Manager, Visa Consulting and Analytics

VISA; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A global payments leader is seeking a Visa Consulting Manager to enhance client relationships and optimize strategies within the payments sector in Saudi Arabia. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in payments consulting, with strong analytical skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in a multi-functional environment. This position requires frequent travel, working closely with major banks and merchants.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of overall work experience, including payments experience.
• 2 years of experience in management consulting.
• Highly analytical with advanced skills in PowerPoint and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Lead consulting engagements across practice areas.
• Support and contribute to sales pitches.
• Collaborate with clients to optimize payments strategy.

Skills

Payments Consulting

Analytical skills

Client engagement

Project management

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master’s degree

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA) is the consulting arm of Visa, and drives tangible, impactful results for clients. Drawing on our expertise in consulting, data analytics, digital marketing and economics, VCA solves the most strategic problems for our clients.

Job Description

The Visa Consulting Manager will be a key member of the VCA organization in GCC and NALP and will contribute to the commercial traction, product development and thought leadership across practice areas with a particular focus in Saudi Arabia. The role will also deliver subject matter expertise and consulting support to VISA's key clients across clusters. The main objective of the role is to help deepen client relationships and optimize client performance by helping them design and assess their payments strategy and implement initiatives to capture the full potential from enhancing customers engagement.

Principal Responsibilities / Key Results Area

• 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

• Broad and deep expertise in Payments Consulting across multiple areas of focus, including 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, increased use of advanced analytics and other technologies in payments and targeting, changing regulatory environment, etc.

This position is expected to be on the ground in KSA 4 to 5 days a week as required by client and market needs. Weekly travels required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent; Master’s degree preferred.
• At least 5 years of overall work experience, including at least 5 years of solid experience in payments gained within a top-tier bank or the financial services practice of a top-tier consulting firm.
• Combination of regional and global experience desired.
• At least 2 years of experience in management consulting and deep consulting skills and client engagement capabilities.
• Diplomatic skills to work in a multi-functional environment and ability to extract desired outcomes.
• Comfortable interacting with and presenting to senior management of clients and VISA.
• Highly analytical with advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills.
• Superior project management skills; fluent communicator.
• Results driven, flexible and both internally and externally customer focused.
• Able to travel frequently and work on client site.
• Self‑motivated and able to use own initiative with limited direction.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with inter‑disciplinary groups.
• Ability to work in a multi‑cultural environment.

Additional Information

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.