Manager, VCA

Visa

Posted 30+ days ago

Experience

5 - 7 Years

Job Location

Doha - Qatar

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration(Management)

Nationality

Any Nationality

Gender

Not Mentioned

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

The Visa Consulting Manager will be a key member of the VCA organization in MENA 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's 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/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/or 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's 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, Business Development, 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/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.

Desired Candidate Profile

Qualifications

Basic Qualification

  • Master's degree preferred from top school

Preferred Qualification

  • At least five years of solid experience gained within the financial services practice of a top-tier consulting firm. A combination of regional and global experience strongly desired.
  • Deep consulting skills and client engagement capabilities. Advanced client management and presentation skills. Credibility with clients and working teams and diplomatic skills 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. SAS and Python skills preferred.
  • 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 for extended periods across MENA.
  • 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.
  • Fluency in English mandatory. Arabic desired but not a prerequisite

Company Industry

  • Banking
  • Financial Services
  • Broking

Department / Functional Area

  • Corporate Planning
  • Consulting
  • Strategy
  • M&A

Keywords

  • Manager
  • VCA

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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.

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