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Job Location drjobs

Johannesburg - South Africa

Monthly Salary drjobs

Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

The Visa Consulting Senior Manager will be a key member of the VCA organization in SSA and will contribute to the commercial traction product development and thought leadership across practice areas. The role will also deliver subject matter expertise and consulting support to VISA 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 and 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 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 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 or 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.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site) with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.


Qualifications :

Bachelors degree or equivalent. Masters degree preferred
At least 10 years of overall work experience
At least 5 years of solid experience in payments experience should be gained within a top-tier bank or the financial services practice of a top-tier consulting firm
Combination of regional and global experience is also desired
At least 2 years of experience in management consulting and deep consulting skills and client engagement capabilities including
Experience in cards business inclusive of sales enablement product development across segments and portfolio management.
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 skills 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.


Remote Work :

No


Employment Type :

Full-time

Employment Type

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