Client Services (CS) provides industry-leading operational support to Visa’s clients around the world. With our deep knowledge and expertise, we are a key internal Partner to product and Technology, bringing the voice of the customer into the design, development and successful deployment of Visa products and services. and enabling our client facing teams to deliver and scale new products, services and initiatives into the market.
You will operate as an individual contributor and be responsible for driving operational excellence, continuous improvement and client engagement in collaboration with cross-functional partners, primarily focused on the client delivery and support of Visa Commercial Solutions and Visa Government Solutions products and services. This role involves working with client-facing staff that support financial institutions and collaborating with cross-functional leaders to drive requirements for best-in-class client service delivery.
- Provide technical expertise, project management and support to the Visa commercial Solutions
- Responsible for efforts to optimise performance of platforms, drive supportability, help prioritize resolution to client problems, client-facing release management, change management, and align external communications
- Partner with Product teams to shape go-to-market strategies and processes and ensure the needs of the VCS organization are accounted for prior to launch of new feature/functionality and commercial services.
- Contribute to product roadmaps, enhancement requests, and coordinating the development of artifacts such as implementation guides, training, client communications, FAQs, etc.
This role is expected to be a specialist across all products coming into the region, working across the organization cross-functionally and globally, developing key internal partnerships, achieving results through influence, and executing through collaboration to successfully and continuously improve operations. This role requires a client-focused mindset with the perseverance to drive longer-term change for an evolving business and service model.
Essential Functions
- Assesses and leads initiatives that may impact clients and client-facing staff from a business perspective including changes to existing products, implementations of new features and releases. Ensures communication objectives are achieved and unanticipated impacts are mitigated
- Liaise with Product and Technology teams to identify support and implementation requirements for VBS product and services
- As a subject matter expert, acquire and maintain a deep understanding of supported services to assist with training, and advise internal implementation and support teams on product functionality
- Participate in regional New Business initiatives and Demand Commitment Forums.
- Coordinate with internal business and technology teams to capture requirements, define scope and identify implementation strategies for complex client data services products and capabilities
- Provide consulting and technical expertise to structure an effective implementation approach
- Perform impact assessments to ensure overall effectiveness of the support organization
- Implement methodologies for analyzing change, identifying impacts, and communicating potential impacts (change management)
- Manages a suite of projects to deploy and enhance the Visa Commercial Solutions support model, support capabilities, and client service
- Provide consulting related to service delivery and support of clients/markets to internal stakeholder organizations including Sales, Product, Technology, Risk and Legal. Brings the Voice of the Client to cross-functional teams.
- Monitor activation of product/service changes, proactively identifying and manage any processing or business issues experienced at go-live. Facilitates release management from a client point of view.
- Develops internal and external communications (release status, meeting minutes, dashboards, etc.), providing regular and consistent updates to appropriate parties
- Self-manage operational initiatives, issues, events, special projects, and unique client-driven requests
- Drives prioritization of issues and platform defects with cross-functional leaders to achieve KPIs and solve for client needs
- Proactively identify opportunities and implement recommendations to increase service quality and/or efficiency.
This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.
Experience
- Hands on experience with cards, payments networks, or B2B payments
- Previous experience with implementations, client consulting, and client support
- Experience working in multi-level operations groups and different client-focused service models, including previous experience working with contact centers
- Demonstrated experience learning and working with complex, integrated platforms
- Ability to comprehend and articulate complex technical concepts or processes into layman’s terms
- Self-starter with a demonstrated ability to independently learn, develop skills and achieve results as part of an effective team
- Experience managing data migration or integration projects
- Experience working with financial data, and knowledge in secure communication protocol such as SFTP, FTP/S and HTTPS
- Knowledge in application programing interfaces (APIs) gateways
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex, cross-functional issues exercising critical thinking and sound judgment
- Track record of building and maintaining strong business relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Strong understanding of Information Technology, Security, Compliance, and Service Management concepts
- Hands-on experience in managing sensitive situations, providing client consultative support, and driving cross-functional remediation and solutions
- Proven ability to set priorities, meet deadlines, influence others, and manage customer expectation
- Strong oral and written communications
- Proficient with MS Office tools (e.g., MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, etc.).
- Demonstrated influencing and negotiation skills
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.
