Associate Consultant, Launch Program 2027 - Toronto, Canada

Mastercard • Toronto, ON

8d • CA$87,500 • Onsite

About The Position

Mastercard's Launch Program is an 18-month program designed to build specialized expertise through hands-on experience, structured learning, and mentorship from industry leaders. Participants will work on real business challenges, applying their skills to projects that create meaningful impact. The program aims to deepen knowledge of Mastercard's business, foster collaboration across the organization, and develop the technical, analytical, and professional capabilities needed to accelerate careers. Upon completion, participants will have a strong foundation in their chosen field and the confidence for continued growth at Mastercard.

The Advisors & Consulting Services (A&CS) team within Mastercard helps clients drive impact through data-driven insights, hands-on implementation, and a collaborative, tech-enabled culture. The team invests in talent through global engagements, continuous learning, and programs like the Global Ambassadors Program, while fostering purpose through volunteerism, pro-bono work, and innovation that benefits both clients and communities.

Requirements

• Undergraduate or master’s degree with an expected graduation date Spring 2027
• This role is not eligible for Mastercard’s work authorization sponsorship now or in the future.
• Passion: Actively seeks responsibility and takes pride in delivering the highest quality results and recommendations to our clients. Proven record of leadership in a work setting and/or through extracurricular activities.
• Analytic Excellence: Demonstrates a strong aptitude for structured problem solving, analytical, and quantitative skills.
• Business Interest: Clear interest in the world of business, and intuition for the way that companies make decisions.
• Rapid Growth: Eagerness to learn quickly, both through Mastercard's structured training curriculum and organic development opportunities.
• Teamwork: Willingness to work within small teams to produce outstanding deliverables, with a will to win attitude.
• Integrity: Outstanding record of academic achievement. Commitment to Mastercard's values of honesty and integrity with a willingness to embrace and learn from mistakes.
• Diverse Perspective: Brings a unique skillset or approach to the table in every client engagement or internal activity.
• Communication: Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience using data analysis or querying tools (e.g., SQL, SAS, Excel or Tableau) is an asset (particularly for Performance Analytics or Business Experimentation tracks).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate within small teams to help some of the world's biggest brands answer and implement solutions for their most challenging strategic questions.
• Create meaningful contributions through ownership of deliverables and building external relationships with clients.
• Focusing on technology and data, gain broad exposure to a range of industries, including financial services, retail, restaurants, hospitality, and more.
• Leverage Mastercard's industry-leading predictive analytics platform, Test & Learn®, and SQL to run data-backed business experiments for clients (Business Experimentation track).
• Focus on data science-based solutions to provide insights on various business initiatives, including product launches, marketing campaigns, customer loyalty, and pricing across various industries that touch many Fortune 500 companies (Business Experimentation track).
• Partner directly with clients to share findings and help determine which ideas are effective, as well as where, when, and how to implement them (Business Experimentation track).
• Support 2-4 clients concurrently and develop a deep understanding of client business challenges through longer term engagements (typically lasting 1-2 years) (Business Experimentation track).
• Guide clients through strategic, tactical, operational, and transformational challenges to enhance performance and operations (Strategy & Transformation track).
• Engage in areas including product development, marketing, customer loyalty, and innovation (Strategy & Transformation track).
• Work with clients from various industries, with many engagements directly interfacing with numerous Fortune 500 companies (Strategy & Transformation track).
• Support 1-3 projects concurrently, with each project lasting for approximately 8-16 weeks (Strategy & Transformation track).

Benefits

• Competitive pay based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role
• May be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree