Payments Consulting & Implementation Manager

About Us
Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.

Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.

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Job Description

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.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Location: Copenhagen, Carlsberg Byen (Hybrid)

What's it all about?

Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA) is the consulting arm of Visa, and drives tangible, impactful and financial results for Visa’s network clients, including both financial services 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.

VCA Implementation Services (VIS) extends Visa’s consulting capabilities by turning strategic recommendations into practical, scalable solutions. We help clients implement change effectively, accelerate adoption, and realize value faster in an increasingly digital payments landscape.

As a Payments Consulting & Implementation Manager, you will bridge strategic ambition and real-world execution, helping leading clients turn complex payment transformations into practical, scalable solutions. You will join our Copenhagen-based team and report to the Senior Manager, Payments Consulting & Implementation, Denmark.

Primarily focused on delivering VIS engagements in Denmark, the role will also support broader VCA consulting and commercial activities and may contribute to projects across the Nordics and other markets. You will lead complex card and payment implementation, development, and migration projects from current state to target solution, applying industry best practices and experience from major transformation programmes.

What you’ll do:

• Plan and execute high-quality change initiatives from current state to target solution, ensuring timely delivery and measurable outcomes.
• Lead cross-functional teams comprising Visa, client, and third-party resources, providing clear visibility into progress, dependencies, risks, and outcomes.
• Actively engage and manage key stakeholders.
• Ensure collaboration and integration within change initiatives.
• Understand and support the realisation of clients' business objectives, needs, and plans.
• Support commercial efforts by identifying opportunities, positioning Visa solutions, creating client value, and supporting sales efforts.
• Identify opportunities for improvements in ways of working.
• Provide thought leadership and contribute to projects shaping the future of payments and retail banking.
• Coordinate with Visa Hub teams to provide support, additional information, and best practices.
  

Qualifications

What we’re after…

• Understanding of card and payment products and the wider payments ecosystem.
• Strong interest in digital payment innovation and emerging technologies, and their potential applications across the payments ecosystem.
• A proactive, hands-on doer with a solution-oriented and results-driven mindset, focused on turning ideas into action and delivering measurable outcomes.
• A management consulting background, with a strong ability to position services effectively, build client trust, and support commercial development.
• Relevant management consulting experience within payments or financial services, with a proven ability to lead complex business and technology projects end to end.
• Previous experience liaising between the business and the technical teams
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills for engaging with stakeholders including at senior executive levels
• Ability to manage project dependencies and project associated risks
• Experience in transformation and business readiness
• Ability to manage and support project team members (Visa and client).
• Proven experience of delivery techniques, methodologies, and best practices (Waterfall and Agile)
• Fluent in English and Danish, both verbally and in writing. Proficiency in another Nordic language is an advantage.

Additional Information

This is a hybrid role, with an expectation of working from the Copenhagen office three days per week (approximately 60%), subject to business needs. Occasional travel within Denmark and across the Nordic region may be required to support client engagements and project delivery.

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, 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.

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.

Visa welcome and encourages application from persons with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.