Associate Managing Consultant (Dutch Speaking), Strategy & Transformation

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 Associate Managing Consultant (Dutch Speaking), Strategy & Transformation Mastercard Advisors & Consulting Services advises the diverse set of Mastercard’s clients and partners, such as banks, acquirers, merchants and public sector. The team combines traditional management consulting with Mastercard’s rich data assets, proprietary platforms, and technologies to provide clients with powerful strategic insights and recommendations. The Advisors & Consulting Services group has five specializations: Strategy & Transformation, Performance Analytics, Business Experimentation, Marketing, and Program Management. This role falls under Strategy & Transformation. Our Strategy & Transformation consultants lead clients through impactful decision-making as they tackle strategic, tactical, operational, and transformational business challenges. They apply a broad set of problem-solving techniques to improve the client’s overall strategy, performance, and operations. As Associate Managing Consultant you will be helping Mastercard’s clients through driving & leading projects with impactful decision-making as they tackle strategic, tactical, operational, and transformational business challenges. Roles and Responsibilities Manage deliverable development and workstreams on projects across a range of industries and problem statements Contribute to and/or develop strategies and programs for Mastercard’s clients by leveraging data and technology solutions to unlock client value Manage working relationship with client managers, and act as trusted and reliable partner Develop sound business recommendations and deliver effective client presentations Plan, organize, and structure own work and that of junior project delivery consultants to identify effective analysis structures to address client problems, synthesize analyses into relevant findings, and create impactful storylines Lead team and external meetings, and lead or co-lead project management Contribute to the firm's intellectual capital and solution development Grow from coaching to enable ownership of day-to-day project management across client projects, and mentor junior consultants Qualifications Undergraduate degree with 4-8 years of experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy and/or payments (ideally both), with experience managing clients and/or internal stakeholder Experience managing clients and internal stakeholders Logical, structured thinking, and affinity for numerical analysis Advanced Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills Ability to perform multiple tasks with multiple clients in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment Ability to communicate effectively in English and Dutch. Eligibility to work in the Netherlands Experience managing tasks or workstreams in a collaborative team environment with third parties (preferred, not required) Relevant industry expertise (preferred, not required) MBA or master’s degree with relevant specialization (preferred, not required) 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.