Company Description

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.

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Job Description

Team Summary

Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) drives tangible, impactful and financial results for Visa's clients, including card issuers, acquirers, and merchants. Drawing on our expertise in strategy consulting, data analytics, brand management, marketing, operations and macroeconomics, VCA solves the most strategic problems for our clients.

The VCA team within Japan provides a comprehensive range of consulting services and solutions to our clients in Japan, that address unique challenges in areas such as strategic growth, profitability, risk management and digital strategy.

VCA Managed Services members play a key role in enhancing the partnership with one of Visa Japan’s largest clients by supporting strategic planning and implementation of their most strategic initiatives.

What a Manager, VCA Managed Services does at Visa:

We are currently looking for a Manager to drive consulting engagements and support the sell-in of Visa risk and security solutions for one of our largest clients in Japan, contributing to the enhancement of their risk management and security strategies. The Manager will manage consulting projects or workstreams, facilitate the adoption of Visa’s risk and security solutions, and act as a key point of contact for the client’s risk and security initiatives, working closely with client teams, their manager, and internal local/global stakeholders as needed.

Responsibilities:

• Drive initiative implementation to strengthen clients’ risk management and security capabilities by applying Visa solutions and consulting methodologies, such as clarifying key questions, gathering and analyzing quantitative data, and assisting in developing actionable recommendations in collaboration with internal stakeholders. Example areas of support include:

  • Supporting the development and execution of risk management and fraud prevention strategies

  • Assisting in the design, rollout, and enablement of new security solutions, controls, or customer authentication processes

  • Contributing to the adoption and implementation of Visa risk and security solutions, collaborating with cross-functional teams in both English and Japanese

• Build and maintain effective relationships with client risk teams, compliance managers, and key stakeholders to facilitate project execution and ensure client needs are met

• Deliver high-quality project outcomes by utilizing consulting and/or product management skills, coordinating with subject matter experts such as fraud analysts, security specialists, and client service representatives in Japan and overseas

• Consult with and report to their manager as needed to ensure alignment of project direction and quality of project outputs

• Develop expertise in payment risk and security, identify emerging threats and trends, and contribute to internal knowledge sharing and best practice documentation

• Manage project setup and administrative tasks, including preparing contracts, supporting internal reporting, and following compliance procedures to ensure smooth project delivery

• This is a hybrid position: in-office requirements will be confirmed by your hiring manager

Why this is important to Visa

Our purpose is to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

VCA’s services allow our clients to boost their business performance by leveraging Visa’s expansive solution, thought leadership, and market insights and data. This in turn drives Visa’s business, creating a win-win relationship where both client and Visa’s incentives are aligned to grow the business. This dynamic combined with the long-term relationship we have with clients enables a deeper level of engagement and impact compared to traditional consulting firms. VCA projects also help drive Visa Japan’s strategic initiatives and accelerate Japan’s transformation to a cashless society.

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

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

You will bring solid professional experience and a strong curiosity about payments risk and security, eager to deepen your expertise by working with an experienced team. You are client-focused, comfortable managing risk and security projects or workstreams from planning through execution, and enjoy collaborating closely with clients to support their risk management and security objectives.

Specific skills and experience required:
-Fluent Japanese and business-level proficiency in English
-7+ years of relevant experience in strategy consulting, product management, project management, or risk and security roles
-Demonstrated experience managing or supporting complex, cross-functional projects
-Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and intellectual rigor
-Effective team player with a collaborative, diplomatic, and adaptable approach: able to work well in a matrixed organization
-High standard for quality in reports and data analysis
-Strong oral and written communication skills, including clear and professional presentations
-Self-motivated and results-driven: able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and deadlines
-Flexible mindset with resilience: able to adapt to changing circumstances and client needs
-Commercial awareness, with experience supporting business case development and understanding of project ROI
-Interest in analytics and its role in informing risk management, security, and business decisions: able to generate actionable insights from data
-Willingness to consult with and report to senior team members to ensure alignment and quality outcomes

Preferred Qualifications
-Experience in the payments, banking, or technology sectors: understanding of risk, fraud prevention, security, or compliance in these industries is a plus
-Experience supporting risk management, security solution implementation, or incident response initiatives
-Familiarity with statistical analysis, fraud detection, risk modeling, or security scoring methods

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.