Associate Advisor, Launch Program 2027

Job description

**Our Purpose** * the employer powers economies and empowers people in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. Together with our customers, we help build a sustainable economy where everyone can thrive. We support a wide range of digital payments options, making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology, innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments achieve their greatest potential. * **Title and Summary** Associate Advisor, Launch Program 2027 - Saudi Arabia Associate Advisor, Launch Program - 2027 - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Why join the the employer Launch Program? Over the course of this 18-month programme, you will build specialist expertise through hands-on experience, structured learning and mentorship from industry leaders. You'll work to address real business challenges, applying your skills to projects that create meaningful impact. Along the way, you'll deepen your knowledge of the employer's business, collaborate with teams across the organization, and develop the technical, analytical, and professional capabilities needed to accelerate your career. By the end of the program, you will have a strong foundation in your chosen field and the confidence needed to continue growing here at the employer About the Team: The Advisors and Consulting Services (A&CS) team at the employer is a team that works clients to achieve impact through data-driven insights, practical execution, and a collaborative, technology-enabled culture. We invest in talent through global engagements and continuous learning, and programs such as the Global Ambassador Program, with the purpose furthered through volunteerism, pro bono work, and innovation that benefits customers and communities alike. What You'll Do As an Associate Consultant, you will: Collaborate within small teams to help some of the world's largest brands answer and implement solutions to their most challenging strategic questions. Create meaningful contributions through ownership of deliverables and building external customer relationships. With a focus on technology and data, you will gain broad experience in a range of industries, including financial services, retail, restaurants, hospitality, and more. Pathways of Specialization We are looking for passionate, talented professionals who share our vision to help our clients with their most pressing business needs. We employ five specialty tracks that make up our team. Track placement will indicate the types of projects you will spend the most time on, however, we encourage and enable working across tracks to allow team members to gain diverse skills and experience. Business Experience Leverages the employer's industry-leading predictive analytics platform, Test & Learn®, and SQL to drive data-driven business experiences for our clients. Consultants focus on data science-based solutions to provide insights into various business initiatives, including product launches, marketing campaigns, customer loyalty, and pricing across various industries touching many Fortune 500 companies. Engage directly with clients to share results and help identify effective ideas, as well as where, when, and how to implement them. Take samples from Questions we help our clients answer: Where should a retailer open new stores to maximize profitability and minimize cannibalization of nearby omnichannel sales? What reward should be offered to someone who opens a credit card account to encourage them to use the card regularly? Team members will typically support 2-4 clients at a time and develop a deep understanding of the client's business challenges through long-term (usually lasting) engagements. Strategy and Transformation Guide clients through strategic, tactical, operational and transformational challenges to enhance performance and operations. Our engagements cover diverse areas, including product development, marketing, customer loyalty and innovation. Working with clients from various industries, many science and technology engagements interact directly with numerous Fortune 500 companies. This role aligns with the practices of traditional management consulting firms. Sample questions we help our clients answer: How can a global financial services organization successfully enter a new, highly competitive market? How can a client improve its operating model to better achieve operational, financial and strategic goals? Team members typically support 1-3 projects at a time, with each project lasting approximately 8-16 weeks. Performance Analytics Use quantitative and qualitative skills and enterprise applications (e.g., business intelligence platforms, SQL, Python, and more) to drive data-driven consulting solutions for clients. Bring massive amounts of the employer, customer and third-party data assets together for investigation In trends, building propensity models, developing data visualizations, and assembling millions of data points into a cohesive story. Engage with client stakeholders through virtual and in-person meetings, leveraging insights to guide strategic recommendations. How does the technology customer's market share change over time, and are there any segments where the customer is relatively less penetrated? Marketing Develop strategies, lead the execution of marketing campaigns and engagements, and evaluate results to drive performance on behalf of the employer customers. Providing