Vice President, Head of Visa Consulting & Analytics, Singapore, Malaysia & Thailand (SMT) and Global Clients

About Us

Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.

Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.

Job Description

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Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA) provides consulting, analytics and implementation services solutions to help businesses optimize their payment strategies and operations. Our offerings are designed to leverage Visa's extensive data, technology, and expertise in the payments industry to deliver actionable insights and strategies that drive business growth and efficiency. Key areas covered include strategy, digital and AI transformation, portfolio management and risk management.

This role reports to the SVP, Head of VCA, AP and the SVP, Group Country Manager, SMT and will be a key member of both the Asia Pacific VCA leadership team as well as the SMT leadership team.

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• Drive business development - Secure long-term advisory engagements and partnerships by assessing client needs, proposing relevant VCA services and Visa cross-functional services, scoping and pricing, and confirming new projects.
• P&L Ownership - Balance short-term and long-term financial outcomes for the business in line with broader growth aspirations.
• Cultivate deep executive-level relationships with Visa’s clients and partners – Banks / Issuers, Acquirers, and Merchants & Fintech firms through a combination of thought leadership activities and delivering high quality and high impact engagements.
• Partner closely with Country Managers, Account Executives and other cross-functional teams to deliver holistic solutions leveraging Visa’s consumer, commercial, and value-added services.
• Attract and develop high-quality talent across the SMT markets, establishing a strong pipeline of future leaders for VCA and Visa. Whythisisimportantto****Visa:

This is a critical leadership role responsible for driving Visa’s payments advisory strategy, strengthening executive-level client partnerships and delivering data-driven insights that accelerate growth across the region. This role leads multidisciplinary consulting, data science, and implementation teams to deliver high-impact solutions, leveraging Visa products and services to inform client strategy, optimize portfolios and advance digital transformation initiatives. As a key contributor to Visa’s regional commercial agenda, this role shapes market-specific advisory offerings, orchestrates cross-functional collaboration and provides thought leadership that positions Visa as the leading payments partner across diverse and rapidly evolving markets.

Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

What you will need:

• 20+ years of experience in management consulting with a top-tier consulting firm, including exposure to financial services / payments consulting in Asia Pacific.
• Demonstrated ability to structure, sell and deliver large-scale transformation programs by addressing complex change agenda, leading large multi-market teams, and managing senior client relationships.
• Strong pre-existing network of relationships with mid-to-senior banking executives in the Singapore, Malaysia or Thailand markets.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to navigate large global, matrixed organizations to effectively drive alignment and execution of strategic goals.
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