Consulting Director

2ヶ月前


Tokyo Visa

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.

Job Description

Team Summary


Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) drives tangible, impactful and financial results for Visa's clients, including card issuers, acquirers, and merchants.

Drawing on our expertise in strategy consulting, data analytics, brand management, marketing, operations and macroeconomics, VCA solves the most strategic problems for our clients.


The VCA team within Japan provides a comprehensive range of consulting services and solutions to our clients in Japan, that address unique challenges in areas such as strategic growth, profitability, risk management and digital strategy.

VCA plays a key role to enhance partnership with one of the largest clients for Visa's Japan business and focuses on developing, implementing, and improving clients' business by collaborating with them closely.

What a Director, Visa Consulting and Analytics does at Visa:


We are currently looking for a Director to lead consulting engagements for our clients in Japan, enabling portfolio growth and improved profitability across their payment businesses.


The Director will lead client engagements and act as the main focal point, coordinating between the client team, junior team members, other internal stakeholders, and outsourcing partners (as applicable).

The Director will be responsible for managing various initiatives between Visa and a client and scoping, proposing, contracting, and delivering projects, and managing team members' performance and delivery quality.


The full range of responsibilities is detailed below:
On a project-by-project basis:


Project management for various initiatives between Visa and clients – tracking status, action items, issues and risks for consulting projects, Visa product implementation, marketing initiatives, etc.

Prepare client project proposals, clarifying objectives, scope, deliverables, approach, dependencies, roles and responsibilities, drawing input from the client, local client relationship managers, and functional teams

Oversee project setup including contracting documentation, stakeholder engagement, workplans, interview guides, client data requirements, and vendor statements of work (as applicable)

Develop a fact base by undertaking client interviews and analyzing client documentation or processes

Analyze Visa and client data to benchmark client performance vs. industry averages to identify performance gaps and improvement opportunities

Collaborate with data science team to leverage advanced data analytics capabilities

Collaborate with the hub team, broader global team, or other functional teams to obtain specific subject matter expertise as needed

Identify solutions and recommendations that address client objectives and result in performance improvement, leveraging relevant VCA methodologies, frameworks, and global best practices

Design and deliver compelling presentations to illustrate findings, ideas, recommendations within consulting engagements and more broadly


More generally:
Identify and surface opportunities for client projects and submit for inclusion into account plans

Manage and coach team members, contributing to their growth and career development while ensuring quality of project deliverables

Create, develop and maintain analytical models and methodologies to contribute to standardized VCA offerings and IP creation

Continuously build knowledge, surface new insights and produce thought leadership pieces that contribute to practice development and global best practices

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

Qualifications


What do you need:


Having already accumulated a variety of experience, you will be curious about the payments industry and keen to work alongside an experienced team to quickly gain a deeper understanding.

You will be client driven, comfortable managing a project end to end and relishing the opportunity to work closely with clients to influence their future performance.

12 years of relevant working experience
Fluent Japanese and at least business level English proficiency
Deep experience and a track record of high performance in consulting, corporate strategy, or project management
Deep experience in managing complex cross-functional and cross-regional projects
Superior analytical and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor
Strong team orientation with a collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible style, able to work effectively in a matrixed organization
Excellent detail orientation, ensuring the highest level of quality/rigor in reports and data analysis
Excellent presentation skills, including strong oral and written capabilities
Self-motivated, results-oriented individual with the ability to progress multiple priorities concurrently
Flexible mindset to revise plans and scopes while managing clients' expectations
Experience in and passion for the power of analytics to inform and drive strategy and tactics, and proven ability to generate insights from data
Strong commercial acumen, with experience in developing business cases with proven ROI
Ability to lead and inspire team members to achieve high levels of performance


What will also help:
Experience in payments, the retail banking industry, or technology
PMP certification or experience in technical project management
Experience in customer experience design (using human-centered design / design thinking)
An understanding of statistical analysis, modelling, scoring schemes, etc.

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.

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