Consultant - Acceptance Go-to-Market Services (GTMS)

About the role

Visa is looking for a Consultant to lead global initiatives that improve the adoption, readiness and performance of Visa Acceptance Network Products. The role uses data, client insight and cross-functional program leadership to strengthen issuer support, originator adoption, client onboarding and post-production performance across regions. It covers products such as Account Verification (AV), Account Name Inquiry (ANI), Address Verification Service (AVS), Visa Account Updater (VAU), Anticipated Amount Verification (AAV), Age/Birthdate Validate, Smarter Retry and other in-scope launches. At least 3 days per week must be spent in the office.

Key responsibilities

• Identify adoption and performance gaps across issuers, acquirers and merchants, then support targeted activation, migration, optimization and cross-sell programs.
• Monitor fulfilment, match rates, approval performance, utilization and client readiness, and turn findings into remediation plans with Product, regional and client-facing teams.
• Help build a consistent, integrated onboarding journey with clear prerequisites, documentation, hand-offs and implementation support for CSM, TAM and Client Services teams.
• Coordinate client and internal readiness for new or expanding products, including pilots, enablement, collateral, issue resolution and regional rollout support.
• Set up feedback loops and monitoring for product performance, cases and incidents, and recommend corrective actions.
• Develop country, regional and global reporting on readiness, adoption, performance, risks and value opportunities.
• Analyze large datasets to find gaps and root causes, and present clear recommendations to senior executives.
• Design dashboards, reporting methodologies and governance for adoption, readiness, compliance and post-production performance.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a quantitative, technical, business or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6-8 years of relevant experience in payments, banking, financial services, consulting, analytics or a similar data-intensive environment.
• Proven project management experience across multiple functions and concurrent workstreams.
• Strong stakeholder management and the ability to influence without direct authority.
• English required; Spanish desired.

Required skills

• Advanced analytical and problem-solving capability, turning transaction and client data into decisions.
• Experience with large-scale reporting and visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau and Excel.
• Working knowledge of payment message data, including ISO 8583 concepts, is desirable.
• Hands-on experience leading data-driven optimization, client enablement, operational readiness or product-performance initiatives.
• Experience with AI-assisted analytics or workflow automation is an advantage.