Senior Managing Consultant, Advisors & Consulting Services, Strategy & Transformation needed at Mastercard

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Job title : Senior Managing Consultant, Advisors & Consulting Services, Strategy & Transformation

Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg

Deadline : January 17, 2026

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  • Mastercard Services provides cuttingedge data analysis and services to Fortune 500s, governments, and nonprofits to make multimilliondollar business decisions and grow their organizations. Our Advisors Client 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. Mastercard Advisors works with a diverse global customer base across industries, from banking and payments to retail and restaurants.
  • The Advisors Client Services group has five specializations: Strategy & Transformation, Performance Analytics, Business Experimentation, Marketing, and Program Management. Our Strategy & Transformation consultants lead clients through impactful decisionmaking as they tackle strategic, tactical, operational, and transformational business challenges. They apply a broad set of problemsolving 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.

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 midlevel to Csuite to drive commercial success
  • Serve as a trusted client business advisor and generate enthusiasm for the Mastercard team and our recommendations

Team Collaboration & Culture

  • Guide team through complex problem solving to businessfocused 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 onthejob training, coaching, and mentorship to both direct and outside team members

Qualifications

Basic qualifications

  • Undergraduate degree with work experience in consulting, corporate strategy, business intelligence, business line management, or product management
  • Experience coaching and leading teams across large, strategic consulting engagements that involve structured problem solving and stakeholder management
  • Experience leading senior client relationships
  • Proven Experience delivering Strategic Consulting engagements
  • Deep knowledge of business KPIs, financials, and organizational leadership
  • Ability to identify new business development opportunities, and experience leading proposal development and scoping of new opportunities
  • Experience generating new knowledge or creating innovative solutions for a firm
  • Logical, structured thinking, and affinity for numerical analysis
  • Advanced Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills
  • Ability to lead multiple projects and clients in a fastpaced, deadlinedriven 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

  • Relevant industry expertise  Consulting across industries sucu as Payments, Banking, FinTech experience preferred
  • MBA or master’s degree with relevant specialization (not required)
     

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