Strategy Manager

Visa CEMEA, a Visa Inc. company, needs a Strategy Consulting Manager in Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia to execute high impact projects for Visa's clients in the region.

Responsible for delivering and implementing projects and solutions with KSA
Financial Institutions / Issuing Banks who have a global footprint, the role will be in
charge to work alongside Visa's clients on strategic initiatives that promote
sustainable and profitable growth.

What we expect of you, day to day:
The Strategy Consulting Manager will be in charge of leading a team of consultants
and deliver Payment Strategy projects for KSA Clients. This is a hybrid role and client-facing in nature, that will be required to frequently visit
and spend the majority of the work hours with designated clients, within and beyond
the projects.

Key Accountabilities:

1. Participate in consulting initiatives and contribute to lead engagements by
   identifying potential opportunities with clients: Issuing Bank Partners,
   Acquirers and Merchants.
2. Develop frameworks, approaches, solutions, and recommendations that
   effectively and efficiently address the most impactful opportunities and
   challenges.
3. Build solutions and actionable insights that will help clients grow their
   portfolios and customer engagement in their core business.
4. Partner with peers in other functional areas (marketing, sales, risk, innovation)
   and across global regional teams to execute projects in ways that leverage
   the breadth and depth of Visa's resources.
5. Produce insights, analyses, and recommendations to improve client
   performance, boost growth, drive understanding of client issues and provide
   strategic guidance for client priorities across the verticals and segments.
6. Manipulate and analyze large data sets (industry and Visa) to determine
   insights and recommendations for clients.
7. Build new scalable solutions, toolkits, best practice documents and consulting
   approach that can be applied across VCA practice.

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

Desired Candidate Profile

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD.

Preferred Qualifications:
6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD.
1-3 years of experience in Strategy Consulting on the following tier-one
boutiques or in an internal Strategy department within a retail or
Commercial Bank.
Consulting background and mindset. Best-in-class strategy consulting toolkit.
Strong Financial Services experience, preferably on retail banking, credit risk
management, acquiring.
Experience managing small teams of consultants and working on-site with
clients.
Project experience in a digital and technology-driven environment.