deep cross-channel direct marketing expertise that leverages customer behavioral and transactional data and determines tangible results for both the customer and the employer How does a retail customer drive in-store traffic post-Covid and/or optimize their e-commerce site to increase basket size and average spend per customer? How can a large financial institution best execute a portfolio transfer - for example, after purchasing another issuer's portfolio - including components such as launch, market internal and external communications and more? Team members typically support 1-3 projects from any domain and build a core marketing and consulting toolkit. Helping clients implement, launch, and scale the employer product platforms and business transformation initiatives. Combines stakeholder engagement, program management, and implementation expertise to guide complex initiatives from strategy to implementation. O Work closely with customers and the employer teams, to coordinate cross-functional efforts, to manage risks, dependencies and drive adoption to ensure customers realize value from their investments. What roadmap, implementation, governance structure and stakeholder engagement plan will put the client in the best position to achieve large-scale transformation on time and within scope? How can a customer accelerate adoption and maximize the value of a newly deployed platform, product, or technology investment across their organization? Team members typically support 1-2 projects or clients concurrently in implementation and implementation. These projects usually last from 6 to 12 months. What we're looking for Accelerated bachelor's degree or master's degree with an expected graduation date between March 2026 and July 2027 Immigration statement if applicable Eligibility to work and proficiency in local office language Enthusiasm: Actively seeks responsibility and takes pride in providing the highest quality results and recommendations to our clients. Documented record of leadership in a work environment and/or through extracurricular activities. Analytical Excellence: Demonstrates strong structured problem-solving ability and analytical and quantitative skills. Experience using data analysis or query tools (e.g. SQL, SAS, Excel or Tableau) is an advantage (especially for Performance Analytics or Business Experience tracks). Business interest: A demonstrated interest in the world of business, and an intuition for understanding how companies make decisions. Rapid Growth: Desire to learn quickly, both through the employer's structured training curriculum and organic development opportunities. Teamwork: Willingness to work within small teams to produce outstanding outcomes, with an attitude of wanting to win. Integrity: MT record Distinction of academic achievement. Commitment to the employer's values of honesty and integrity with a willingness to embrace and learn from mistakes. Diverse Perspective: Brings a unique skill set or approach to the table in each client engagement or internal activity. Communication: The ability to communicate complex ideas effectively. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. To participate in our job simulation and experience working as a the employer Consultant, visit: **Corporate Security Responsibility** All activities involving access to the employer assets, information and networks involve inherent risks to the organization and, therefore, every person working for or on behalf of the employer is expected to be responsible for information security and must: * adhere to the employer's security policies and practices, * ensure the confidentiality and integrity of information accessed, * report any suspected security information. violation or breach, and * complete all periodic mandatory security training in accordance with the employer guidelines. Everyone wants easier ways to pay, and we're creating them. Checkout lines are slow, and we speed them up. Merchants want more sales, and we give them data and insights. People need financial access, and we connect them. B2B purchasing is complex, we make it simple. Bus-y passengers, we speed them on their way. Governments need greater efficiencies, and we help create them. Small businesses are virtual, we give them access to a world of buyers. Retailers want to fight fraud, and we provide the tools

Requirements

• · Over the course of this 18-month programme, you will build specialist expertise through hands-on experience, structured learning and mentorship from industry leaders
• · We invest in talent through global engagements, continuous learning, and programs like the Global Ambassador Program, while advancing purpose through volunteerism, pro bono work, and innovation that benefits clients and communities alike
• · With a focus on technology and data, you will gain broad experience in a range of industries, including financial services, retail, restaurants, hospitality, and more
• · Business Experience Leverages the employer's industry-leading predictive analytics platform, Test & Learn®, and SQL to drive data-driven business experiences for our clients
• · Provide deep cross-channel direct marketing expertise that leverages customer behavioral and transactional data and determines tangible results for both the customer and the employer
• · Combine engagement, stakeholder program management, and implementation expertise to guide complex initiatives from strategy to implementation

Skills