Government Engagement Intern (For Current Students Only, Starting June 2025) at Visa

Job Description
We achieve this in the following ways:

• Deepen Partnerships: build and strengthen relationship with key partners.
• Digital Leadership: demonstrate Visa’s thought leadership on emerging payments and digital solutions.
• Expand Access: promote policies to advance financial inclusion and growth in electronic payments
• Transform Technology: preserve Visa’s ability to innovate and thrive.
• Champion Security – illustrate Visa's innovative approach to security within the payment ecosystem.
• Employer of Choice – act as a brand ambassador to strengthen Visa’s reputation among policymakers.

As a GE intern, some of the things you might support the team with:

• Collaborate with local GE professionals and industry associations to develop strategies and engagement plans to boost financial inclusion and digital payments.
• Support partners (issuers, acquirers, fintechs, merchants) in understanding payments regulation, alongside the Government Engagement lead in CISSEE
• Monitor, analyze and coordinate efforts to mitigate potential regulation that might negatively affect the digital payments industry and Visa business.
• With the support of the team, proactively identify strategic business issues and opportunities for Visa and its clients.
• Record and share best practices to promote digital payments.

Qualifications

• Students pursuing a Bachelor’s or Masters Degree  in Business Administration, Commerce, Finance, Economics, Statistics, Engineering, or IT with a graduation date in 2026 (Finish coursework by Dec 2025). 
• Be available to pursue a 3-month winter internship (3 June 2025 to 28 August 2025). 
• Must be available to join a full-time role by January 2026.  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent communication, story-telling and presentation skills. 
• Strong PowerPoint and excel skills are desired. 
• Superior analytical and financial analysis skills. 
• Strong collaboration skills with a diverse peer group required. 
• Able to articulate viewpoint effectively to key stakeholders in order to get buy in and agreement. 
• Self-confident and hands-on, with the ability to operate in a fast paced and constantly changing work environment.