Specialist, Product Development

• Working with technology and data, contributes towards the development of strategies and programs for large, strategically important regional and global clients
• Independently identifies issues in defined area of analysis, structures analysis with oversight and synthesizes own analysis and identifies relevant implications
• Supports development of recommendations, and prepares presentations, and delivers them to clients
• Understands immediate clients' needs and agenda to provide creative input into project
• Develops day-to-day working relationship with entry-level clients
• Identifies engagement risks in immediate area of responsibility
• Supports intellectual capital development from client work and incorporate insights from related intellectual capital/project initiatives
• Contributes to proposal preparation
• Identifies client challenges and brings ideas on opportunities to the attention of senior Mastercard Advisors staff

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or master's degree with experience in a consulting/analytics organization
• 2+ years of Experience in a consulting organization as a consultant
• Expertise on one or more of SQL, Python, Big data / Hadoop (Pyspark / ScalaSpark / SparkR), HQL, Hive, R
• Experience with one or more of Segmentation, Data modelling, Machine Learning / Deep Learning, Campaign insights, A/B testing, data-driven product development
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills and ability to structure analyses to form data-driven solutions to ambiguous client challenges
• Exposure specifically in payments and / or retail banking or retail/eCommerce, BFSI merchants preferred
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively – both verbally and in writing – in English and the local office language(s)
• Demonstrated ability to build trust-based relationships with colleagues and clients
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Advanced Word, Excel, PowerPoint and data analytics skills
• Candidates must be eligible to work in the country of which they are applying for a position in, as well as eligible to apply for travel visas as required by travel needs.