Director / Senior Managing Consultant – Strategy & Transformation, Advisors & Consulting Services (Cybersecurity Advisory)
MastercardRiyadh, Saudi ArabiaPosted 22 March 2026
Job Description
Our Purpose
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.
Title and Summary
Director / Senior Managing Consultant – Strategy & Transformation, Advisors & Consulting Services (Cybersecurity Advisory)
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: https://careers.mastercard.com/us/en/consulting-specializations-at-mastercard
Roles and Responsibilities
Client Impact
•Lead complex client engagements across a range of industries and problem statements
•Direct the development of strategies and programs for regional and global clients by leveraging data and technology solutions to unlock client value
•Own senior client relationships from mid-level to C-suite to drive commercial success
•Serve as a trusted client business advisor and generate enthusiasm for the Mastercard team and our recommendations
•Being go-to person for cybersecurity projects delivery, assisting with sales support and product management activities as needed.
Team Collaboration & Culture
•Guide team through complex problem solving to business-focused solutions and recommendations that drive client value
•Motivate the project delivery team to produce superior quality deliverables, and create a collaborative and inclusive environment for all levels
•Own relationship with internal Mastercard stakeholders including Product and Business Development to scope projects, create relevant solutions for clients, and build the firm's intellectual capital
•Lead on-the-job training, coaching, and mentorship to both direct and outside team members
Qualifications
Basic qualifications
• Undergraduate or master’s degree in technology and/or cybersecurity related fields and work experience after completing your undergraduate degree
• Experience in a consulting organization (manager or higher level) with team management responsibility on technology and cybersecurity implementation projects
• Knowledge of Information Security Standards and best practices such as PCI-DSS, HIPAA, ISO27001, NIST, CIS, CSA and hands-on experience in performing and managing cyber security risk & controls assessments or audits in accordance with those standards, including definition of detailed and prioritized remediation plans
• Knowledgeable in cyber s ... (truncated, view full listing at source)
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