About the Role
Mastercard's Advisors & Consulting Services team leverages data, platforms, and technologies to provide clients with strategic insights and recommendations. The Strategy & Transformation consultants within this group lead clients through impactful decision-making to address strategic, tactical, operational, and transformational business challenges.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- 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.
Requirements
- 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 Japanese.
- Eligibility to work in the country where you are applying, as well as apply for travel visas as required by travel needs.
- Ability to travel to client sites on a semi-regular basis.
- Experience generating new knowledge or creating innovative solutions for a firm.
- Relevant industry expertise.
- Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices.
- Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed.
- Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.
Skills
- Structured problem solving
- Stakeholder management
- Client relationship management
- Business KPIs
- Financials
- Organizational leadership
- Business development
- Proposal drafting
- Scoping new opportunities
- Numerical analysis
- Advanced Word
- Advanced Excel
- Advanced PowerPoint
- Communication (English and Japanese)
Education Level
- Undergraduate degree
- MBA or master’s degree with relevant specialization (preferred)
About the Company
- Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide.
- We are helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper.
- We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible.
- Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.
- Everyone wants easier ways to pay; we invent them.
- Checkout lines are slow; we speed them along.
- Merchants want more sales; we give them data and insights.
- People need financial access; we connect them.
- Corporate purchasing is complicated; we make it simple.
- Commuters are busy; we speed them on their way.
- Governments need greater efficiencies; we help create them.
- Small businesses are virtual; we give them access to a world of buyers.
- Retailers want to fight fraud; we provide the tools.
