Visa Consulting & Analytics Graduate Lisboa

Overview

Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA) teams help key clients, including global banks, retailers, local Fin
Techs and governments, solve strategic payment challenges and identify opportunities by supporting benchmarking, ideation, definition, implementation and monitoring of recommendations. This
-
- end support helps clients achieve scale, competitive advantage and speed to market in the digital age.

Exemplary projects include addressing questions such as:

How can a retail bank drive activation and usage of payment solutions (e. g. , cards) in specific customer segments?

How can an airline build and enhance its payment value proposition for consumers and/or small businesses?

How can a credit card issuer use emerging technologies like open banking to acquire new customers?

How can an acquirer or merchant better understand customer loyalty?

VCA engages clients across Europe and is organized into teams in the UK & Ireland, Southern Europe, Nordics & Baltics, Central Eastern Europe, and Central Europe. The current position is to join our Global Graduate programme within the Southern Europe cluster and is based in Portugal, Lisbon.

Responsibilities

• Help drive business insights with data gathering and market trend analysis thanks to our data analytics powered by Visa data.
• Support the VCA team in the delivery of projects for Visa clients across various domains, from payments, digital, products to strategy, including project management.
• Co-lead
  -
  - market activities including workshops, client meetings, content development, etc.
• Complete detailed analysis on client data and identify preliminary trends and themes with some guidance.
• Conduct market research and data analysis to identify insights in the payment industry.
• Support senior consultants in developing and delivering
  - quality advisory solutions to clients, such as business strategy, product development & pricing, customer segmentation and customer experience improvement.

Visa’s Graduate Programme

This is a 2-year programme, where you are supported with various skills and development sessions throughout your time as a Graduate.

What you will gain

• Work alongside an experienced and dynamic team, as well as top clients, expanding your knowledge in the payments sector and our consulting practices.
• Gain access to ad hoc training resources such as Buddy, Mentor, your own learning path, project coaching and more, including Visa University.
• Develop your management consulting skills in a global
  - leading consulting organization with
  - notch practices.
• Access Visa’s benefits and relocation allowance when applicable.

Visa Europe is home to a talented team of 15, 000 individuals. Our campaign YOUniqueness, Accepted Everywhere is about unleashing the talent and potential that is uniquely their own. We’re looking for the next generation of change agents – dreamers and creatives – who are fascinated by new technology and want to be empowered to change the way business is done.

Requirements

• Graduated in 2025 or graduating summer 2026 – ready to start the role on September 1st, 2026.
• Full, permanent, right to work in Portugal. Visa will not provide sponsorship for this role.
• Effective communication skills – oral and written fluency in Portuguese is required in addition to a high level of English (written/spoken).
• Proficient storytelling, including delivery of executive documents and presentations.
• Curious mindset with an interest in solving problems, along with strong analytical and quantitative skills, driving insight from data analysis.
• Demonstrated teamwork and
  - building skills.
• Interest in technology and the payments industry.

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

If you require any support during the recruitment process for any reasons, including those related to a disability, please let us know and we will be in contact to discuss this with you.

This is a hybrid position; employees are expected to work from the office 3 set days a week (determined by leadership on site).

Please submit your CV in English.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.