The Visa Athletes Champions Program (VACP) is a tailored development experience that harnesses the unique and diverse perspectives offered by former professional athletes as they embark on their second career. This program is best suited for those who are looking to excel.
The program offers individualized experience pathways, best in class programming and one to one coaching to leverage the caliber of former elite athletes as they find their fit and succeed at Visa.
- We Champion Diverse Perspectives
- We Champion Career Exploration
- We Champion Your Growth
Rotational Assignments:
- You’ll experience three eight-month distinct rotational assignments over two years while part of the program
- These rotations are led by your own passions and development needs
- When you join the program, you’ll complete a front-end diagnostic which includes coaching sessions and psychometric assessments to help us your first assignment
- A one-to-one coach will be assigned to you throughout the program. They will work with you to assess your needs which will inform where we place you for your next assignment
Training and Development:
- Every six months you and the entire US based cohort will enjoy a full week of classroom-based training. Each of our development weeks is themed around our organization’s leadership principles; “Lead Courageously”, “Collaborate As One Visa”, “Execute With Excellence” and “Obsess About Customers”
- Trainings will give you practical and applicable skills such as data analysis and visualization, GenAI, executive presence, social selling and much more.
- You will also hear directly from Visa leaders and subject matter experts as part of our ongoing “Emerging Leader” series.