Managing Consultant, Advisors & Consulting Services, Deploy

Job description

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 Managing Consultant, Advisors & Consulting Services, Deploy Managing Consultant, Advisors & Consulting Services, Deploy All About the Role Make an impact as a Managing Consultant, Advisors & Consulting Services, Deploy. Deploy is an execution-oriented client-facing competency that applies proven change management, program governance, and delivery expertise to help clients and internal stakeholders achieve measurable business outcomes through successful execution of strategic initiatives, business transformation programs, and technology-enabled change. As part of the Deploy Operations team, this role serves 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 position is responsible for managing Mastercard Türkiye's growing ecosystem of external partners and driving vendor governance, sourcing coordination, financial oversight, contract management, and stakeholder engagement across multiple client programs and business initiatives involving external service providers. This role is not primarily focused on project delivery execution, but rather on third-party governance, commercial operations, vendor management, financial oversight, and operational excellence across strategic initiatives. This role will work closely with business teams, clients, sourcing, finance, legal, and external vendors to ensure effective execution of commercial and operational activities while maintaining strong governance, financial discipline, and operational efficiency across multiple concurrent initiatives. As a Managing Consultant, you will help establish governance frameworks, optimize third-party engagement processes, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and support the successful execution of strategic programs through effective vendor management, financial governance, and cross-functional stakeholder coordination. All About You • Act as a member of the Deploy Operations team, providing governance, operational oversight, and coordination across multiple consulting engagements, client programs, and strategic initiatives. • Manage third-party vendor engagements across technology, consulting, marketing, and other service categories. • Support vendor selection, onboarding, commercial negotiations, and ongoing relationship management activities. • Partner closely with Sourcing and Procurement teams to drive compliant, efficient, and cost-effective vendor engagement processes. • Lead Statement of Work (SOW) preparation, review, approval, execution, and ongoing governance activities. • Coordinate contract-related activities and ensure alignment between scope, deliverables, timelines, milestones, and commercial terms. • Manage financial governance activities including invoice tracking, accrual management, budget monitoring, forecasting, and cost control. • Support project financial management activities and maintain awareness of revenue recognition requirements. • Act as a key coordination point between Mastercard teams, clients, sourcing, finance, legal, and third-party vendors. • Support governance and operational oversight across large-scale client programs and strategic business initiatives. • Establish and drive governance frameworks, operating models, and process improvements that enhance operational efficiency, financial controls, and third-party engagement practices. • Maintain Salesforce opportunity and project governance records and support operational reporting activities. • Identify risks, dependencies, commercial challenges, operational issues, and escalation items, and drive resolution with relevant stakeholders. • Build strong working relationships with internal business stakeholders, clients, vendors, and partner organizations. • Serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders by providing guidance on vendor strategies, governance frameworks, commercial models, and operational best practices. • Demonstrate strong communication, leadership, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills in a fast-paced environment. All About Your Education & Skills • Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification. Advanced degree or MBA preferred. • Professional accreditation such as PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum, PMO, Procurement, or equivalent experience is desirable. • Extensive experience in vendor management, sourcing, procurement, PMO, commercial operations, project governance, consulting operations, program management, or related functions, with a proven track record of leading complex cross-functional initiatives. • Proven experience managing third-party vendors and external service providers in complex business environments. • Strong understanding of contract governance, Statement of Work (SOW) management, and commercial engagement models. • Experience supporting sourcing and procurement processes, including vendor evaluation, onboarding, commercial negotiations, and supplier governance. • Solid knowledge of financial governance processes, including invoicing, accruals, budgeting, forecasting, cost tracking, and financial reporting. • Working knowledge of revenue recognition principles and project financial management practices. • Experience working with large enterprise clients, preferably within banking, payments, technology, consulting, or professional services sectors. • Financial Services experience preferred, ideally including payments, digital banking, issuing, acquiring, consulting, or technology transformation programs. • Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build alignment and drive outcomes across senior business leaders, clients, sourcing, finance, legal, and vendor organizations. • Demonstrated ability to lead and coordinate matrixed teams and stakeholders without direct reporting lines. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to engage effectively with clients, vendors, senior stakeholders, and cross-functional teams across a global organization. • Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify commercial opportunities, operational improvements, and process efficiencies. • Experience establishing governance frameworks, operating models, and process improvements to support business growth and operational excellence. • Experience with Salesforce and related project governance tools is preferred. • Advanced Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills required. • Ability to manage multiple priorities and workstreams within a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. Corporate Security Responsibility All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks come 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. • Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines. 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, Mas