Principal, Türkiye & Azerbaijan Sub-Cluster Lead, Advisors and Consulting Services

Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. Title and Summary Principal, Türkiye & Azerbaijan Sub-Cluster Lead, Advisors and Consulting Services As Sub-Cluster Lead for Türkiye and Azerbaijan, you will drive the delivery of Mastercard Advisors’ consulting engagements across your markets, ensuring every project delivers measurable client impact and supports Mastercard’s strategic objectives. You will oversee project execution, coach team members, and work closely with country managers and Eastern Europe Head of Advisors to strengthen client relationships and grow the practice. Key Responsibilities: • Engagement & Delivery Leadership – Lead project teams to deliver high-quality projects, creative solutions, and actionable recommendations that generate tangible business value. Provide subject-matter or industry expertise and guide teams toward efficient, business-focused outcomes. • Client Impact – Own mid- to senior-level client relationships, proactively shaping client agendas and managing relationship risks to ensure sustained trust and impact. • People & Team Development – Manage and grow a diverse consulting team across Türkiye and Azerbaijan, mentoring junior teammates both within and beyond engagement teams. Foster a collaborative, high-performance culture and contribute to Mastercard’s knowledge management and best practices. • Internal Collaboration – Partner with country managers, IMK, CSC and Business Development teams to align priorities, share market intelligence, and support regional go-to-market initiatives. • Financial & Operational Accountability – Manage engagement budgets, staffing, and risk; maintain forecast accuracy and ensure compliance with firm policies and profitability goals. • Thought Leadership – Act as a thought partner to clients and internal stakeholders, supporting the growth of the Mastercard Advisors & Consulting Services brand through market insights and contributions to internal and external forums. All About You – Core Competencies • Passion – Actively seeks responsibility and takes pride in guiding project teams toward delivering the highest-quality results and recommendations. • Problem Solving – Leads teams to identify the most critical aspects of a problem and guides them to business-focused solutions and recommendations that drive client value; initiates course corrections where required. • Analytic Excellence – Demonstrates strong structured-problem-solving and quantitative skills; ensures efficient use of technical capabilities regardless of context. • Project Management – Deep interest in project delivery with business clients and strong intuition for how companies make decisions. • Client Management – Inspires client confidence through timely, reliable execution; develops stakeholder management plans to align priorities and address support or resistance. • Communication & Presence – Crafts clear, complete deliverables and communicates effectively— verbally and in writing — across complex scenarios up to senior management levels. • Teamwork – Motivates medium-sized teams or key workstreams on regional engagements to produce superior deliverables while fostering open collaboration and a “will-to-win” attitude. • Commercial Orientation – Identifies opportunities to leverage internal capabilities, including cross-sell opportunities beyond direct project work; partners with broader Services teams on contracting and solution design. • Leadership –