**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 Cyber Security SME - Advisors Client Services Job Description Summary Managing Consultant Cyber Security SME - Advisors Client Services Our Purpose Job Title Managing Consultant Cyber Security SME - Advisors Client Services The Data & Services team is a key differentiator for Mastercard, providing the cutting-edge services that help our customers grow. We combine traditional management consulting with our rich data assets and technology to provide our clients with powerful strategic insights and recommendations. Centered on data-driven technologies and innovation, these services include cybersecurity consulting, loyalty and marketing programs, test-and-learn business experimentation, and data-driven information and risk management services. While specializing in the payments industry, Mastercard Data & Services also works closely with major retailers, airlines, and other enterprises, leveraging data and insights garnered from within and beyond its network. Make an Impact as a Managing Consultant and Cybersecurity Practitioner As a Managing Consultant, you will develop key client strategies, lead client engagements across a range of industries and types of projects, such as cybersecurity risk management consulting services, data governance, or data and analytics. You will generate key hypotheses and independently structure engagements to address client problems. Leading the work of the project Delivery team, you will be a key resource to others to identify creative and useful analyses to address client problems, synthesize analyses into clear, sound recommendations, and share findings through impactful storylines and slides. In leading the problem-solving process to drive high-value decisions, you will mentor and coach junior teammates, and contribute to Mastercard’s knowledge management and best practices. At Mastercard, you are expected to not only have a tremendous impact in transforming our clients, but also have a leading role in shaping the cybersecurity practice’s future. Role 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. - Cybersecurity specialist: go-to person for cybersecurity challenges and projects delivery, assisting with sales support and product management activities as needed. - Problem Solving: Leads definition and development of deliverables to solve client problems, address difficult client situations, and produce actionable recommendations for clients. - Analytic Excellence: Demonstrates a strong aptitude for structured problem solving and quantitative skills. - Project Management: Clear interest in project coordination and delivery with business clients. - Communication and Presence: Excellent written and verbal communication skills in client-facing situations. - Teamwork: Creates positive team environment and supports collaboration within small teams to produce outstanding deliverables, with a will to win attitude. - Commercial Orientation: Ability to identify strong opportunities to leverage cybersecurity and other Data & Services capabilities, including identification of cross-sell opportunities. - Integrity: Commitment to Mastercard's values of honesty and integrity with a willingness to embrace and learn from our mistakes. - Diverse Perspective: Brings a unique skillset or approach to the table in every client engagement or internal activity. Qualifications: - Undergraduate or master’s degree in technology and/or cybersecurity related fields and work experience after completing your undergraduate degree - Experience in a consulting organization (manager or higher level) with team management responsibility in technology and cybersecurity projects - Knowledge of information security standards and best practices such as PCI-DSS, HIPAA, ISO27001, NIST, CIS, CSA and hands-on experience in executing and managing cyber security risk & controls assessments or audits - Experience in assessing and building programs and solutions that balance protection and business needs - Demonstrated working experience with security technologies and processes such as awareness and training, cloud security, disaster recovery, end point protection, hardening, network security, IAM, secure software development lifecycle, SIEM, third party risk management, threat and vulnerability management - Desirable cert