Company Description

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

Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA) is the consulting arm of Visa, and drives tangible, impactful and financial results for Visa’s network clients, including both financial services and merchants. Drawing on our expertise in strategy consulting, data analytics, brand management, marketing, operational and macroeconomics, VCA solves the most strategic problems for our clients.

VCA Managed Services (VMS) is an augmentation of Visa’s consultancy offering, supporting the execution and implementation of recommendations to help scale competitive advantage and operate to succeed in the digital age.

We are looking for a VMS Consulting Project Manager with a strong background in payments or financial services to form an integral part of our VMS team, leading multiple payments work streams within key Visa clients in Central Europe. We are passionate about providing an outstanding client experience, delivering Visa products and service offerings that improve efficiency and drive value for everyone! Working with some of the best consultants in the banking and payment industry, this is a superb opportunity for an upbeat, motivated and hard-working individual to drive VMS and its product delivery offering to the next level. We are really excited to get to know you and see how you could support us!

 

What we expected of you, day to day:

Working closely with both client and Visa personnel, the VMS Consulting Project Manager will have accountability for ensuring the delivered project outcomes are aligned against both the clients and Visa’s objectives across all aspects of delivery. This will include:

Managing and/or supporting the delivery of client engagements in the cards and payments space, ensuring the project achieves the required outcomes. This may involve leading a small team of Client and / or 3rd party resources, depending on the size of the assignment.Working with key business collaborators to elicit, analyse, communicate and validate requirements for changes to business processes, policies, information and systems to achieve final technology/business solutionSupporting Business and new product development to ensure continued market leadership, including being an excellent partner with IT in terms of preparing and owning Business Requirements for new productsProducing insights, analyses and recommendations to improve Client performance, boost growth, drive understanding of client issues and provide strategic direction towards client priorities across verticals and segmentsIdentifying opportunities and improvements to grow the business of our clientsDelivering reports and presentations regarding recommended approachesLiaising with various Visa team members and parties where appropriate to boost teamwork and knowledge sharingBuilding and retaining Visa Consulting relationships with our clientThis position requires travel within Germany 10-20% of the time.  

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 3 set days a week (Tuesday - Thursday), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs. 

Qualifications

What we’re after…

Preferred experience in issuer and/or consulting sales experience focused on Data and Analytics strategy and/or implementation with a top-tier consulting firm 

Demonstrated ability to sell solutions. 

Demonstrated ability to deliver, implement solutions, execution-oriented. 

Strong analytical and quantitative skills, can measure client financial impact. 

Experience with modern distributed systems data analytics, programming tools. 

Understanding of the application of predictive modeling and machine learning techniques. 

Previous experience in developing insights-driven solutions. 

Fluency in technology. 

Entrepreneurial mindset energized by the possibility of building a new business. 

Knowledge of the competitive environment across segments. 

Collaborative approach with internal and external partners. 

Resilient in navigating through ambiguity and translating the theoretical to applicable. 

Growth mindset that embraces creativity, optimism, and failing-fast. Fluent in German and English - both verbally and written

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.