Senior Manager

We are currently looking for a Senior Manager to lead consulting engagements for our clients in Japan, supporting strategy and new business development in Consumer Issuing.

The Senior Manager will lead engagements and act as the main focal point, coordinating between the client team, junior team members, other internal local/global stakeholders, and outsourcing partners. The Senior Manager will be responsible for managing various initiatives between Visa and the client, including scoping, proposing, contracting, and delivering projects.

Responsibilities:

• Drive initiative development to support the client's consumer issuing business growth using strategic consulting methodologies
• Build and maintain a deep, up-to-date understanding of Visa's product specifications and capabilities
• Drive high-quality delivery by fully leveraging both strategic consulting and business PMO skills
• Build and manage client relationships from department-head level and above
• Coach and develop junior team members

Qualifications:

• Fluent Japanese and at least business level English proficiency
• Deep experience and a track record of high performance in strategy and business consulting, or project management (+ 8 years)
• Deep experience in managing complex cross-functional and cross-regional projects
• Proven ability to build data-driven hypotheses, generate insights from data, and translate ambiguous, abstract guidance into concrete, actionable plans
• A strong command of Visa's product specifications, with the ability to apply that knowledge to drive project execution
• Demonstrated experience building and managing relationships with department-head-level and above client stakeholders
• Experience leading cross-functional discussions and aligning diverse internal stakeholders around a shared point of view
• Strong team orientation with a collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible style
• Excellent presentation skills, including strong oral and written capabilities
• Self-motivated, results-oriented individual with the ability to progress multiple priorities concurrently
• Flexible mindset to revise plans and scopes while managing clients' expectations
• Strong commercial acumen, with experience in developing business cases with proven ROI