Senior AI Strategy & Transformation Consultant

Mastercard; Dubai; On-site; AED 360,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a Senior Managing Consultant to lead AI consulting engagements across the EEMEA region, shaping AI strategy, solution design, and end-to-end transformation programs for clients at the C-suite level.

You will guide multidisciplinary teams of consultants, data scientists, ML engineers, and product specialists, driving value realization in payments, risk, and customer experience through GenAI and advanced AI platforms.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in strategy consulting, digital transformation, AI consulting, data analytics, or technology advisory.
• Proven track record leading AI strategy, solutioning, deployment, and transformation programs.
• Experience advising senior executives and influencing enterprise-wide transformation decisions.
• Strong background in financial services, payments, banking, fintech, or card issuing ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise AI strategies and transformation roadmaps aligned to client business objectives.
• Advise executive stakeholders on AI investment priorities, governance, and value realization approaches.
• Identify and prioritize high-value AI and GenAI use cases across payments, issuing, acquiring, fraud, cyber security, and operations.
• Lead end-to-end AI solution design, from ideation through deployment and scale.
• Collaborate with Mastercard product teams to incorporate AI capabilities into propositions.
• Develop reusable AI assets and solution frameworks for multiple engagements.

Skills

AI strategy

Executive advisory

Change management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's in CS/Engineering

MBA preferred

Tools

GenAI platforms

LLM ecosystems

OpenAI ecosystem

Job description

Mastercard is seeking a Senior Managing Consultant to lead AI consulting engagements across the EEMEA region, shaping AI strategy, solution design, and end-to-end transformation programs for clients at the C-suite level.

You will guide multidisciplinary teams of consultants, data scientists, ML engineers, and product specialists, driving value realization in payments, risk, and customer experience through GenAI and advanced AI platforms.