Description
Mastercard's 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.
As an Associate Managing Consultant, 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.
Key responsibilities:
- 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
Requirements:
- 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 with multiple clients in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Ability to communicate effectively in English and the local office language (if applicable)
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)
Base Salary Range: 83,000.00 - 132,000.00 CAD Annual