About the Role
Advisors & Consulting Services within Mastercard is responsible for acquiring, engaging, and retaining customers by managing fraud and risk, enhancing cybersecurity, and improving the digital payments experience. 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 Strategy & Transformation consultants lead clients through impactful decision-making as they tackle 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
- 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
- Logical thinking
- Structured thinking
- Numerical analysis
- Advanced Word skills
- Advanced Excel skills
- Advanced PowerPoint skills
- Communication in English
- Communication in Japanese
Experience Level
- Managing Consultant
Education Level
- Undergraduate degree
- MBA or master’s degree with relevant specialization (not required)
About the Company
- Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide.
- Together with our customers, we’re 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.
