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.

Join Visa: A Network Working for Everyone.

About the role
Do you want to be a part of Visa’s fastest growing team in AuNZ?  Do you enjoy delivering and getting things done? Do you want to make positive impacts for customers and accelerate the pace of innovation in the payments industry? If so, Visa Managed Services (VMS) is the team for you.

The VMS team is all about delivery, implementation, and execution.  We create squads who are embedded within our clients’ organizations to deliver results, fast.

We are looking for a passionate Project Manager to join our team and work within a key strategic client in New Zealand, helping them bring exceptional payment solutions to the market.

Why join us

• Visa Managed Services is our fastest growing team in AuNZ – we’ve grown 10x in less than 3 years – and always have fun projects on the horizon to sink our teeth into.
• We get to work with incredible people every day.  We’re a team of intraprenuers who work hard, have fun and get stuff done.
• We are a people business where the people are our product.  As a result, all our people leaders are 100% dedicated to ensuring a positive employee experience.  We attract top talent and are manically focused on developing that talent – even for short-term contracts.
• We are committed to building a diverse team with an inclusive culture that reflects the communities we work in.
• We support flexible working options.

What you will be doing

This role is in one of our most strategically important clients in New Zealand and will be a key contributor to protecting our client’s critical assets – their customers, and reputation. In this role you will:

• Apply your robust toolkit of Project Manager skills to define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business strategic goals in collaboration with project business owner, Business Analyst, Change Manager, sponsor, and stakeholders across the matrixed project.
• Manage the inception of the project including the creation of proposal documentation, business cases, cost estimates and benefit analysis.
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion. Define project success criteria and disseminate them to the involved parties throughout the project life-cycle.
• Plan and track project milestones, budget and deliverables and ensure mandatory events occur within the project including checkpoints, processes, deliverables, and documentation.
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders. Motivate and supervise project team members and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.

Foster a no surprise culture within the extended project team by supervising the cadence of the team deliverables and ensuring they are set up to succeed with open feedback channels.

What you will bring

Key Competencies:

• Experience managing complex projects from discovery to execution, preferably within the banking or financial services industry.
• Direct work experience in a project management capacity, including delivery of digital first technology transformation initiatives.
• Demonstrated excellence in end-to-end project management lifecycles, disciplines and procedures including detailed project planning, stakeholder management, risk and issue identification to resolution tools.
• Demonstrated knowledge of different project methodologies and how to effectively use Agile methodologies in a banking environment.
• The ability to lead a project and gather support in a matrixed organisation across different locations.
• Outstanding communication, analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to communicate information, concepts, and arguments effectively at all levels and in the appropriate style.
• Proven experience with mentoring peer project team members to successful outcomes.
• Ability to engage with people across different levels and to work with 3rd party software providers to deliver change.

It will be highly regarded if you have:

• Knowledge of lending origination processes.
• A working understand of banking regulatory requirements, particularly CCCFA regulatory obligations.
• Basic understanding or experience working on open banking and/or cards related projects.
• Demonstrated experience in working on product or process related projects in financial services.

Behaviours that are important to us:

• Self-motivated, results-oriented with the ability to progress multiple priorities concurrently.
• Strong team orientation with a collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible style. Able to work effectively in a matrixed organization.

Motivated by delivering great outcomes for our client’s and their customers.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.