Associate Management Consultant

ACADEMIC FORMATION

• Undergraduate degree with work experience in project management and change management methodologies and techniques
• English Intermediate level
• Contract Duration: 3.5 months
• Contract Type: Independent contractor (CNPJ)
• Compensation Scheme: Monthly professional service fees

JOB EXPERIENCE

Basic qualifications

• 4-6 years of Project Management experience
• Exposure to financial institutions, payments, and/or consultancies
• Experience managing clients or internal stakeholders
• Logical, structured thinking
• Advanced Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills
• Ability to perform multiple tasks with multiple clients in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Ability to communicate effectively in English and the local office language (if applicable)
• Eligibility to work in the country where you are applying, as well as apply for travel visas as required by travel needs
• Ability to travel to client sites on a semi-regular basis

Preferred qualifications

• Experience developing and implementing solutions and measuring impact on clients' business
• Experience coaching junior consultants
• Have completed or interested in pursuing recognized professional accreditation, such as Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Knowledge of Project Management tools
• Exposure to payments and/or retail banking or merchants
• MBA or master’s degree with relevant specialization (not required)

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Associate Managing Consultant – Program Management will be responsible for acquiring, engaging, and retaining customers by managing fraud and risk, enhancing cybersecurity, and improving the digital payments experience. combine traditional management consulting with rich data assets and technologies to provide clients with powerful strategic insights and recommendations. Our teams work with a diverse global customer base across industries, from banking and payments to retail and restaurants.

Lead clients through business transformations by implementing strategically assets and services to bring value and drive growth. They serve as the Center of Engagement across all stakeholders within the client’s organization.

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES

You will manage multiple projects within a portfolio, providing efficient and effective coordination of a complex range of activities by clearly defining project team and stakeholder roles and responsibilities that are aligned with the delivery of the expected benefits. You will ensure effective identification of risks and pro-active solutioning to mitigate risks and impact on timelines.

Client Impact

• Manage deliverable development and workstreams on multiple large, complex high-value projects across a range of industries, problem statements, and cultures
• Utilize proven, accredited project and change management methodologies and techniques to help clients drive measurable value
• Define scope, timelines, and budget and perform cost, benefit, and risk analyses
• Report on issues, risks, progress, and timelines and summarize effectively, offering analysis, options, and credible solutions
• Manage working relationship with client managers, and act as trusted and reliable partner

Team Collaboration & Culture

• Develop sound business recommendations and deliver effective client presentations
• Plan, organize, and structure own work and that of junior project team members to address client problems
• Lead team and external meetings, and lead or co-lead project management
• Grow from coaching to enable ownership of day-to-day project management across client projects, and mentor junior team members