Senior Manager, Generalist

Company Description

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.**

**Job Description**:
The Senior Manager will be part of the Visa Consulting and Analytics organization in GCC and NALP which delivers advisory and implementation projects to our clients across MENA (GCC and NALP). We are looking for motivated individuals to join our growing practice to lead the work on consulting projects, develop detailed analyses, derive relevant insights, and shape clients’ strategies.

Responsibilities include:

- Lead and/or be part of consulting engagements across practice areas (portfolio, digital, risk), including but not limited to the following:

- Assume full project management responsibility for the assigned project and be the primary liaison with the client and internal stakeholders for project updates
- Develop projects delivery frameworks and execute against them
- Plan and structure benchmarking and market research as required, and undertake the same
- Lead or contribute to internal and external problem-solving sessions
- Lead and coach other team members other project
- Prepare for, and participate in, client discussions
- Lead project deliveries
- Present project deliverables to clients
- Use Visa and external data to analyze client needs across the focus markets and identify opportunities for consulting assignments with Visa’s key clients
- Support and contribute to sales pitches
- Collaborate with VCA colleagues, Visa account executives and other Visa functions to cultivate and manage a pipeline of engagement opportunities with the largest banks and merchants in the region
- Work closely with other Visa groups, including Products, BD, Risk, Marketing, Digital Solutions, Digital Partnerships & Ventures, Innovation Center etc., to ensure a seamless Consulting projects delivery
- When needed, contribute to the development of VCA’s practice areas in terms of product development

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent. Master’s degree preferred
- 10 years of overall work experience
- 5 years of solid experience in payments, experience should be gained within a top-tier bank or the financial services practice of a top-tier consulting firm
- At least 2 years of experience in management consulting and deep consulting skills and client engagement capabilities including
- Comfortable interacting with and presenting to senior management of clients and Visa.
- Highly analytical with advanced PowerPoint skills and Excel skills.
- Superior project management skills. Fluent communicator
- Results driven, flexible and both internally and externally customer focused
- Able to travel frequently and work on client site
- Self-motivated and able to use own initiative with limited direction
- Strong teamwork and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with inter-disciplinary groups
- Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
- Arabic speaker preferred
- Frequent travel required
- Position based in Cairo

Additional Information

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.