Visa Consulting Director, Implementation Services, CEMEA

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

The Visa Implementation Services (VIS) Consulting Director will be a key member of the Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) organization, working across Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) and will contribute to the commercial traction, product development and thought leadership with the VIS practice areas. The role will also deliver subject matter expertise and consulting support to VISA's key clients across regions. The main objective of the role is to define and execute against VIS’s mandate, further deepening client relationships and optimizing client performance

Principal Responsibilities/Key Results Area

• Develop VIS’s offering by proactively identifying collaboration opportunities and developing integrated go-to-market strategies in partnership with internal stakeholders (e.g., Value-Added Services, Client Services, etc.) to drive unified business objective
• Collaborate with VCA colleagues, Visa account executives and other Visa functions to define focus areas, and cultivate and manage a pipeline of engagement opportunities
• 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 VIS assignments with VISA’s key clients
• Support and contribute to sales pitches for VIS
• 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

Standup and manage large VCA programs focused on VIS workstreams

Work closely with other VISA groups, including Products, BD, Risk, Marketing, Digital Solutions, etc., to ensure a seamless Consulting experience

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

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications
• 10+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 7 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 4 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 13+ years of relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications
• 12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent. Master’s degree preferred
• At least 15 years of overall work experience
• At least 7 years of solid experience in payments, experience should be gained within a top-tier bank or the financial services practice of a top-tier consulting firm
• At least 5 years of experience in management consulting and deep consulting skills and client engagement capabilities
• Combination of regional and global experience is also desired
• Superior project management skills. Fluent communicator
• Diplomatic skills to work in a multi-functional environment and ability 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
• Results driven, flexible and both internally and externally customer focused
• Able to travel frequently and work on client site
• 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

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.

Client-provided location(s): Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Job ID: 9cac07b0-47fd-4905-a402-40544250b183

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-08-07T12:50:23