Mastercard: Associate Consultant - Graduate Programme 2027
- Location
- Johannesburg, Gauteng
- Minimum qualification
- Bachelor's degree
- Closing date
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In brief
Overview This is for the Mastercard Associate Consultant - Graduate Programme 2027. Mastercard is seeking Associate Consultants to join small teams to help some of the world's biggest brands with their most challenging strategic questions and implement solutions. The role focuses on technology and data, providing broad exposure to various industries, including financial services, retail, restaurants, and hospitality. Two specialization tracks are offered: Strategy & Transformation and Marketing. What you will do * Collaborate within small teams to help clients answer and implement solutions for their most challenging strategic questions. * Create meaningful contributions through ownership of deliverables. * Build external relationships with clients. * Focus on technology and data to gain broad exposure to a range of industries. * **For Strategy & Transformation track:** Guide clients through strategic, tactical, operational, and transformational challenges to enhance performance and operations; cover diverse areas including product development, marketing, customer loyalty, and innovation; directly interface with numerous Fortune 500 companies. * **For Marketing track:** Develop strategies and lead implementation of marketing campaigns and engagements; evaluate results to drive performance; provide deep direct marketing expertise across channels; leverage customer, behavioral and transactional data; define tangible results. Requirements (from the original advert) * Undergraduate or master’s degree with an expected graduation date in November 2026 – August 2027 * Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively – both verbally and in writing – in English * Must be available to start in March or September 2027 Who should apply Passionate and talented professionals who share Mastercard's vision for helping customers with their most urgent business needs. Candidates should be interested in management consulting, strategic problem-solving, marketing, technology, and data, and should indicate their preferred specialization track (Strategy & Transformation or Marketing) in their CV. Deadline Not specified Reference Original posting: https://www.graduates24.com/mastercard-associate-consultant-graduate-programme-2027 Source: graduate24
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