Associate Consultant, Launch Graduate Program 2026 - Lisbon, Portugal Lisboa

Associate Consultant, Launch Graduate Program 2026 - Lisbon, Portugal
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

**Our Purpose***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. ***Title and Summary**### Associate Consultant, Launch Graduate Program 2026 - Lisbon, Portugal### Associate Consultant, Launch Graduate Program 2026 - Lisbon, Portugal At Mastercard, our Advisors & Consulting Services (ACS) group helps clients drive impact through
- driven insights,
- on implementation, and a collaborative,
- enabled culture. We invest in talent through global engagements, continuous learning, and programs like the Global Ambassadors Program, while fostering purpose through volunteerism,
- bono work, and innovation that benefits both clients and communities. Make an Impact as an Associate Consultant As an Associate Consultant, you willcollaborate within small teamsto help some of the world's biggest brands answer and implement solutionsfor their most challenging strategic questions. You will immediately create meaningful contributions through taking ownership of deliverables and building external relationships with clients. Focusing ontechnology and data, you will gain broad exposure to a range of industries, including financial services, retail, restaurants, hospitality and more. Specialization Tracks We are looking for passionate and talented professionals, who share our vision for helping our customers with their most urgent business needs, and we are recruiting for four career tracks that make up our team. Track placement will indicate the types of projects where you will spend most of your time; however, we encourage and enable working across tracks to allow team members to acquire diverse skills and experiences. Business Experimentation Leverage Mastercard's
- leading predictive analytics platform, Test &Learn, and SQL to run
- backed business experiments for our clients. Consultants focus on data
- based solutions to provide insights on various business initiatives, including product launches, marketing campaigns, customer loyalty, and pricing across various industries that touch many Fortune 500 companies. Partner directly with clients to share findings and help determine which ideas are effective, as well as where, when, and how to implement them. Sampling of questions we help our customers answer: Team members will typically support 2-4 clients concurrently and develop a deep understanding of client business challenges through longer term engagements (typically lasting 1-2 years). Strategy & Transformation Guide clients through strategic, tactical, operational, and transformational challenges to enhance performance and operations. Our engagements cover diverse areas, including product development, marketing, customer loyalty, and innovation. Working with clients from various industries, many S&T engagements directly interface with numerous Fortune 500 companies. This role aligns with the practices of traditional management consulting firms. Sampling of questions we help our customers answer: Team members typically support 1-3 projects concurrently, with each project lasting for approximately 8-16 weeks. Performance Analytics Use quantitative and qualitativeskills and enterprise applications(e. g. , Business Intelligence Platforms, SQL, Python, and more) to drive
- led consulting solutions for customers. Weave together vast amounts Mastercard, client & 3rd party data assets toinvestigate trends, build propensity models, develop data visualizations, and synthesize millions of data points into a cohesive story. Engage with client stakeholders through virtual and
- person meetings, leveraging insights to inform strategic recommendations. Sampling of questions we help our customers answer: Team members support typically support several customers concurrently, and include both short and long term projects that can last anywhere from 4 weeks up to 1 year. Marketing Develop strategies and lead implementation of marketing campaigns and engagements; evaluate results to drive performance on behalf of Mastercard’s clients. Provide deep direct marketing expertise across channels, leveraging customer, behavioral and transactional data and defining tangible results to both the client and Mastercard. Sampling of questions we help our clients answer: Team members typically support 1-3 projects from any domain and build fundamental marketing and consulting toolkit. Bring your Passion and Expertise We recruit for and value the following core competencies: Passion: Actively seeks responsibility and takes pride in delivering the highest quality results and recommendations to our clients. Proven record of leadership in a work setting and/or through extracurricular activities. Analytic Excellence: Demonstrates a strong aptitude for structured problem solving, analytical and quantitative skills. Experience using data analysis or querying tools (e. g. , SQL, SAS, Excel or Tableau) is an asset (particularly for Performance Analytics or Business Experimentation tracks). Business Interest: Clear interest in the world of business, and intuition for the way that companies make decisions. Rapid Growth: Eagerness to learn quickly, both through Mastercard's structured training curriculum and organic development opportunities. Teamwork: Willingness to work within small teams to produce outstanding deliverables, with a will to win attitude. Integrity: Outstanding record of academic achievement. Commitment to Mastercard's values of honesty and integrity with a willingness to embrace and learn from mistakes. Diverse Perspective: Brings a unique skillset or approach to the table in every client engagement or internal activity. Communication: Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Qualifications: Undergraduate or master’s degree with an expected graduation date no later than August 2026 Language Proficiency: Proficiency in at least two languages is mandatory, including English. Proficiency in three or more languages is considered a strong plus Please indicate your first track preference. This information will be leveraged to best match applicants with their desired track. To participate in our job simulation and experience what it’s like to work as an Associate Consultant at Mastercard visit: https://www.theforage.com/simulations/mastercard/advisors-client-services-xvlw### ### **Corporate Security Responsibility**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:* Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;* Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;* Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and* Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

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