Job Title:

Associate Managing Consultant, Advisors & Consulting Services, Program Management

Overview:

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 Program Management consultants lead clients through business transformations by implementing strategically important Mastercard assets and services to bring value and drive growth. They serve as the Center of Engagement across all stakeholders within Mastercard and the client's organization.

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

You will manage multiple projects within a portfolio, providing efficient and effective coordination of a complex range of activities by clearly defining project team and stakeholder roles and responsibilities that are aligned with the delivery of the expected benefits. You will ensure effective identification of risks and pro-active solutioning to mitigate risks and impact on timelines.

Client Impact

Manage deliverable development and workstreams on multiple large, complex high-value projects across a range of industries, problem statements, and cultures

Utilize proven, accredited project and change management methodologies and techniques to help clients drive measurable value

Define scope, timelines, and budget and perform cost, benefit, and risk analyses

Report on issues, risks, progress, and timelines and summarize effectively, offering analysis, options, and credible solutions

Manage working relationship with client managers, and act as trusted and reliable partner

Team Collaboration & Culture

Develop sound business recommendations and deliver effective client presentations

Plan, organize, and structure own work and that of junior project team members to address client problems

Lead team and external meetings, and lead or co-lead project management

Contribute to the firm's intellectual capital and solution development, being a strong brand ambassador for Mastercard and Data & Services

Grow from coaching to enable ownership of day-to-day project management across client projects, and mentor junior team members

Qualifications

Basic qualifications

Undergraduate degree with work experience in project management and change management methodologies and techniques

4-6 years of Project Management experience

Exposure to financial institutions, payments, and/or consultancies

Experience managing clients or internal stakeholders

Logical, structured thinking

Advanced Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills

Ability to perform multiple tasks withmultiple clientsin 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

Preferred qualifications

Experience developing and implementing solutions and measuring impact on clients' business

Experience coaching junior consultants

Have completed or interested in pursuing recognized professional accreditation, such as Project Management Professional (PMP)

Knowledge of Project Management tools

Exposure to payments and/or retail banking or merchants

MBA or master's degree with relevant specialization (not required)

Purchase, NY Base Salary Range- 106,000-175,000

Arlington, VA Base Salary Range- 106,000-175,000

Atlanta, GA Base Salary Range- 106,000-175,000

To find US Salary Ranges, visit People Place. Under the Compensation tab, select "Salary Structures." Within the text of "Salary Structures," click on the link "salary structures 2025," through which you will be able to access the salary ranges for each Mastercard job family. For more information regarding US benefits, visit People Place and review the Benefits tab and the Time Off & Leave tab.