Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across 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.

When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging – where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world – helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.

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What’s it all about?

Visa Consulting and Analytics (VC&A) drives tangible, impactful and financial results for Visa’s clients, including both financial institutions and merchants.

The Consulting Practice within VC&A provides consulting and solution services for Visa’s issuer, acquirers and merchants in Portugal. We apply our deep expertise in the payments industry to provide solutions to assist clients with their key business priorities drive growth and improve profitability.

The team is looking for a Senior Manager to join our consulting practice and play a role developing high impact projects for Visa’s clients in Portugal.

The Senior Manager will work towards the team’s goals and assist in the delivery of detailed data gathering, analysis, insight and practical recommendations to enable successful delivery of client projects.

Furthermore, the Senior Manager might be also responsible for delivering internal projects, analysis and reports for internal use.

What we expect of you, day to day.

• Manages key clients in the sales/delivery of consulting projects, ensuring the project achieves the required outcomes to a defined deadline.

  • Develops and maintains the project plan, content scope and final deliverables for larger projects namely,

  • Prepare presentations and reports

  • Conduct data analysis

  • Review relevant reports and information sources

  • Conduct benchmarking from different internal/external sources and desktop research

  • Effectively communicate and liaise project findings with internal and external stakeholders at various levels of seniority and function

• Supports Head of Consultants to source new work and sell projects to assigned clients. Liaises with other parts of the Visa Europe business where appropriate for projects scoping and completion (e.g. AE & MSA sales team).

• Serves as a day-to-day key client contact, regularly liaising with clients throughout the project lifecycle and managing/participating in project delivery and execution for our clients.

• Manages teams wrapped around key clients and ensures timely and high quality execution of projects

• Identifies process improvements including repeatable and scalable solutions and shares knowledge and expertise with team members as required.

• Delivers reports and presentations communicating recommended approaches, often with the support of Consultants and Analysts in preparing these deliverables.

What we're after..

• Previous consulting experience with client-facing experience in strategy or management consulting firms. Experience in the payments business and/or financial services (financial technology will be a plus)
• Excellent Business Analysis Skills (research and analyse market and client information to tell a story). Business Analysis Skills (research and analyse market and client information to tell a story) Commercial Acumen – being able to spot an opportunity and drive value for Visa and the Client. Experience in Sales and sales processes
• Ability to liaise with multiple stakeholders at various levels within the business
• Excellent presentation and communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to comprehend and convey complex technical information
• Prior team management experience, resource training and development
• Curiosity & willingness to learn and develop as a professional
• Advanced data skills (ability to use Excel and manipulate data). Technology/Digitally-savvy and an understanding of consumer economics/behaviours
• Fluent in written and spoken Portuguese and English.
• Willingness to travel as required