Associate Consultant Intern, Summer 2027

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.

Associate Consultant Intern, Summer 2027 - Vancouver, Canada

Mastercard's internship program offers more than hands‑on work. It provides an opportunity to build skills, expand your network, and make a meaningful impact while working on projects that support business priorities.

Mastercard's internship program offers more than hands‑on work. It provides an opportunity to build skills, expand your network, and make a meaningful impact while working on projects that support business priorities.

Mastercard’s Advisors & Consulting Services (A&CS) team helps clients drive impact through data‑driven insights, hands‑on implementation, and a collaborative, tech‑enabled culture. We invest in talent through global engagements, continuous learning, and programs like the Global Ambassadors Program, while fostering purpose through volunteerism, pro‑bono work, and innovation that benefits both clients and communities.

• Work in small teams to support strategic consulting projects across industries
• Collaborate with colleagues across different areas of the organization and gain exposure to business development, account management, and product management
• Analyze data, identify trends, and help translate insights into recommendations
• Create clear and compelling presentations for internal teams and clients
• Support problem solving by structuring challenges and exploring solutions
• Build an understanding of how consulting engagements are delivered end to end
• 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

We are looking for passionate and talented professionals who share our vision for helping our customers with their most urgent business needs. We are recruiting for the following specialization tracks that make up our team. Track placement will indicate the types of projects where you will spend most of your time; however, we encourage and enable working across tracks to allow team members to acquire diverse skills and experiences.

Use quantitative and qualitative skills and enterprise applications (e.g., Business Intelligence Platforms, SQL, Python, and more) to drive data‑led consulting solutions for customers. Weave together vast amounts of Mastercard, client & 3rd party data assets to investigate trends, build propensity models, develop data visualizations, and synthesize millions of data points into a cohesive story. Engage with client stakeholders through virtual and in‑person meetings, leveraging insights to inform strategic recommendations.

• How does a financial institution fraud/authorization metrics fare against competitors, and what are strategies that can help it be best‑in‑class?
• How is a technology customer’s market share changing over time, and are there any segments where the client is relatively under‑penetrated?

• Undergraduate or accelerated master’s degree with a latest expected graduation date in June 2028
• This role is not eligible for Mastercard’s work authorization sponsorship now or in the future.

• 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…