{"id":166791,"date":"2026-03-27T03:37:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T03:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whitehattoolbox.com\/jobs\/were-hiring-managing-consultant-advisors-program-management-payments-programme-management-consultant-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T03:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T03:37:30","slug":"were-hiring-managing-consultant-advisors-program-management-payments-programme-management-consultant-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whitehattoolbox.com\/jobs\/were-hiring-managing-consultant-advisors-program-management-payments-programme-management-consultant-2\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re Hiring Managing Consultant, Advisors Program Management (Payments & Programme Management Consultant)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Purpose<\/b><\/span>Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we\u2019re 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.<\/span>Title and Summary<\/span>Managing Consultant, Advisors Program Management (Payments & Programme Management Consultant)<\/span>Managing Consultant, Advisors Program Management(Payments & Programme Management Consultant)<\/span>Own high\u2011visibility payments programmes in Doha\u2014design the roadmap, execute delivery, and prove value with data. This Managing Consultant role blends strategy + execution: shaping issuer\/acquirer changes and platform rollouts, shipping activation sprints and merchant initiatives, and landing regulatory\/scheme updates with clean controls. You\u2019ll partner cross\u2011functionally (Product, Risk, Operations, Compliance, Tech\/Processor, Marketing) to lift activation, digital adoption, spend, balances, retention, and fee income, while maintaining an auditable control environment.<\/span>Why this is compelling for top performers<\/span>Direct impact: You\u2019ll move the metrics that matter and engage senior stakeholders on outcomes.<\/span>Autonomy with backing: Decision space plus access to data, platforms, and SMEs to move fast and smart.<\/span>Scale & variety: Multi\u2011programme mandates across Qatar\/EEMEA, spanning consumer and SME portfolios and omnichannel delivery.<\/span>All About Us<\/span>The Data & Services team is a key differentiator for Mastercard, providing end\u2011to\u2011end services that help our customers grow. We combine traditional management consulting with rich data assets and in\u2011house technology to deliver strategic insights and measurable outcomes. Advisors Program Management(Deploy) focuses on expert execution support\u2014deployment and value realization\u2014from implementation to adoption, usage, and product evolution.<\/span>As an Managing Consultant, Advisors Program Management(Payments & Programme Management Consultant) you will<\/span>Ship outcomes (not just activities)<\/span>Programme strategy & roadmap: Co\u2011create multi\u2011workstream plans (issuance, acquiring, ops readiness, analytics, marketing) and convert into quarterly OKRs with gated KPIs and risk\u2011controlled milestones.<\/span>Payments delivery: Lead execution for platform enablement, digital payments adoption, issuer\/acquirer change deliveries, authorization\/fraud improvements, and regulatory\/scheme updates\u2014on time, on budget, in control.<\/span>Lifecycle programmes: Design and run activation, usage, balance build, retention across CRM, digital, branch\/tele, and merchant channels\u2014owning testing, targeting, controls, and in\u2011life optimization.<\/span>Commercials & revenue levers: Recommend pricing constructs, fees, and merchant\/GTM partnerships to grow programme profitability within policy and customer\u2011experience guardrails.<\/span>Analytics partnership: Build decisioning dashboards (activation, digital adoption, spend, attrition, balances) and test\u2011and\u2011learn experiments; rapidly operationalize insights.<\/span>Change delivery & controls: Run structured delivery (RAID, gating, cutovers) for complex changes; maintain auditable documentation, sign\u2011offs, and evidence packs for compliance reviews.<\/span>Stakeholder leadership: Align Product, Risk, Ops, Compliance, Marketing, Tech\/Processor, and vendors; sustain weekly performance cadences and unblock decisions quickly.<\/span>Value realization: Set success benchmarks (e.g., early\u2011life activation, digital adoption, usage, retention) and drive post\u2011launch optimization sprints to sustain gains.<\/span>Activation & digital adoption: Uplift activation and wallet\/tokenization\/Click\u2011to\u2011Pay adoption.<\/span>Spend & balances: Achieve measurable growth in monthly spend, balances, and fee income through orchestrated programmes.