Director, Strategy & Business Insights

MasterCard • Miami, FL

60d

About The Position

The Americas Strategy & Operations team leads key strategic initiatives across North America and Latin America & Caribbean regions; provides analytics and insights to drive business results supporting the commercial and executive leadership team, monitors risks and coordinates mitigation plans, operates as the regional partner to Corporate Development in evaluating inorganic growth opportunities (M&A, Investments, Strategic Partnerships) and manages the Americas Investments portfolio, helps articulate strategies for the Americas and measures progress against them, and manages the business administration function supporting the President of Americas. The ideal candidate is passionate about the payments industry and Mastercard's business, , highly motivated, intellectually curious, organized, analytical, and possesses a strategic mindset and business acumen. Reporting to the Americas Strategy & Operations Vice President who has among his responsibilities to manage the portfolio of investments, the Director Strategy & Operations for the Americas will manage the pipeline of inorganic growth opportunities and support the due diligence of potential candidates, help prepare a bi-annual portfolio update on the performance of existing investments and work with investment sponsors, as needed, in optimizing commercial performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from a top-tier university; MBA is preferred
• Knowledge of the financial services and/or payments industry strongly preferred
• Experience in strategic and financial evaluation required
• Experience in consulting, investment banking or private equity strongly preferred
• Sound analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively across multiple groups and all levels of management
• Experience managing and refining processes and distilling multiple inputs into key takeaways

Nice To Haves

• Spanish and/or Portuguese is a plus

Responsibilities

• Supports the strategic and financial evaluation of inorganic growth candidates (M&A, Investments, Strategic Partnerships) in collaboration with Corporate Development and Americas business and product teams
• Helps identify incremental commercial synergies in alignment with investment criteria and builds a business case underlying the investment rationale
• Works with the corporate development team throughout the due diligence process and in preparing materials for the Investment Committee
• Facilitates the bi-annual portfolio update for the Americas Executive team by working with account leads of existing investments to measure and help develop workstreams to optimize performance and analyzing key portfolio takeaways
• Assists in building a pipeline of potential investments that can drive growth in alignment with key strategic priorities

Benefits

• insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
• flexible spending account and health savings account
• paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave)
• 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees