Director, Advisors Business Development

Director, Advisors Business Development

**Our Purpose**

We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team - one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

**Title and Summary**

Director, Advisors Business Development

Mastercard Advisors, the professional services arm of Mastercard 's Data & Services organization, provides payments-focused consulting services to financial institutions and merchants worldwide. With its unique category expertise, deep understanding of customer needs and successful track record in addressing complex challenges throughout the payments lifecycle, Mastercard Advisors addresses the challenges and opportunities of its clients, enhances Mastercard's strategic and tactical performance and establishes Mastercard's global thought-leadership pre-eminence.

Are you motivated by developing new insights into issues and developing recommendations that add real value to clients?

Can you develop strategies and programs for regional and global clients ?

Do you want to play a key role in driving a world beyond cash?

**Responsibilities**:
Develop relevant and value-creating analysis and insight for our clients

Build strategies, propositions & operating models independently or as part of a consulting team

Synthesize analysis into clear, sound proposals and recommendations, taking responsibility for structuring and writing reports and steering committee presentations to high accuracy and quality standards

For small to medium engagements, assumes overall project management responsibilities for projects; identifies project staffing resources. Develops, defines and reviews required analyses

Develop effective working relationships with mid to senior level client management

Implements/communicates strategies to achieve goals, acts as advisor to and maintains ongoing relationships with client executives.

Proactively seek new knowledge and skills and facilitate the development of intellectual capital

Support MasterCard Advisors and local market account teams in client relationship management and business development effort

Experience

Proven consulting experience at a top-rated firm or equivalent business management experience and internal consulting experience in retail, travel, telco focused segments

Bachelors degree or equivalent qualification. Advanced degree or MBA preferred

Professional level English language capability is required

Strong analytical, interpretive and problem solving skills, including the proven ability to interpret large amounts of data, some of it ambiguous, and translate it into concise rational output that includes recommendations based upon core findings.

Strong presence & communication skills - both interpersonal & written

Excellent client management & engagement management skills

Proven team player with proven ability to work with all levels in a highly intellectual, collaborative, and fast paced

**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.

Job ID R-217831