Associate Consultant

Mastercard; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking an experienced Program Management Consultant to lead large-scale initiatives within the Advisors & Consulting Services group. You will oversee delivery across cards, payments, and financial services domains, guiding clients through complex transformations.

In this role you will analyze portfolio performance, benchmark outcomes, and translate insights into strategic recommendations, partnering with client executives and Mastercard stakeholders to drive measurable value.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree with work experience in project management and change management.
• Experience with cards, payments, or financial services is preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks across clients in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of projects that support a strategy or initiative with significant impact.
• Define scope, timelines, budget, and perform cost, benefit, and risk analyses.
• Develop executive level dashboards and reports to inform decision making.
• Lead programs linked to product launches and portfolio optimization.

Skills

Project management

Change management

Portfolio analytics

Stakeholder management

English communication

Education

Undergraduate degree

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Data analysis tools

Job description

esServices within Mastercard is responsible for acquiring, engaging, and retaining customers by managing fraud and risk, enhancing cybersecurity, and improving the digital payments experience. We provide value-added services and leverage expertise, data-driven insights, and execution. Our 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. Our teams work with a diverse global customer base across industries, from banking and payments to retail and restaurant

s.The Advisors & Consulting Services group has five specializations: Strategy & Transformation, Performance Analytics, Business Experimentation, Marketing, and Program Management. Our Program Management consultants lead clients through business transformations by implementing strategically important Mastercard assets and services to bring value and drive growth. They serve as the Center of Engagement across all stakeholders within Mastercard and the client’s organizatio

n.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: https://careers.mastercard.com/us/en/consulting-specializations-at-masterca

rdRoles and Responsibiliti

esYou will manage a portfolio of projects that support a strategy, a strategic change, or initiative with significant impact on the organization. You will manage complexity and inherent risks across a wide range of business areas, where there are strong interdependencies and shared resources, and you will manage benefits from their initial identification and definition through to the eventual realization and achievement of measurable improvement

s.In addition to strong program and change management expertise, this role requires essential product and portfolio capability, particularly in cards, payments, or adjacent financial product

s.You will be responsible not only for delivery excellence, but also for analysing cards/payments portfolio performance, benchmarking outcomes, and translating insights into product, portfolio, and commercial recommendations for client

s.Client Impa

ct• Manage deliverable development and workstreams on multiple large, complex high-value projects across a range of industries, problem statements, and cultur

es• Utilize proven, accredited project and change management methodologies and techniques to help clients drive measurable val

ue• Define scope, timelines, budget and perform cost, benefit, and risk analys

es• Report on issues, risks, progress, and timelines and summarize effectively, offering analysis, options, and credible solutio

ns• Manage working relationships with client managers, and act as trusted and reliable partn

er• Execute portfolio level analysis across programs, products, or initiatives, including performance, progress, risks, and value delivere

d.• Analyze and benchmark portfolio performance against historical baselines, peer programs, and relevant industry or market benchmark

s.• Develop executive level dashboards, scorecards, and trend & insights to support fact based decision makin

g• Use data and performance insights to recommend portfolio optimization actions, prioritization changes, or product and initiative refinement

s.• Apply product and portfolio thinking when leading programs, particularly in cards, payments, or financial services context

s.• Translate business strategy and client objectives into clear product, portfolio, and delivery roadmap

s.• Provide structured recommendations on product performance, customer outcomes, and portfolio economics, beyond pure delivery metric

s.• Support clients in linking program delivery to customer impact, revenue growth, cost efficiency, and long‑term portfolio valu

ure• Lead team to creative insights and sound business recommendations, and deliver impactful and influential client presentations while growing team members’ roles and ski

lls• Provide expertise and day-to-day project delivery team leadership, supporting evolution of solutions with innovation and create a collaborative and inclusive environment for all lev

els• Manage relationships with internal Mastercard leadership and stakeholders and build the firm's intellectual capi

tal• Effectively leverage subject matter experts to develop best customized soluti

ons• Provide on-the-job training, coaching, and mentorship to junior team members, including evaluating performance, and providing feedb

ack
Qualificat

ions• Undergraduate degree with work experience in project management and change management methodologies and techni

ques• 6+ years of Project Management experience/7+ Cards Product & Payments and Portfolio Management experi

ence• Exposure to financial institutions, payments, and/or consultan

cies• Experience managing clients or internal stakehol

ders• Logical, structured thin

king• Advanced Word, Excel, and PowerPoint sk

ills• Ability to perform multiple tasks with multiple clients in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environ

ment• Ability to communicate effectively in English and the local office language (if applica

ble)• Eligibility to work in the country where you are applying, as well as apply for travel visas as required by travel n

eeds
Preferred qualific

ations• Experience leading development and implementation of solutions and measuring impact on clients' bu

-siness• Experience managing or analyzing product or portfolio performance (e.g. cards, payments, banking prod*

ucts).• Strong capability in portfolio analytics, benchmarking, and performance repo

rting.• Experience leading programs linked to product launches, portfolio optimization, or commercial transform

ation.• Have completed or interested in pursuing recognized professional accreditation, such as Project Management Professional

(PMP)• Knowledge of Project Management

tools• Experience generating new knowledge or creating innovative solutions for

a firm• MBA or master’s degree with relevant specialization (not req

uired)
Corporate Security Respon

ibility
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security

isibility
and must:Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and p

ractices;Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being

accessed;Report any suspected information security violation or br

each, andComplete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s gu

• and must:Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and p
• ractices;Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being
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• each, andComplete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s gu