Director (Senior Managing Consulting): Advisors, Business Development

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Title and Summary

Director (Senior Managing Consulting): Advisors, Business Development

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.

The professional services arm of Mastercard Worldwide, provides payments-focused consulting, marketing, information and risk management services, security solutions, open banking and more 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, Services addresses the challenges and opportunities of its clients, enhances Mastercard's strategic and tactical performance and establishes Mastercard's global thought-leadership.


Overview and Role:

Lead Services sales relationship with one of Mastercard’s largest global Financial Institutions; responsible for new and existing business across all Services product/service lines within the United States

Deliver against sales targets (in-year and total contract value)

Manage and expand relationships with client stakeholders, developing trust to enable intimate discussions on client goals and needs; surfacing Services revenue opportunities

Translate client challenges into hypotheses and structure large/complex engagements with imperfect information; leverage deep knowledge of all Mastercard Services capabilities to structure innovative solutions and strategic bundles

Lead internal partners to develop formal and informal pitch materials; ensuring succinct, persuasive content tailored to audience & seniority

Deliver compelling, high-impact pitches, showcasing leadership, expertise and alignment to client needs

Review and improve project deliverables; quickly identifying gaps and opportunities to increase value to client

Drive intel back into Services & broader Mastercard; supporting the feedback loop that drives Services innovation

Contribute as a thought leader to the development of intellectual capital, point of views, articles, and blogs



All About You:

Undergraduate degree required; MBA or relevant post graduate degree preferred

Proven track record in managing a sales pipeline; identifying and advancing sales opportunities and exceeding targets

Demonstrated ability to motivate and influence stakeholders (internal & client) in large/complex environments

Best-in-class narrative-development and storytelling; experience in developing compelling sales narratives and pitch materials for complex client business challenges

Leadership presence & best-in-class pitch/presentation skills; establishing credibility and influencing client audiences

Excellent analytical skills, including financial analysis for business casing, value quantification & pricing

Demonstrated creativity, problem-solving and empathy (ability to think from the perspective of the customer)

Disciplined and process-oriented; proven ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

Extensive experience in management consulting firm and/or the payments industry

Advanced Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills

Salary Range for Purchase, New York: $161,000- $250,000

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