Mastercard
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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.
Senior Managing Consultant/ Director of Marketing Services, Advisors & Consulting Services
Senior Managing Consultant, Advisors – Marketing Services
Services 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 restaurants.
The Advisors & Consulting Services group has five specializations: Strategy & Transformation, Performance Analytics, Business Experimentation, Marketing, and Program Management. Our Marketing consultants lead the strategy development and implementation of campaigns and engagements for clients. They use customer data to provide deep direct marketing expertise across channels, evaluating campaign results and adapting the approach to optimize marketing performance.
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.
Roles and Responsibilities
Client Impact
Lead complex client engagements across a range of industries and problem statements
Build and lead the development of marketing strategies and campaigns for regional and global clients by working with technology and data
Own senior client relationships from mid-level to C-suite
Serve as a trusted client business advisor and generate enthusiasm for the Mastercard team and our recommendations
Team Collaboration & Culture
Guide team through complex problem solving to business-focused solutions and recommendations that drive client value
Motivate the project delivery team to produce superior quality deliverables, and create a collaborative and inclusive environment for all levels
Own relationship with internal Mastercard stakeholders including Product and Business Development to scope projects, create relevant solutions for clients, and build the firm's intellectual capital
Provide marketplace perspectives and insights
Lead on-the-job training, coaching, and mentorship to both direct and outside team members
Understand various marketing specializations and relationships between areas
Qualifications
Basic qualifications
Undergraduate degree with work experience in marketing and campaign projects focused on one or more of the following fields: marketing content, digital and social media campaigns, digital customer experience, digital marketing, end-to-end product launch, ad-tech and mar-tech ecosystems, offline marketing activities/campaigns, media management and planning, direct response marketing
Experience coaching and leading teams across large, strategic engagements with third parties
Experience leading vendor and senior client relationships
Deep knowledge of business KPIs, financials, and organizational leadership
Ability to identify new business development opportunities and adjacencies, and experience leading proposal development and scoping of new opportunities
Experience generating new knowledge or creating innovative solutions, ability to provide industry perspectives and thought leadership
Advanced Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills
Ability to lead multiple projects and clients in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
Ability to communicate effectively in English and the local office language (if applicable)
Eligibility to work in the country where you are applying, as well as apply for travel visas as required by travel needs
Preferred qualifications
Additional marketing experience in one or more of the following fields: marketing and campaign experience from agency environment, search engine optimization and search engine marketing, video making (e.g., scripting, storyboard, and content), marketing content, usability labs and experience research, print production management
Global supply chain management (GSM), including sourcing new suppliers and assessing third party production vendors
Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)
Experience leading delivery and implementation of complex solutions and measuring impact on clients' business
Relevant industry expertise and/or experience in product, sales, or marketing technology
MBA or master’s degree with specialization in marketing or digital (not required)
Our Purpose
We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better business results.
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: