AI Strategy Leader - Advisors & Consulting (German)

Mastercard Inc.; Wien; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard Advisors & Consulting Services in Strategy & Transformation seeks an AI Strategy Lead to translate business challenges into AI-enabled solutions for regional and international clients. You will guide project teams, design AI operating models, and drive ROIs while embedding Responsible AI principles.

The role blends strategy with hands‑on AI delivery, requiring German and English, and frequent collaboration with executives across payments and commerce.

Qualifications

• Quantitative degree in CS/DS/Engineering/Mathematics/Physics.
• Five years of full‑time experience in strategy, management consulting, corporate strategy, or BI.
• Hands‑on experience building AI solutions based on LLMs, agents, and RAG architectures; experience with ML frameworks is a plus.
• Fluency in Python and data/ML ecosystems; familiarity with cloud AI platforms and MLOps concepts.
• Ability to translate between business stakeholders and technical teams and manage senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI delivery and act as the client-facing AI subject-matter expert – translating business problems into AI architectures and evaluating ROI and Responsible‑AI guardrails.
• Advise C‑level stakeholders on AI strategy, operating‑model design, data foundations, and governance.
• Contribute to AI strategy and program development for regional and international clients; apply AI and data solutions to create measurable client value.
• Independently structure projects, conduct analyses, and lead internal and client meetings.
• Champion experimentation with rapid build–test–learn cycles and embed Responsible AI into engagements.
• Embed Mastercard AI processes & policies across engagements and coach teams.

Skills

RAG architectures

Python

AI translator

Stakeholder management

Travel readiness

Education

Quantitative degree in CS/DS/Engineering/Math/Physics

Tools

LangChain/LangGraph

TensorFlow/PyTorch

Azure AI Foundry / Databricks / AWS Bedrock / GCP Vertex

SQL / Pandas

Job description

Mastercard Advisors & Consulting Services in Strategy & Transformation seeks an AI Strategy Lead to translate business challenges into AI-enabled solutions for regional and international clients. You will guide project teams, design AI operating models, and drive ROIs while embedding Responsible AI principles.

The role blends strategy with hands‑on AI delivery, requiring German and English, and frequent collaboration with executives across payments and commerce.