Managing Consultant, Advisors & Consulting Services, Deploy

About the role

Deploy is an execution-oriented, client-facing competency that applies change management, program governance and delivery expertise to help clients and internal stakeholders achieve measurable business outcomes. As a Managing Consultant in Deploy Operations, you act as a central point for third-party governance, commercial operations and operational excellence across strategic initiatives delivered by Mastercard's Deploy, Strategy & Transformation and Marketing Services teams. The role focuses on vendor governance, sourcing coordination, financial oversight, contract management and stakeholder engagement, rather than project delivery execution.

Key responsibilities

• Manage third-party vendor engagements across technology, consulting, marketing and other service categories, and support vendor selection, onboarding, commercial negotiations and ongoing relationship management.
• Partner with Sourcing and Procurement teams to drive compliant, efficient and cost-effective vendor engagement.
• Lead Statement of Work (SOW) preparation, review, approval, execution and governance, and coordinate contract activities so scope, deliverables, timelines, milestones and commercial terms align.
• Manage financial governance: invoice tracking, accrual management, budget monitoring, forecasting and cost control, and support project financial management and revenue recognition awareness.
• Coordinate between Mastercard teams, clients, sourcing, finance, legal and vendors, and serve as a trusted advisor on vendor strategy, governance frameworks and commercial models.
• Establish governance frameworks, operating models and process improvements, and maintain Salesforce opportunity and project governance records.
• Identify risks, dependencies, commercial and operational issues and escalation items, and drive resolution with stakeholders.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent; advanced degree or MBA preferred.
• Extensive experience in vendor management, sourcing, procurement, PMO, commercial operations, project governance, consulting operations or program management, with a track record of leading complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Proven experience managing third-party vendors and external service providers, and with large enterprise clients, preferably in banking, payments, technology, consulting or professional services.
• Financial services experience preferred, ideally in payments, digital banking, issuing, acquiring, consulting or technology transformation.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, and ability to lead matrixed teams without direct reporting lines.

Required skills

• Contract governance, SOW management and commercial engagement models.
• Financial governance: invoicing, accruals, budgeting, forecasting, cost tracking and reporting.
• Working knowledge of revenue recognition and project financial management.
• Advanced Word, Excel and PowerPoint; Salesforce and project governance tools preferred.
• Professional accreditation such as PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum, PMO or Procurement is desirable.