Director, Services Business Development

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

Job summary

A leading payments technology company is seeking a Director for Services Business Development in Metro Manila. This role focuses on developing strategies and providing consulting services to financial institutions. Candidates should have proven consulting experience, strong analytical skills, and be proficient in English. This is an excellent opportunity to shape strategies for clients and drive a cashless future.

Qualifications

• Proven consulting experience at a top-rated firm.
• Professional level English language capability is required.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop relevant and value-creating analysis for clients.
• Build strategies and propositions independently.
• Assume project management responsibilities for small engagements.

Skills

Consulting sales management

Problem-solving skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Client management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Advanced degree or MBA preferred

Job description

Overview

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary

Director, Services Business Development Mastercard Advisors, the professional services arm of Mastercard's Data & Services organization, provides payments-focused consulting services to financial institutions and merchants worldwide. With its unique category expertise, deep understanding of customer needs and successful track record in addressing complex challenges throughout the payments lifecycle, Mastercard Advisors addresses the challenges and opportunities of its clients, enhances Mastercard's strategic and tactical performance and establishes Mastercard's global thought-leadership pre-eminence.

• Are you motivated by developing new insights into issues and developing recommendations that add real value to clients?
• Can you develop strategies and programs for regional and global clients?
• Do you want to play a key role in driving a world beyond cash?

The Director, Business Development is an active team member who contributes to sales targets and opportunity generation and closing with Mastercard Advisors clients. Whilst this individual is not expected to be a subject matter expert in the payment cards industry, they will demonstrate expertise in consulting sales management experience and professional problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop relevant and value-creating analysis and insight for our clients
• Build strategies, propositions & operating models independently or as part of a consulting team
• Apply a range of quantitative and qualitative analytic techniques to rigorously identify client issues
• Synthesize analysis into clear, sound proposals and recommendations, taking responsibility for structuring and writing reports and steering committee presentations to high accuracy and quality standards
• For small to medium engagements, assume overall project management responsibilities for projects; identify project staffing resources. Develops, defines and reviews required analyses
• Develop effective working relationships with mid to senior level client management
• Implements/communicates strategies to achieve goals, acts as advisor to and maintains ongoing relationships with client executives.
• Proactively seek new knowledge and skills and facilitate the development of intellectual capital
• Support Mastercard Advisors and local market account teams in client relationship management and business development effort

Experience

• Proven consulting experience at a top-rated firm or equivalent business management experience and internal consulting experience in a major financial institution
• Bachelors degree or equivalent qualification. Advanced degree or MBA preferred
• Professional level English language capability is required
• Strong analytical, interpretive and problem solving skills, including the proven ability to interpret large amounts of data, some of it ambiguous, and translate it into concise rational output that includes recommendations based upon core findings.
• Strong presence & communication skills – both interpersonal & written
• Excellent client management & engagement management skills
• Proven team player with proven ability to work with all levels in a highly intellectual, collaborative, and fast paced environment

Corporate Security Responsibility

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 and must:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.