Senior Managing Consultant - AI Consulting, Strategy and Deployment

চাকরির বিবরণ

Reporting to the Senior Principal and working with Mastercard's AI and product teams, this Dubai-based role leads AI consulting, strategy and deployment engagements, combining strategic advisory, AI solutioning, product evaluation, vendor ecosystem management and transformation delivery for clients.

দায়িত্ব

• Define enterprise AI strategies and transformation roadmaps aligned to client business objectives.
• Advise executive stakeholders on AI investment priorities, business cases, operating models, governance frameworks, and value realization approaches.
• Identify and prioritize high-value AI and GenAI use cases across payments, issuing, acquiring, fraud, cyber security, customer service, and operations.
• Translate AI opportunities into actionable implementation plans, including capability requirements, timelines, KPIs, and adoption strategies.
• Lead end-to-end AI solution design, from ideation through deployment and scale.
• Evaluate emerging AI products, platforms, and frameworks to determine business applicability and technical fit.
• Support AI product strategy, product enhancement recommendations, feature prioritization, and customer feedback integration.
• Collaborate with Mastercard product teams to incorporate AI capabilities into existing and new propositions.
• Develop reusable AI assets, accelerators, playbooks, and solution frameworks that can be deployed across multiple engagements.
• Lead vendor identification, technology scouting, market assessments, and partner evaluations to support client transformation objectives.
• Conduct build-versus-buy analyses and recommend optimal technology stacks across LLMs, agentic AI platforms, orchestration tools, data platforms, and cloud ecosystems.
• Assess and compare AI vendors, hyperscalers, fintechs, technology providers, and startup partners based on business value, scalability, security, compliance, and implementation complexity.
• Oversee AI and GenAI implementation programs from pilot through enterprise deployment.
• Partner closely with engineering, product, data science, and client teams to ensure successful delivery and adoption.
• Drive agile delivery methodologies, iterative experimentation, and rapid value realization.
• Lead change management, business readiness, and adoption activities to maximize organizational impact.
• Establish governance models that address AI ethics, regulatory requirements, model risk management, and responsible AI principles.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to client executives and transformation leaders.
• Lead AI discovery workshops, executive briefings, ideation sessions, and strategic planning engagements.
• Support proposal development, solutioning, sales pursuits, and client presentations.
• Identify opportunities for expanding client relationships and developing new AI-focused consulting offerings.
• Build Mastercard's market presence through speaking engagements, industry forums, publications, and client events.
• Develop points of view on emerging technologies including GenAI, Agentic AI, Autonomous Operations, Responsible AI, and AI Governance.
• Mentor consultants, data scientists, and AI specialists across the region.
• Drive the evolution of Mastercard's AI consulting methodologies and delivery frameworks.

যোগ্যতা

• Extensive experience in strategy consulting, digital transformation, AI consulting, data analytics, or technology advisory.
• Proven track record leading AI strategy, solutioning, deployment, and transformation programs.
• Experience advising senior executives and influencing enterprise-wide transformation decisions.
• Strong background in financial services, payments, banking, fintech, or card issuing ecosystems.
• Demonstrated experience designing and deploying GenAI solutions from concept through production.
• Hands-on familiarity with LLM ecosystems including OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Llama, Mistral, and agentic AI frameworks.
• Understanding of AI product development, MLOps, AI governance, risk controls, and deployment architectures.
• Experience evaluating AI vendors, technology platforms, and enterprise solution providers.
• Strong strategic problem-solving and executive communication skills.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across consulting, product, engineering, and analytics functions.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business recommendations.
• Track record of developing client relationships, originating work, and contributing to business growth.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Business, or related discipline.
• Master's degree, MBA, or advanced technical qualification preferred.

দক্ষতা

• AI strategy
• Consulting
• Generative AI
• Transformation delivery
• Vendor evaluation