Vice President, Strategy (Core Payments)

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

Vice President, Strategy (Core Payments)

VP Strategy (Core Payments)

Job Title: Vice President, Strategy

Purpose.

Join our dynamic Strategy and Execution team. This strategy role is ideal for someone passionate about payments 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. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. 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.





Responsibilities:

Drive and develop executive level strategy documents capturing the organization’s vision and business focus areas in partnership and alignment in strong collaboration with senior level stakeholders within Core Payments, Commercial New Payment Flows (CNPF), , Services, Regions, etc.

Contribute to the overall strategy agenda through thought leadership and creativity.

Identify, structure, and prioritize cross-functional initiatives focused on payments products (e.g., tokenization, digital first, contactless, account to account, etc.) to generate actionable recommendations.

tackle complex digital business problems, uncover root causes, develop solutions, and translate them into specific recommendations.

Apply strategic and analytical rigor to product strategies, acting as a thought partner to prioritize and structure an innovative agenda.

Maintain knowledge of payments landscapes and market trends to develop innovative solutions and product strategies.

Develop and execute robust communications to align priorities and address support needs across various digital work streams.

Manage relationships and other related workstreams, linked to MA strategic priorities, across the business to ensure buy-in, engagement and committed deliverables i.e. Core, CNPF, Services, Finance etc.

Share learnings and insights with Divisional Presidents, Country Managers, and other key stakeholders, where relevant.
• Management of cross functional teams to drive outputs and deliverables.



Qualifications:

Extensive experience in strategy consulting or developing go-to-market strategies for payments and/or digital products.

Extensive experience of translating strategies to execution plans, driving end to end execution – particularly in a cross-functional environment, managing and prioritizing competing initiatives
Strong understanding of Mastercard's products, services, and key revenue drivers, as well as the larger payment industry.

Excellent communication and influencing skills to work with internal and external stakeholders.

Proven track record of translating digital strategies into execution plans and driving end-to-end execution in a cross-functional environment.

Politically savvy with a history of building consensus and bringing people together around a common cause.

Analytical and solutions-oriented with the ability to drive thought leadership in digital strategy.

Experience in M&A and/or corporate development is a plus.

Compensation:

Total Base Pay Range: $223,000.00 - $357,000.00

Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

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.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.

Pay Ranges

Purchase, New York: $221,000 - $353,000 USD