Manager, Core Payments Strategy
Full-time
Mastercard
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
• Support high-priority strategic projects, including scoping and structuring problems, conducting complex analysis and research, and providing insights and recommendations across Core Products.
• Support the development of strategy presentations and memos for C-suite executives, core product leads, and Mastercard’s Board of Directors.
• Monitor industry trends and competitive landscape and support the development of insightful reports and analyses with cross-functional teams and executives.
• Support the development of new ideas for growth opportunities based on market and competitive context, including evaluating potential acquisitions and/or investment aligned with the Core team priorities.
• Periodically help refine the strategy to reflect key issues that impact, or are expected to impact, the company.
• Balance facilitation, influence, and content contributions to help business leaders design and advance their strategies, ensuring alignment with the Core strategy. All About You
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA and/or advanced degree from a top-tier program preferred but not required.
• Knowledge of payments and/or financial services industry required; Familiarity with Mastercard Core Products and/or broader Mastercard product portfolios preferred.
• Strategy consulting experience at a leading consulting firm and/or internal strategy units, including project leadership experience.
• Exemplary analytical and problem-solving skills and business acumen; experienced in identifying the most critical aspects of a problem and handling ambiguity.
• Demonstrated ability to support company-wide, complex projects from start to finish, effectively driving forward project plans and leveraging stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to develop high-quality presentations and memos.
• Strong aptitude for modelling and applying quantitative analytical approaches.
• Experience in leveraging AI to help drive your deliverables. Corporate Security Responsibility
Manager, Core Payments Strategy
Overview
Join our dynamic Strategy and Execution team. This strategy role is ideal for someone passionate about payments and innovation. Our team focuses on Core Products – the foundational payment solutions that power everyday transactions globally. From card-based payments to emerging form factors such as account-to-account and agentic payments, we ensure Mastercard continues to lead in scale, security, and innovation. We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better business results. Role• Support high-priority strategic projects, including scoping and structuring problems, conducting complex analysis and research, and providing insights and recommendations across Core Products.
• Support the development of strategy presentations and memos for C-suite executives, core product leads, and Mastercard’s Board of Directors.
• Monitor industry trends and competitive landscape and support the development of insightful reports and analyses with cross-functional teams and executives.
• Support the development of new ideas for growth opportunities based on market and competitive context, including evaluating potential acquisitions and/or investment aligned with the Core team priorities.
• Periodically help refine the strategy to reflect key issues that impact, or are expected to impact, the company.
• Balance facilitation, influence, and content contributions to help business leaders design and advance their strategies, ensuring alignment with the Core strategy. All About You
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA and/or advanced degree from a top-tier program preferred but not required.
• Knowledge of payments and/or financial services industry required; Familiarity with Mastercard Core Products and/or broader Mastercard product portfolios preferred.
• Strategy consulting experience at a leading consulting firm and/or internal strategy units, including project leadership experience.
• Exemplary analytical and problem-solving skills and business acumen; experienced in identifying the most critical aspects of a problem and handling ambiguity.
• Demonstrated ability to support company-wide, complex projects from start to finish, effectively driving forward project plans and leveraging stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to develop high-quality presentations and memos.
• Strong aptitude for modelling and applying quantitative analytical approaches.
• Experience in leveraging AI to help drive your deliverables. Corporate Security Responsibility
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
- Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
- Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
- Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
- Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.
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