Senior Manager, Consulting

Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA) drives tangible impactful and financial results for Visas network clients including both financial services and merchants. Drawing on our expertise in strategy consulting data analytics brand management marketing operational and macroeconomics Visa Consulting and Analytics solves the most strategic problems for our clients.

The NA Consulting Practice within VCA provides consulting and solution services for Visas largest issuers in the United States. We apply deep expertise in the banking payments & analytics industry to provide impactful to assist clients with their key business priorities drive growth and improve profitability. The VCA team provides a comprehensive range of consulting services to deliver solutions that address unique challenges in areas such as improving profitability strategic growth customer experience digital payments and managing risk.

The VCA team is looking for a Sr Manager to join our team and play a role in developing high impact projects for Visas clients in the North America region. The potential candidate will be responsible for selling consulting engagements as well as delivering and implementing projects and solutions with large US Financial Institutions / Issuing Banks along with Enablers Merchants and Fintechs. This person will develop initiatives to promote sustainable and profitable growth thereby ensuring that Visa is both the preferred brand and unique business partner.

Most engagements are focused on developing strategies for our clients e.g. market penetration strategies profitability analysis segmentation growth product development program launch customer acquisition customer life cycle optimization retention & enhancements.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Proactively engage with Visa internal teams in regular strategic & planning discussions.
• Managing a sales pipeline within an identified list of client targets and selling consulting work against a sales target.
• Collaboration with other Visa teams for account planning including Account Executives and Client Marketing as well as other VCA delivery teams.
• Leads initiatives to identify potential opportunities with partners and contributes to closing deals for engagement work.
• Work with other delivery partners to determine collaborative Visa solutions that can help Clients solve their key growth initiatives.
• Maintains internal records in various systems for pricing approvals internal routing and legal/funding approvals and updating for proper revenue recognition.
• Contribute to consulting project work which involves playing a lead role and/or contributor role:
• Playing a leadership role to identify required timelines resources SMEs etc. to align with key elements as defined in a Business Initiative Addendum/Statement of Work.
• Building a storyline to help the client link insights to recommendations.
• Developing frameworks approaches solutions and recommendations that effectively and efficiently address the most impactful opportunities and challenges.
• Build solutions and actionable insights that will help clients to grow their portfolios and customer engagement in their core business.
• Partner with peers in other functional areas (marketing sales risk innovation new flows) and across global regional teams to execute projects in ways that leverage the breadth and depth of Visas resources.
• Produce insights analyses and recommendations to improve client performance boost growth drive understanding of client issues and provide strategic guidance for client priorities across the verticals and segments.
• Ability to effectively manipulate and analyze large data sets (industry and Visa) to determine meanings insights and recommendations for clients.
• Build new scalable solutions toolkits best practice documents and consulting approach that can be applied across VCA practice.

 Incumbents applying for the role should be self-motivated highly energized detail-oriented individuals who will deliver strategic thought leadership problem diagnostics and high impact solutions to clients support the growth and performance. Candidates must be able to develop enduring strategic relationships with internal and external clients and across the Visa organization. The ideal candidate will be able to juggle multiple tasks have demonstrated experience closing sales and understand the debit/credit payments space and nuances within the Community FI client segment. This is an individual contributor role reporting into a Director within VCA.

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

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications:

• 8 years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD OR 11 years of relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD
• Relevant experience at large management consulting firm or US Financial Institution
• Payments/Financial Services experience
• Strong Analytical/Quantitative Background
• Experience working with financial indicators to measure business performance. Significant focus on impacting ROI
• Self-motivated results oriented individual with the ability to handle numerous projects concurrently
• Knowledge and understanding of banking operations and/ or payment schemes including products & services business systems and processes marketing initiatives and card issuing experience
• Excellent communication storytelling and presentation skills
• Team player
• Technology mindset curious up to date with digital trends and applications

Additional Information :

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting.  The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk communicate in person and by telephone frequently operate standard office equipment such as telephones and computers.

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.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 130600.00 to 189650.00 USD per year which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge skills experience and addition this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical Dental Vision 401 (k) FSA/HSA Life Insurance Paid Time Off and Wellness Program.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time