VIS Director

Visa; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 1,657,825 - 2,155,172; Full time

Job summary

Visa is seeking a Consulting Director to join their Visa Consulting and Analytics team in Johannesburg. This hybrid role requires 10+ years of experience and includes managing client engagements across Southern Eastern Africa and Western Central Africa. The Consulting Director will enhance client performance and develop tailored solutions while collaborating with various Visa groups. Key qualifications include advanced project management and analytical skills, along with strong communication abilities. Join Visa and impact global transactions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree.
• 12+ years of experience in consulting with financial institutions.
• Superior project management skills and analytical ability.

Responsibilities

• Lead consulting engagements across portfolio and risk practice areas.
• Manage large programs for Pan African clients.
• Collaborate with internal teams for seamless consulting.

Skills

Project management skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Consultative sales

Customer focus

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Advanced Degree (Masters/MBA/JD/MD)

PhD

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

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 Consulting and Analytics (VCA) is the consulting arm of Visa, driving tangible, impactful results for clients by leveraging expertise in consulting, data analytics, technology, payments and economics. VCA’s core client segments include issuers, acquirers, merchants, fintechs, payment enablers and governments. Within VCA, the VCA Implementation Services (VIS) practice implements, operates and optimizes Visa products in client environments to accelerate activation, portfolio growth, risk control and data‑driven performance.

The Visa Implementation Services (VIS) Consulting Director will be a key member of the VCA organization, working across Southern Eastern Africa and Western Central Africa. The role contributes to commercial traction, client delivery, business development, product development and thought leadership with the VIS practice areas, providing subject matter expertise and consulting support to Visa’s key clients across the subregions. The main objective is to define and execute against VIS’s mandate, deepening client relationships and optimizing client performance.

Principal Responsibilities / Key Results Area

• Lead and/or serve as a subject matter expert on consulting engagements across portfolio, digital, and risk practice areas.
  • Use internal and external data to analyze client needs across the focus markets and identify opportunities for VIS assignments with Visa’s key clients.
  • Lead, support and contribute to sales pitches for VIS.
  • Lead and contribute to internal problem‑solving sessions.
  • Prepare for and participate in client discussions.
  • Lead project deliveries in coordination and delivery roles.
• Stand up and manage large VCA programs for Pan African clients focused on VIS workstreams.
• Collaborate with other Visa groups—including Products, BD, Risk, Marketing, Digital Solutions—to ensure a seamless consulting experience.
• Develop VIS’s offerings and tailored solutions in line with client needs by proactively identifying collaboration opportunities and developing integrated go‑to‑market strategies with internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with VCA colleagues, Visa account executives and other Visa functions to define focus areas, cultivate, and manage a pipeline of engagement opportunities.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree OR
  • 8+ years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (Masters/MBA/JD/MD) OR
    • 3+ years of work experience with a PhD.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 12+ years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree OR
  • 8–10 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (Masters, MBA, JD, MD) OR
    • 6+ years of work experience with a PhD.
• 15+ years of experience in consulting and implementation support with financial institutions, merchants, and/or government, with depth understanding of card operations and portfolio management.
• Combination of regional and global experience is also desired.
• Superior project management skills.
• Fluent communicator and diplomatic skills to work in a multi‑functional environment and extract desired outcomes.
• Comfortable interacting with and presenting to senior management of clients and Visa.
• Highly analytical with advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills.
• Results‑driven, flexible and customer focused.
• Able to travel frequently and work on client sites.
• Self‑motivated with initiative and able to work with limited direction.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with inter‑disciplinary groups.

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 qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.