Research Manager (Associate Managing Consultant)

Our Purpose

We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Title and Summary

Research Manager (Associate Managing Consultant)
Our Purpose
We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Research Manager, Advisors Research Center

Overview
The Data & Services team is a key differentiator for Mastercard providing the cutting-edge services that help our customers grow. Focused on thinking big and scaling fast around the globe, this agile team is responsible for end-to-end solutions for a diverse global customer base. We combine traditional management consulting with our rich data assets and in-house technology to provide our clients with powerful strategic insights and recommendations. Centered on data-driven technologies and innovation, these services include 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.

All About the Role
Advisors Research Center is a new capability designed to respond to fast evolving customer needs for high-quality research support, with the important mission of value realization in developing insights and recommendations. This capability augments Advisors traditional areas of strength.
Advisors Research Center is a Global Research-oriented Competency That Applies Proven, Accredited Research and Domain Experience to Partner With Any Client Worldwide to Help Them Drive Measurable Value By
• Delivering new research products and strategies to market smoothly and efficiently
• Successfully leveraging research assets and delivering the most challenging research output that’s impactful for clients
• Providing key insights based on both primary and secondary research, using a variety of research techniques

All About You
• Managed a variety of research projects (both primary and secondary research).
• Experience of working on both quantitative (e.g., surveys) and qualitative (e.g., focus group discussions (FGD’s), in-depth interviews (IDI’s)) and other techniques.
• Have prepared questionnaires, discussion guides etc. with support from seniors in the team.
• Supported in conducting IDI’s and FGD’s with senior members of the team.
• Experience of conducting research via use of free text search, Boolean search, etc. Adept at using industry databases (e.g., Euromonitor, Bloomberg etc.). and knowledge of other leading public sources
• Ability to synthesize and analyze information from multiple sources. Ability to prepare insightful slides aggregating data from various sources. Strong at business writing, creating client ready materials.
• Strong communication skills to actively participate as a team member on client calls, internal team meetings, prepare draft emails for both internal and external purpose.

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.