<\/span>Retention & experience: Reduce churn via proactive playbooks and improve portfolio health metrics.<\/span>Delivery excellence: Maintain clean audits, stable ops, and evidence\u2011based approvals; shorten cycle time from strategy to go\u2011live.<\/span>Payments execution (examples you\u2019ll support)<\/span>Platform changes & scheme updates with controlled cutovers and post\u2011launch stabilization (e.g., authentication\/fraud tuning, wallet\/tokenization adoption).<\/span>Lifecycle programmes (activation, usage, balance build, retention) with defined cohorts, controls, and test\u2011and\u2011learn design; monitor impact and iterate.<\/span>card + companion wallet rollouts: product setup, partner onboarding, and tokenized wallet flows.<\/span>Portfolio migration\/conversion programmes tied to new propositions: phased plan (pre\u2011conversion \u2192 implementation \u2192 post\u2011conversion), comms, and BAU handover.<\/span>Tokenization & wallet enablement (Apple Pay \/ Google Pay \/ Samsung Pay): launch MDES\u2011backed tokens, set up push provisioning, and complete commercial + technical onboarding<\/span>Design, launch, and scale end\u2011to\u2011end loyalty programs\u2014from strategy & business case \u2192 platform\/vendor selection & integration \u2192 earn\/burn and catalog configuration \u2192 partner onboarding & GTM \u2192 migration & BAU handover \u2192 performance dashboards, governance, and continuous optimization.<\/span>Team Collaboration & Culture<\/span>Distill complex analysis into clear decisions and presentations; influence senior stakeholders confidently.<\/span>Plan and structure work for yourself and junior team members; lead or co\u2011lead project\/programme management forums.<\/span>Contribute to Mastercard intellectual capital (playbooks, dashboards, case studies) and mentor colleagues\u2014grow leaders, not just deliverables.<\/span>Thought leadership: Publish internal best practices and present at client forums; help shape programme standards across EEMEA.<\/span>All About You<\/b><\/span>Experience: 8\u201312 years in payments programme or project management with proven outcomes across consumer and\/or SME portfolios; hands\u2011on delivery of platform changes and lifecycle programmes.<\/span>Lifecycle mastery: Design and execution of activation, usage, balance build, retention; fluency in digital payments adoption drivers (e.g., wallets\/tokenization).<\/span>Controls & compliance: Deliver changes within scheme\/regulatory guardrails; strong ops readiness and documentation traceability.<\/span>Analytics fluency: Data storytelling, experimentation, and decisioning; comfort with Excel\/BI; experience defining dashboards and acting on insights.<\/span>Stakeholder leadership: Track record aligning cross\u2011functional teams and vendors to deliver on time\/on budget, with weekly performance rhythms.<\/span>You can point to 3+ end\u2011to\u2011end payments programmes (design \u2192 controls \u2192 launch \u2192 optimization) with quantified outcomes.<\/span>You\u2019ve shipped complex platform changes and stabilized operations post\u2011launch.<\/span>Stakeholders trust your judgment on P&L and customer experience and call you to solve hard problems fast.<\/span>All About Your Education & Skills<\/span>Bachelor\u2019s degree; advanced degree\/MBA preferred.<\/span>Fluent English; Arabic desirable for GCC\/Qatar stakeholders.<\/span>Advanced PowerPoint\/Excel\/Word; familiarity with programme\/campaign tools and BI platforms; project management tools preferred.<\/span>Certifications (nice\u2011to\u2011have): PMP\/PRINCE2 or equivalent; exposure to payments platforms is a plus.<\/span>Exceptional written, verbal, and stakeholder communication; strong organization and multitasking; analytical problem\u2011solving.<\/span>Willingness to travel across EEMEA as needed up to 80%.<\/span>Corporate Security Responsibility<\/span>All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks come with inherent risk. Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must: abide by security policies, ensure confidentiality\/integrity, report suspected violations, and complete mandatory training per Mastercard guidelines.<\/span>Corporate Security Responsibility<\/span>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:<\/span>Abide by Mastercard\u2019s security policies and practices;<\/span>Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;<\/span>Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and<\/span>Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard\u2019s guidelines.<\/p>\n

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Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we\u2019re 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. 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