What a Consulting Manager, Visa Managed Services Acquiring Solutionsdoes at Visa:
We are currently looking for a manager to lead consulting engagements for our clients in Japan, supporting strategy and new business development in acquiring and merchant business.
The manager will lead engagements and act as the main focal point, coordinating between the client team, junior team members, other internal local / global stakeholders, and outsourcing partners (as applicable). The manager will be responsible for managing a key initiative between Visa and the client. The manager will be responsible for delivering projects with Visa quality.
A Consulting Manager is responsible for significant components of client engagements, and in some cases end to end delivery. Typically, this will involve interacting with the client team, gathering and managing project inputs, analyzing data to form conclusions and recommendations, developing and presenting compelling project reports and working with clients on executing recommendations. The full range of responsibilities are detailed below
Responsibilities
Drive initiative development to support the client’s acquiring business growth using strategic consulting methodologies (setting key questions and hypotheses with deep quantitative analyses, and synthesizing recommendations) and aligning with internal stakeholders. Example areas of support include:
New business development / business strategy
Merchant acquisition strategy/ acquirer pricing strategy
New product / business / customer journey design
System PMO (From business requirements definition to implementation support) for cross-regional teams operating in both English and Japanese
Go to market strategy design
Drive high quality the delivery fully leveraging both strategic consulting and IT consulting PMO skills while managing team members and various subject matter experts, including data scientists, product specialists, client services representatives both in Japan and in overseas offices.
Manage the client relationships with both GMs and key frontline members to deepen the partnership.
Develop a fact base of the client processes, assets, and organization to determine future opportunities for collaboration and partnership.
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
Manage administrative tasks and project setup including contracting documentation, internal reporting, and completion of compliance procedures.
This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.