Managing Consultant, Program Management, Advisors & Consulting Services

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 Managing Consultant, Program Management, Advisors & Consulting Services All About Us The Services team is a key differentiator for Mastercard, providing the cutting-edge services that help our customers grow. Focused on thinking big and scaling fast around the globe, this agile team is responsible for end-to-end solutions for a diverse global customer base. We combine traditional management consulting with our rich data assets and in-house technology to provide our clients with powerful strategic insights and recommendations. Centered on data-driven technologies and innovation, these services include consulting, loyalty and marketing programs, test-and-learn business experimentation, and data-driven information and risk management services. While specializing in the payments industry, Mastercard Services also works closely with major retailers, airlines, and other enterprises, leveraging data and insights garnered from within and beyond its network. All About the Role Make an Impact as a Managing Consultant, Advisors Program Management Advisors Program Management is an execution-oriented client facing competency that applies proven, accredited change skills and domain experience to partner with clients and help them drive measurable value by: • Delivering new products and strategies to market smoothly and efficiently • Successfully implementing products and solutions to create the new business as usual • Strengthening client’s internal skills, knowledge and experience in critical areas • Transforming client processes and optimizing their management practices As a Managing Consultant you will manage a portfolio of projects that support a strategy, a strategic change or initiative with significant impact on the organization. You will manage complexity and inherent risks across a wide range of business areas, where there are strong interdependencies and shared resources, and you will manage benefits from their initial identification and definition through to the eventual realization and achievement of measurable improvements. All About You • Experience in delivery of strategies and programs across the payments sector from initiation to benefit realization. Strong product experience is desirable. • Successful leadership of PMOs across different clients / businesses, identifying and mitigating risks, solving issues, developing plans and ensuring they are implemented in line with agreed timescales, budgets and quality criteria, including examples of re-aligning scope and objectives during a program to ensure maximum value extraction • Formal accreditation in one or more recognized PM/PMO/ Change/Service management methodologies is expected at this level • Develop strong bonds with clients that endure beyond a particular assignment, serves as a go-to resource for client staff, is sought out for knowledge of industry and firm • Identify new business opportunities and communicates to executives to pursue, begin to lead sales calls and new client development including proposal contribution • Analyze multiple aspects of client’s organizational systems and culture that serve as input into the stakeholder / relationship map sales process • Effectively leverage subject matter experts to develop best customized solutions for client • Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, able to direct workstreams across large multi-faceted project teams • Strong writer, presenter and speaker, comfortable and ability to inf ... (truncated, view full listing at source)