ADVISORS & CONSULTING SERVICES

Consulting specializations
at Mastercard
The Advisors & Consulting Services (A&CS) team combines traditional management consulting with Mastercard’s rich data assets, proprietary platforms, and technologies to provide clients in retail, restaurants, travel, financial services, and government with powerful strategic insights and recommendations.

Within our wide range of service offerings, A&CS has six specializations.  A specialization indicates the types of projects that a consultant will spend most of their time on as part of the team. However, we encourage and enable working across specializations to allow consultants to acquire an array of skills and experiences.

Interested in applying to A&CS? Explore the consulting specializations below to learn which one is right for you!*
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*NOTE: Listed skills and specializations are non-exhaustive and are meant to illustrate a consultant’s possible career paths from a project standpoint. Individuals often progress to manage teams, and contribute to internal strategy and firm initiatives throughout their career.
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Job levels


Mastercard is looking for thoughtful risk-takers to join our A&CS team across levels of experience. You may use the information below as guidance on the years of experience consultants typically bring in, scope of work, and expected skill set for new hires at each level.
Associate Consultant
Graduating students hired through our Launch program

Proven record of academic acheivement and leadership in a work setting or through extracurricular activities
Consultant
Experience collaborating with teams to identify client needs and brainstorm creative solutions; receive coaching from consulting leaders for professional growth and development
Associate Managing Consultant
Experience guiding team members to develop key business insights; provide mentorship to junior team members and receive coaching on how to become a project manager
Managing Consultant
Experience leading multiple teams to insightful business recommendations; provide on-the-job coaching and mentorship to junior consultants on projects or in direct reporting line
Senior Managing Consultant
Experience leading multiple executive-level client strategies across industries and project types; coach teams across large, complex projects and share knowledge to create innovative solutions for the firm
Principal
Most often promoted internally from the Senior Managing Consultant role; have a specific functional job component such as consulting office lead or global subject matter expert
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Please only apply to one level and one specialization that align well with your interests and experience. Our team reviews all resumes/CVs, and will help match you to a role if the role you initially applied to is not a fit.
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