Managing Consultant, Solution Consulting & Digital Deployment

Mastercard is seeking a Managing Consultant, Solution Consulting & Digital Deployment to lead the shaping and mobilisation of complex digital engagements. The role combines commercial acumen, technical consulting and deployment leadership to translate client priorities into viable, scalable solutions that deliver measurable value.

The Managing Consultant will be accountable across four connected areas:

1. Opportunity shaping and solution consulting – Qualify opportunities, clarify client outcomes and shape compelling solution and deployment approaches.
2. Technical and deployment leadership – Validate solution feasibility, architecture, delivery dependencies and implementation readiness.
3. Portfolio and stakeholder governance – Maintain oversight of the engagement pipeline, priorities, risks, decisions and outcomes within the region.
4. Operational scale and continuous improvement – Scale Digital Deployment services by improving processes, governance, resource planning, partner performance and reusable delivery assets.

Responsibilities include:

• Partnering with account teams, product, Digital Labs and delivery leaders to identify, qualify and prioritise opportunities
• Leading discovery with client business and technology stakeholders to define objectives, success measures, constraints, dependencies and decision criteria
• Shaping the end-to-end solution and deployment approach, including scope, delivery model, assumptions, effort, resourcing, timeline, risks and commercials
• Developing executive-level proposals, value narratives and statements of work
• Assessing client architecture, platforms, integration patterns, security requirements, operating model and implementation readiness
• Leading solution scoping and feasibility assessments, working with product and engineering teams to resolve functional and technical gaps
• Defining the deployment blueprint, key workstreams, integration dependencies, acceptance criteria and transition plan
• Serving as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, explaining complex technical choices, trade-offs and risks in clear business terms
• Maintaining an integrated view of the regional opportunity and deployment portfolio
• Establishing clear governance, decision rights and escalation paths across clients, account teams, products, engineering and delivery partners
• Providing concise executive reporting on pipeline health, mobilisation readiness, delivery confidence, commercial exposure and required interventions
• Improving the operating model for opportunity intake, estimation, solution review, mobilisation, resource allocation and delivery handover
• Ensuring engagements comply with Mastercard governance, security, risk, legal and financial requirements
• Building effective working relationships across product, engineering, implementation, consulting and market teams
• Forecasting capability and capacity needs, supporting resource planning and coaching colleagues
• Selecting, onboarding and governing third-party partners where required

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, technology, engineering or a related discipline
• Extensive relevant experience (7+ years) in solution consulting, technology consulting, solution architecture or digital deployment
• Demonstrated ability to lead discovery, clarify ambiguous client needs and translate business objectives into practical solution and deployment approaches
• Strong working knowledge of digital platforms, APIs, cloud and integration patterns, security and operational readiness
• Experience developing client proposals, estimates, resource plans, delivery approaches and statements of work
• Proven ability to build credibility with senior business and technology stakeholders
• Experience coordinating multiple concurrent opportunities or deployments
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams through influence
• Strong judgement, structured problem-solving and prioritisation skills

Preferred Skills & Attributes:

• Experience in payments, financial services or another regulated technology environment
• Knowledge of Mastercard products, platforms and implementation pathways
• Experience in one or more relevant domains, such as digital identity, authentication, tokenisation, fraud and risk controls
• Practical experience applying Agile, hybrid or product-led delivery methods
• Experience creating or improving reusable consulting methods, implementation playbooks, estimation models or delivery accelerators