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Title and Summary
Mastercard Economics Institute Growth Enablement for Americas
Mastercard Economics Institute Growth Enablement Lead for the Americas
Overview
• The Mastercard Economics Institute (MEI) is an economics lab that powering scale at Mastercard by owning economic thought leadership in support of Mastercard's efforts to build a more inclusive and sustainable digital economy
• The Economics Institute was launched in 2020 to analyze economic trends through the lens of the consumer to deliver tailored and actionable insights on economic issues for customers, partners and policymakers
• The Institute is composed of a team of economists and data scientists that utilize & synthesize the anonymized and aggregated data from the Mastercard network together with public data to bring powerful insights to life, in the form of 1:1 presentations, global thought leadership, media participation, and commercial work through the company's product suites
About the role
We are looking for an expert on the nuances of the complex and diverse business environments across North, Central and South America who can implement our group growth strategy in the region. This expert can connect complex business challenges to the value in economics solutions, execute global business development initiatives locally for the Economics Institute, and model delivery excellence for major markets, including but not limited to the US, Mexico and Brazil with assistance of the global MEI team and local practice leads. This individual will report to the MEI global practice lead in Boston and have the following responsibilities:
• Act as point person in to coordinate between MEI, the products, the consulting team, and external stakeholders to identify, scope, and staff client engagements for the region
• Identify and speak up for regional nuances to support the build out and expansion of the economics offerings and product go-to-market strategy in coordination with the global practice lead
• Engage in broader business development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), the US, and Canada for product teams by joining key client meetings, developing and/or localizing MEI collateral, and informing marketing campaigns
• Ensure delivery excellence in coordination with Chief Economists for LAC and NAM, including but not limited to: sourcing and developing local talent pipeline; participating in project deliveries and providing feedback; and identifying client use case nuances or unmet needs
• Collaborate with MEI and business/product owners to roll out centrally developed services for LAC (size the market, scope requirements, address customer and product needs), as well as prospective new offerings
• Partner with Global Practice Lead on group build out including infrastructure and strategy for year 2
• Support development of MEI value proposition for other regions by being available for above functions outside of Europe on an as-needed basis, especially while the practice goes from start-up phase to maturity
About you
• strong collaborator working across cross functional teams within the Institute and the broader Mastercard teams; successful track record driving results from within a matrixed organization
• deep experience with commercial pipeline management and trade-offs
• methodical approach to project management, for both revenue-gen and internal work
• familiarity with the field of global economics consulting and data products
• demonstrated ability to manage complex projects and timelines effectively and handling evolving situations fluidly
• enthusiasm for regional project pipeline management with responsibility for recommending staffing plans and securing team resources against production calendar and commitments
• openness to new ideas, approaches, challenges and environments
• strong stakeholder management skills necessary both for local resource requirements against global pipeline, as well as prioritization, development and deployment of new offerings within Mastercard, and for project execution with Mastercard's target audience of senior business leaders
• fluency in English, as well as Spanish or Portuguese
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.