Director – Client Consulting
About the job
- Demonstrated experience in client-facing consulting roles with at least 5 years of consulting experience.
- Proven ability to structure complex business problems and develop actionable recommendations for clients.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex client-facing engagements and managing executive stakeholder relationships.
- Experience presenting recommendations and influencing decisions at C-level executive and senior management levels.
- Strong strategic thinking, analytical problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities in a dynamic environment.
- Native-level Japanese and business-level English communication skills.
- Lead strategic consulting engagements focused on payments, portfolio growth, customer acquisition, customer engagement, loyalty, digital transformation, and business growth.
- Serve as a strategic advisor to major financial institutions and ecosystem partners in Japan, helping clients accelerate growth, strengthen customer value propositions, and drive business transformation.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and provide strategic recommendations to support clients' business objectives.
- Develop data-driven insights and executive-level presentations to address complex business challenges.
- Lead cross-functional project teams and ensure successful delivery of consulting engagements with high quality and measurable client impact.
- Collaborate closely with Visa account executives and product specialists to identify client needs and develop new consulting opportunities.
- Contribute to the growth of Visa Consulting & Analytics by supporting revenue generation, client development, and thought leadership initiatives.
- Mentor and coach consultants and managers to strengthen team capabilities and support professional development.
- Work collaboratively across Visa functions, including Product, Marketing, Data Science, Risk, Client Services, and Sales teams.
- Experience in strategic consulting, corporate strategy, business transformation, or related advisory roles.
- Experience in financial services, payments, banking, fintech, digital commerce, or related industries.
- Experience developing growth strategies, product strategies, customer engagement strategies, or loyalty strategies.
- Experience leveraging data and analytics to develop business insights and recommendations.
- Track record of identifying business opportunities and supporting client or business growth.
- Experience mentoring and developing high-performing teams.
About the company
Visa runs a global payment network that connects banks, merchants and consumers so card purchases and money transfers move between financial institutions. Its VisaNet system handles authorization, clearing and settlement, linking the bank behind a buyer's card with the bank that accepts a merchant's payment. The company earns fees from payment activity, transaction processing and international transactions, and sells fraud prevention tools, payment software and consulting services to businesses. Banks and other partners issue Visa branded cards and use its technology to build their own payment products. Visa traces its roots to a Bank of America card program launched in 1958 and is headquartered in San Francisco.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$9.6M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
1958
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Visa demand keeps growing: July 2026 results showed quarterly revenue up 14% to $11.6 billion.
- Advisory staff get structured training: Visa University has over 50 learning modules for its consulting and analytics teams.
- Visa is capturing stablecoin activity: September 2026 settlement volume exceeded a $20 billion annualized run rate.
What critics are saying
- Visa must pay partners more: July 2026 results showed client incentives up 18%, faster than revenue.
- Visa faces pressure on its debit contracts: the Justice Department seeks restrictions on alleged anticompetitive practices.
- Technology and product jobs face cuts: Visa announced about 2,600 planned layoffs in July 2026.
What makes Visa unique
- Visa reaches everyday checkout at scale: its cards are accepted at over 175 million merchant locations.
- Visa avoids consumer lending exposure: it bears no cardholder credit risk.
- Visa Direct extends beyond cards: it reaches approximately 12 billion bank account, wallet and card endpoints.
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Disability Insurance.
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