Vice President, Corporate Strategy (Core Payments)

MasterCard • Purchase, NY

38d

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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.

Nice To Haves

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

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.

Benefits

• 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 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; and many more.
• Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees