Strategy Analyst

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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The Analyst will be a member of Visa’s CEMEA Corporate Strategy team. The team plays a key role in shaping Visa’s long-term strategy and solving enterprise-level questions and challenges, often partnering with executives and business leaders across Visa’s organization.  Recent initiatives have addressed such topics as go-to-market strategy, product strategy, and partnership/acquisition opportunities – many of which have been internationally focused. The team is also responsible for developing competitive intelligence and thought leadership on emerging trends in payments and technology. The position will be based at Visa’s CEMEA headquarters in Dubai.

Specific Responsibilities Include:

• Breakdown complex business problems, define a structured approach to addressing the component parts, formulate hypotheses and supporting project worksteps
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis bringing a fresh and differentiated perspective, and supporting proposed recommendations
• Drive thought leadership with creative, novel, disruptive, but highly practical and implementable solutions to the challenges faced by business owners
• Develop clear, simple and impactful executive level communications, with a strong ability to persuade and influence senior decision makers
• Demonstrate outstanding people skills including supporting colleagues and acting as a magnet for future top talent to the strategy team

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.

• Bachelor's degree from top-tier institution or similar academic experience required
• +2 years of relevant industry or management consulting experience required

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.