Associate Consultant Intern, Performance Analytics

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

Associate Consultant Intern, Performance Analytics / Business Experimentation - Internship Program, 2025/2026 - São Paulo, Brazil

**Job Description**:
Associate Consultant Intern, Advisors - 2025/2026

The Services team is a key differentiator for Mastercard, providing cutting-edge services that help our customers grow. Focused on thinking big and scaling fast around the globe, this agile team is responsible for end-to-end solutions for a diverse global customer base. We combine traditional management consulting with our rich data assets and in-house technology to provide our clients with powerful strategic insights and recommendations.

Make an Impact as an Associate Consultant Intern

As an Associate Consultant Intern, you will collaborate within small teams to help some of the world's biggest brands answer and often implement solutions for their most challenging strategic questions. You will immediately create meaningful contributions through taking ownership of deliverables and building external relationships with clients. Focusing on technology and data, you will gain broad exposure to a range of industries, including financial services, retail, restaurants, hospitality and more.

As an Associate Consultant Intern, you will:
Participate in volunteer and team building experiences;
Gain exposure to our leadership team through networking sessions and speaker series;
Begin to build relationships with clients to understand their business needs, seek strategic solutions and guide impactful decisions;
Grow by receiving hands-on mentorship from an experienced management team;
Have an opportunity for meaningful contributions; and

Collaborate with colleagues across different areas of the organization and gain exposure to business development, account management, and product management.

We are looking for passionate and talented professionals, who share our vision for helping our customers with their most urgent business needs, and we are recruiting for the Performance Analytics / Business Experimentation career tracks that make up our team:
Sampling of questions we help our clients answer:

- How does a financial institution's fraud/authorization metrics fare against competitors, and what are strategies that can help it be best-in-class?
- How is a technology client’s market share changing over time, and are there any segments where the client is relatively under penetrated?
- Where should a retailer open new stores to maximize profitability and minimize the cannibalization of nearby omnichannel sales?
- What bonus should be provided to someone opening a credit card account to entice them to use the card regularly?

Bring your Passion and Expertise

We recruit for and value the following core competencies:
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. 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).

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.

QUALIFICATIONS

Undergraduate expected graduation date between July 2026 and December 2026

Outstanding record of academic achievement

Proven record of leadership in a work setting and/or through extracurricular activities

Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills

Particularly for Performance Analytics or Business Experimentation tracks, experience using data analysis or querying tools