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About Visa and the Consulting Manager Role

Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions across more than 200 countries and territories. At Visa, individuals have the opportunity to create impact at scale, address meaningful challenges, and develop their skills. We are seeking a Consulting Manager to join our team in Riyadh, KSA, on a full-time basis.

Role Overview

The Consulting Manager will play a key role in delivering consulting engagements for clients in KSA. This position involves identifying strategic opportunities, solving business problems, and delivering measurable impact. The role combines client problem-solving, project leadership, stakeholder management, commercial support, and team development. It is well-suited for candidates with strong consulting toolkit capabilities, experience in payments or financial services, and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day delivery of consulting engagements, ensuring high-quality outputs, practical recommendations, and strong client impact.
• Translate complex business questions into structured analyses, insights, and executive-level storylines.
• Develop client recommendations grounded in data, market context, and Visa’s capabilities.
• Manage multiple workstreams and priorities simultaneously while maintaining delivery quality and timelines.
• Serve as a trusted day-to-day contact for client teams and internal stakeholders.
• Support senior client discussions by clearly articulating findings, risks, recommendations, and implementation considerations.
• Manage client feedback, pushback, and evolving requirements in a constructive and solution-oriented manner.
• Partner closely with cross-functional Visa teams, including Product, Sales, Marketing, Risk, and Innovation, to shape relevant client solutions.
• Support the development of proposals and consulting pitches by transforming client issues into commercially viable problem statements and workplans.
• Identify follow-on opportunities and contribute to pipeline growth by linking current delivery to broader client needs.
• Participate in strategic planning discussions with internal teams and help shape future engagements.
• Oversee project workstreams, coordinate team members, and ensure deliverables are completed on time and to a high standard.
• Coach junior team members and contribute to capability building through mentorship, feedback, and knowledge sharing.
• Help build a strong team culture by promoting collaboration, accountability, and excellence in execution.
• Contribute to the development of internal methodologies, reusable assets, and intellectual property.
• Build expertise in priority consulting topics and become a credible advisor internally and externally.
• Bring external market insights and innovation to client engagements, particularly in areas relevant to KSA and the broader GCC.

Qualifications and Experience

• 5-10 years of professional experience, demonstrating a strong consulting toolkit.
• Proven experience in the payments or financial services industry.
• Ability to operate effectively within a fast-paced, matrixed organizational environment.

Work Environment

This full-time role requires a minimum of three days in the office. Specific expectations regarding in-office presence will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Visa is an Equal Employment Opportunity (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.