Job Title:

Managing Consultant – Strategy & Transformation, Advisors & Consulting Services

Overview:

Managing Consultant – Strategy & Transformation

Advisors & Consulting Services

Services within Mastercard is responsible for acquiring, engaging, and retaining customers by managing fraud and risk, enhancing cybersecurity, and improving the digital payments experience. We provide value-added services and leverage expertise, data-driven insights, and execution. Our Advisors & Consulting Services team combines traditional management consulting with Mastercard’s rich data assets, proprietary platforms, and technologies to provide clients with powerful strategic insights and recommendations. Our teams work with a diverse global customer base across industries, from banking and payments to retail and restaurants.

The Advisors & Consulting Services group has five specializations: Strategy & Transformation, Performance Analytics, Business Experimentation, Marketing, and Program Management. Our Strategy & Transformation consultants lead clients through impactful decision-making as they tackle strategic, tactical, operational, and transformational business challenges. They apply a broad set of problem-solving techniques to improve the client’s overall strategy, performance, and operations.

Positions for different specializations and levels are available in separate job postings. Please review our consulting specializations to learn more about all opportunities and apply for the position that is best suited to your background and experience: https://careers.mastercard.com/us/en/consulting-specializations-at-mastercard

Roles and Responsibilities

Client Impact

Lead client engagements across a range of industries and problem statements

Develop strategies and programs for large, regional, and global clients by leveraging data and technology solutions to unlock client value

Own key relationships with mid-level to senior client stakeholders and independently assess client agenda, internal culture, and change readiness



Team Collaboration & Culture

Lead team to creative insights and sound business recommendations, and deliver impactful client presentations while growing team members’ roles and skills

Provide analytical and day-to-day project delivery team leadership, and create a collaborative and inclusive environment for all levels

Collaborate with internal Mastercard stakeholders including Product and Business Development to scope projects, create relevant solutions for clients, and build the firm's intellectual capital

Provide on-the-job training, coaching, and mentorship to junior consultants



Qualifications

Basic qualifications

Undergraduate degree with work experience in consulting, corporate strategy, business intelligence, business line management, or product management

Experience coaching and managing teams across multiple consulting engagements that involve structured problem solving and stakeholder management

Experience managing key client relationships

Knowledge of business KPIs, financials, and organizational leadership

Ability to identify new business development opportunities, and experience drafting proposals and scoping new opportunities

Logical, structured thinking, and affinity for numerical analysis

Advanced Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills

Ability to manage multiple tasks and clients in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

Ability to communicate effectively in English and the local office language (if applicable)

Eligibility to work in the country where you are applying, as well as apply for travel visas as required by travel needs



Preferred qualifications

Experience generating new knowledge or creating innovative solutions for a firm

Relevant industry expertise

MBA or master’s degree with relevant specialization (not required)