Client Consulting Analyst - Product and Digital Design

As part of the global value added services organization North America Product & Experience Design (PxD) is an innovation consulting team that helps Visas network clients accelerate their innovation agenda and transform their customer role is client facing. 

The PxD team is looking for a talented individual to help support  human centered design client engagements. The individual should be able to work collaboratively across design research and technology. The PxD team adopts a holistic approach to product design that begins with the customer and rapidly iterates solutions to deliver customer experiences that are simple powerful and exceptional. The team believes in curiosity creative confidence experimentation through making continuous learning respectful collaboration inclusion empathy resiliency and fun! Lastly the person should be aSWAN someone who is smart works hard ambitious and nice! 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Manage work streams within integrated teams of Product Design and Engineering in the development of of client engagements and product co-creations using a human-centered design mindset and contemporary product management techniques of digital native companies (e.g. minimum viable product rapid development A/B testing and iteration) 

• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of Visas capabilities and be able to apply them to clients business problems in order to actively engage with clients to co-develop meaningful solutions to address their business challenges. 

• Help design and facilitate client workshops through synthesizing insights into defensible visions frameworks and concepts using human-centered design and lean start-up processes. 

• Rapidly convert ideas into working prototypes mashing together solutions/capabilities that exist within Visa or externally 

• Use business as a lens to inspire fellow designers about new possibilities by sharing innovative business models and product offerings with your teams. 

• Energize and improve the status quo using creativity and intelligent calculated risks to deliver new products and processes that surpass clients expectations demonstrating new methods capabilities and mindsets. 

• Work closely with Internal and external product and partner teams to ensure alignment on goals/scope plan critical path and operational risks and ensure transparent communication 

• Develop processes to support pilot programs including articulating the objective of the test identifying and implementing operational support defining and implementing reporting needs and tracking/reporting/summarizing results 

• Articulate the possibility viability and feasibility of product recommendations 

• Help to create business cases and models using Visa data and external research to support the development of new products services solutions and features in partnership with our clients 

• Conduct in-depth market testing using various qualitative and quantitative research methods 

• Complete large research projects to develop Visas point-of-view for the future of specific segments and technologies and turning them into set plays of repeatable processes Visa can utilize with clients 

• Conduct and lead client engagements with stakeholder managers representing Visa and our innovation Point-of-View to clients industry leaders and internal product managers. 

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications

• 2 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or an AdvancedDegree (e.g. Masters MBA JD MD or PhD)

Preferred Qualifications

• 3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD MD)
• Comfortable interacting interviewing and iterating with people through exploration of new concept prototyping (low and high) and testing
• Interest in a data driven and/or business strategy role (eg consulting/investment banking)
• Experience in digital product development and management a plus. Specifically experience in mobile web and IoT application development and experience design
• Experience in payments or FinTech a plus
• Exposure to design thinking/human-centered design methodologies
• Experience and knowledge of Agile (Scrum) project methodology and practices a plus
• Must have a mindset that embraces creativity optimism ambiguity and failing- fast
• Proven ability to work on complex and often ambiguous problems to drive results
• Analytical thinker team oriented collaborative diplomatic and flexible with excellent presentation skills including strong oral and writing capabilities
• Must have a client-first mentality and demonstrate maturity when interacting and leading client workshops
• Excellent project management skills organization and ability to manage multiple workstreams at the same time

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 $899000 to $149550 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 location. In 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