Director, AI Strategy Practice, Visa Consulting & Analytics - job 1 of 3

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.

Team Summary:

Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) is Visa's client-facing consulting division, serving Visa's clients (including card issuers, acquirers and merchants) and solving their strategic problems linked to money movement. Drawing on our expertise in strategy consulting, payments, data analytics, marketing, operational and macroeconomics, VCA drives high impact and tangible financial results. In Asia Pacific (AP), VCA has two types of teams – (1) Geo team, focused on serving the accounts in their geography and (2) Practice Area teams, focused on providing and deepening expertise in functional topics such as risk, digital, corporate banking, AI, etc.

What A Consulting Director – AI Practice, Asia Pacific does at VISA:

As a Director in our AI Consulting Practice, you will play a pivotal role in developing and expanding our AI consulting services across the Asia Pacific region. You will contribute not only to AI consulting delivery, but also to developing thought leadership by creating consulting practice materials, such as set-plays, pitch decks, and whitepapers. Collaborating closely with Visa’s Intelligence & Data Science teams and leveraging Visa's products and solutions in the AI space, you will build solutions that drive client growth and success. Additionally, you will develop industry landscape evaluations and best practices to inform strategic decisions. This role requires a deep understanding of AI technologies, trends, and best practices, and the ability to translate these into actionable consulting strategies.

Key responsibilities include:

Every day is different but a sample of the things you can expect to accomplish include 1) Project Leadership, 2) Business Development and 3) Thought Leadership to lead the delivery of AI advisory engagements across Asia Pacific.

• Business Development: Prepare client proposals and project plans, identifying dependencies, roles and responsibilities, scope and deliverables

• Projects, typically 2-4 months in duration, may include strategizing how to incorporate AI better into clients' businesses to drive growth. In doing so, a deep understanding of clients' businesses, particularly in the payment sector, will be critical.

• Business development and project delivery support for the local market will also be required.

• Thought Leadership, Practice and Solution Development: As one of Visa’s regional specialist practices, AI Practice also develops set plays from popular solutions/engagements and other assets that Visa’s market teams can use to scale reach and impact

Why is this important to VISA:

With the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), the payments industry is undergoing significant transformation. AI has the potential to revolutionize business operations, enhance efficiency, and deliver superior customer experiences. Visa's extensive reach, rich data sets, and technological advancements uniquely position us to assist businesses in integrating AI into their operations. This role is vital for Visa as it helps clients optimize payment processes, uncover new revenue streams, and stay competitive in a fast-changing industry. As a Director in our AI Consulting Practice, you will be crucial in helping Visa leverage AI to solve strategic challenges for our clients and drive growth, reinforcing Visa's leadership in the payments ecosystem.

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

Basic Qualifications
•12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 8
years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/
MBA/JD/MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications
•Experience: Minimum 12 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree
or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g.,
Masters/MBA) in consulting and/or tech, with a significant focus on AI
technologies, trends, and best practices.
•Outstanding problem-solving skills, with demonstrated ability to think creatively
and strategically
•Strong financial acumen and understanding of profitability drivers of financial
institutions
•Ability to translate strategy into an internal and external narrative and to
connect the dots between product development, strategy development,
operating plans and execution, data driven insights, business acumen and
finance
•Excellent communication skills plus the maturity and capability to interact and
influence across multiple levels and organizations internal and external to Visa
•Strong executive presence as well as discipline

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.