, and overall fit, presenting well-calibrated slates to hiring teams. • Lead candidate reviews, interview debriefs, decision alignment conversations, offer strategy, and closing — maintaining a high-touch experience throughout. • Manage requisition health, candidate flow, funnel conversion, interview activity, and hiring timelines with consistent operational discipline. Pipeline Development & Inclusive Hiring • Partner with recruiting partners to define candidate attraction priorities, target profiles, outreach strategy, and diverse slate goals. • Apply market intelligence and competitive talent insights to inform search strategy and shape realistic stakeholder expectations. • Champion inclusive hiring practices through structured intake, calibrated evaluation criteria, and equitable candidate process management. Operational Excellence & Team Contribution • Leverage recruiting data and KPIs — including time-in-stage, funnel conversion, offer acceptance, and candidate experience signals — to identify bottlenecks and improve recruiting workflows. • Maintain accurate documentation in Workday Recruiting and other ATS/CRM systems, ensuring compliance with hiring policies and data privacy requirements. • Model inclusive behaviors, share best practices across the TA team, and provide guidance to less experienced recruiters and recruiting partners on stakeholder engagement, candidate advisory, and offer strategy. Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager. Qualifications Basic Qualifications • 5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors 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 • Experience managing full-cycle recruiting across a range of role types, levels, and business functions within a corporate or in-house recruiting environment. • Proficiency with an applicant tracking system (ATS); experience with Workday Recruiting is a strong asset. Preferred Qualifications • 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors 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 for complex, senior, or specialized roles, including intake, recruiting partnership, assessment, interview management, offer strategy, and close. • Experience advising hiring managers or senior business leaders using market insights, funnel data, and talent intelligence to inform hiring decisions. • Knowledge of talent markets, role profiles, leveling, compensation considerations, and competitive hiring dynamics across corporate or functional hiring areas. • Experience managing senior-level sea