Visa is hiring a Consulting Director to lead strategic engagements for one of our largest clients in Japan. You will drive business improvement and growth through technology innovation and business process reengineering, focusing on areas like risk and security management with AI-driven strategies.
What You'll Do
- Lead strategic client discussions to identify critical business challenges and opportunities in tech innovation, process reengineering, and data utilization.
- Apply a holistic consulting approach to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of risk and security management.
- Drive AI-powered business growth initiatives to ideate, propose, and implement strategies that increase topline performance for the payment business.
- Manage client inquiries regarding operations, rules, and systems, including planning, tracking progress, and mitigating risks.
- Lead client engagement activities such as proposal development, contracting, stakeholder alignment, and fact-based analysis.
- Collaborate with Visa product teams, global hubs, and functional experts to bring specialized knowledge into engagements.
- Design and deliver compelling presentations to executive-level client stakeholders.
- Identify and surface opportunities for client projects in tech innovation and process optimization.
- Manage and coach team members, fostering growth and ensuring high-quality deliverables.
- Contribute to the development of analytical models, methodologies, and standardized VCA offerings.
- Produce thought leadership and best practices in tech innovation and AI-driven strategies.
What We're Looking For
- 10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree, or at least 8 years with an Advanced Degree (e.g., Masters/MBA/JD/MD), or at least 3 years with a PhD.
Nice to Have
- 12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree, or 8-10 years with an Advanced Degree, or 6+ years with a PhD.
- Fluent Japanese and business-level proficiency in English.
- 12+ years of high-performance experience in strategy consulting, product management, or project management.
- Proven track record managing complex, cross-functional, and cross-regional projects.
- Superior analytical and problem-solving skills with demonstrated intellectual rigor.
- Strong team orientation with a collaborative, diplomatic, and adaptable style.
- Exceptional attention to detail, ensuring the highest quality in reports and data analysis.
- Excellent presentation and written communication abilities.
- Self-motivated and results-driven, adept at managing multiple priorities.
- Flexible mindset with resilience, able to adjust plans while managing client expectations.
- Strong commercial acumen, with experience developing business cases and demonstrating ROI.
- Passion for analytics and its power to inform strategy and tactics.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire team members toward high performance.
- Experience in the payments, banking, or technology sectors.
- Familiarity with statistical analysis, modeling, and scoring schemes.
- Demonstrated experience managing and developing teams, including performance management and coaching.
Team & Environment
This role is part of the Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) Dedicated Team within Japan.
Work Mode
This position offers a hybrid work mode and is located in Japan.
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.
