Consultant, Advisors & Consulting Services, Strategy & Transformation

Consultant, Advisors & Consulting Services, Strategy & Transformation

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.

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.

Roles and responsibilities :

Client Impact :

Provide creative input on projects across a range of industries and problem statements

Contribute to the development of strategies and programs for regional and global clients by leveraging data and technology solutions to unlock client value

Collaborate with Mastercard team to understand clients needs, agenda, and risks

Develop working relationship with client analysts / managers, and act as trusted and reliable partner

Team Collaboration & Culture :

Collaborate with senior project delivery consultants to identify key findings, prepare effective presentations, and deliver recommendations to clients

Independently identify issues in defined area of analysis, and structure and synthesize own analysis to highlight relevant findings

Lead internal and client meetings, and contribute to project management

Contribute to the firms intellectual capital

Receive mentorship from consulting leaders for professional growth and development

Qualifications :

Basic qualifications :

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

Relevant client or internal stakeholder management experience

Logical, structured thinking, and affinity for numerical analysis

Advanced Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills

Ability to perform multiple tasks with multiple 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

Ability to travel to client sites on a semi-regular basis

Preferred qualifications :

Ability to identify problems, brainstorm and analyze answers, and implement the best solutions

Experience managing tasks or workstreams in a collaborative team environment with third parties

Relevant industry expertise

Corporate Security Responsibility :

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must :

• 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.

In line with Mastercard's total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include : insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Pay Ranges Boston, Massachusetts : $90,000 - $135,000 USD