Manager, Visa Consulting and Analytics Visa

Collaborate with VCA colleagues, Visa account executives and other Visa functions to cultivate and manage a pipeline of engagement opportunities with the largest banks and merchants in the region
Lead and/or serve as a subject matter expert on consulting engagements across practice areas (portfolio, digital, risk) including but not limited to the following:

• Using VISA and external data to analyze client needs across the focus markets and identify opportunities for consulting assignments with VISA s key clients
• Support and contribute to sales pitches
• Lead or contribute to internal problem-solving sessions
• Prepare for, and participate in, client discussions
• Be involved in project deliveries in both coordination and delivery role

Work closely with other VISA groups, including Products, BD, Risk, Marketing, Digital Solutions, Digital Partnerships & Ventures, Innovation Center etc., to ensure a seamless Consulting experience
Contribute to the development, when needed, of practice areas in terms of product development
Key Competencies
A well-qualified candidate will have broad and deep expertise in Payments Consulting across multiple areas of focus. Key elements to assess his/her candidacy will include expertise on the following topics,

• Business needs of issuers, acquirers and merchants in Portfolio, Digital, and Risk e.g., strategy, acquisition, customers and channels full potential, innovation, mobile platforms, digital ecosystems, authorization etc.
• Best practices to meet customer needs across the customer lifecycle stages (acquisition, activation, usage, reactivation and retention)
• Industry trends, such as evolving economics of payments, new customer value propositions, increasing digitalization and development of digital channels, increasing use of advanced analytics and other technologies in payments and targeting, changing regulatory environment, etc.