Director - Artificial Intelligence AI Consulting
Director - Artificial Intelligence AI Consulting
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Job Description
Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA) drives tangible impactful results for Visas network clients including financial services and merchants. Drawing on our expertise in strategy consulting data analytics operational excellence and digital innovation Visa Consulting and Analytics solves the most strategic problems for our clients.
The Product Experience Design & Digital Consulting Practic e within VCA provides consulting solutions and services for Visas clients in Canada and US. We are genuinely passionate about digital analytics and push the boundaries on how we continuously reimagine our solutions for our clients.
The VCA team is looking for a Director of Artificial Intelligence Consulting to lead our AI consulting practice and drive highimpact projects for Visas clients in the NA region. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker who seeks to innovate in this rapidly evolving space and who can articulate and create impactful consulting offerings.
You will be responsible for helping the broader team achieve its annual targets and for operational responsibilities (e.g. pipeline reporting crafting clientfacing collateral writing proposals and leading delivery teams). You have strong executive presence with clients including senior leaders.
The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of AI consulting with the ability to speak confidently with highly technical client teams and work in a broad array of data and IT systems to help solve client problems. Experience in both Generative and Predictive AI/Machine Learning consulting or product development is essential.
Ultimately the successful candidate will be a dynamic business leader with a passion for using Artificial Intelligence to solve a broad array of client challenges.
Essential Functions
Consultative Selling
Uncover client needs challenges and opportunities with respect to AI strategy and implementation services.
Develop new and innovative AI offerings at a broad range of scales for our clients across North America.
Present a combination of custom and scaled AI solutions to clients that genuinely address their needs.
Quantify the value and differentiation of the AI solution for clients.
Define the AI value proposition and develop sales collateral including sales presentations.
Develop offering price/staffing strategy and ensure offering profitability.
Solution Delivery
Strong project management skills.
Manage multiple client AI projects simultaneously while building new solutions for our practice.
Ensure ontime completion of projects that deliver on our promise to clients
Customer Centricity
Strong executive presence.
Speak confidently to technical and nontechnical aspects of AI solutions.
Be comfortable working across the spectrum of Visa clients from institutional banking relationships merchants acquirers enablers to fintech startups.
Industry Knowledge
Maintain a deep understanding of the competitive environment for AI solutions and use that knowledge to articulate the differentiated value we offer.
Communications.
Demonstrate executive presence in leading conversations with clients and internal senior leaders at Visa.
Communicate across functional stakeholders (for varying levels and technical expertise).
Incentivize crossfunctional teamwork by aligning incentives.
Possess strong diplomacy skills and foster goodwill between different groups.
People Leadership
Demonstrate the ability to lead and motivate teams in a highspeed environment.
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 23 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.
Qualifications :
Basic Qualifications
- 10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/ MBA/JD/MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD
Preferred Qualifications
- 12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 810 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD MD) or 6 years of work experience with a PhD
- 8 or more years of consulting analytics or AI/ML experience.
- Analytical thinker creatively confident teamoriented collaborative diplomatic and flexible with excellent presentation skills including strong oral and writing capabilities.
- Proven ability to work on complex and often ambiguous problems to drive results.
- Resilient in navigating through ambiguity and translating the theoretical to applicable.
- Must have a growth mindset that embraces creativity optimism ambiguity and failing fast.
- Leadership in the AI analytics or AI consulting field with experience in building team capabilities in AI or business analytics
Additional Information :
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 welcomes and encourages applications from persons with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
