Managing Consultant, 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 Managing Consultant, 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 payment's 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? Role - Engage in effective working relationships with internal and external clients - Capture clients' implicit business needs in addition to articulated requests and identifying the most critical aspects of the problem to be solved - Support and lead (where required) formal and informal pitches, from "storyboarding" through the face-to-face presentation, and create concise, persuasive written materials tailored to the "level" of the audience - Effectively manage a pipeline of proposals from early lead stages through to signature - Proactively seek new knowledge and skills and facilitate the development of intellectual capital - Coach and provide feedback to the team members - Support the project team in: - Problem-solving efforts and structuring project work plan - Formulating, articulating, and prioritizing project activities - Creating and delivering concise, persuasive, and compelling presentations - Overseeing the accuracy, quality, and timeliness of analyses - Developing conclusions and recommendations About you - Undergraduate degree required - Strong commercial acumen - Strong relationship management skills - Work experience in management consulting preferred - Ability to work on a team or independently, and to influence and build consensus - Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills - Excellent verbal and written communication skills 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.