Leads Mastercard’s enterprise strategy, shaping long-term direction and advising the CEO, executive leadership, and Board. Oversees strategic projects, market and competitive analysis, growth opportunities, corporate strategy refinement, and organic and inorganic initiatives. Partners with business leaders and Corporate Development, develops executive-level presentations and recommendations, and coaches junior team members.
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, Enterprise Strategy
Overview
Enterprise Strategy sits at the center of Mastercard's most critical decisions, partnering directly with the CEO, Management Committee, and senior executives to shape the company's long-term direction.
The Vice President, Enterprise Strategy will play a central role in shaping, evaluating, and communicating Mastercard's corporate strategy. You will lead major workstreams on emerging strategic issues / business unit strategies and conduct ad hoc strategic reviews for the Executive Leadership Team. The role also partners closely with senior executives and the Corporate Development team to inform and drive Mastercard's inorganic growth agenda.
Responsibilities• Lead high-priority strategic projects: frame and structure issues, build workplans, conduct complex analysis, and crystallize insights and recommendations• Develop strategy presentations and memos for C suite executives and the Board of Directors, synthesizing key issues, evaluating options, and articulating clear, fact-based recommendations• Generate new growth ideas grounded in market dynamics and competitive context• Refine the corporate strategy periodically to reflect material trends impacting the company• Assess organic and inorganic opportunities based on the company's strategic priorities• Partner with business leaders to design and advance their strategies - balancing facilitation, influence, and content leadership, while ensuring alignment with corporate strategy• Coach and develop junior team members• Maintain business landscape knowledge, to provide solid foundational context for projects
All About You• Extensive experience in strategy consulting or strategy roles within payments, financial services, or adjacent industries• Strong understanding of Mastercard's products, services, and key revenue drivers, as well as the broader payment industry• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, enterprise-level initiatives end-to-end, effectively driving forward project plans in global, matrixed organizations• Excellent presentation and writing skills, with the ability to independently develop high-quality executive-level outputs • Ability to challenge established views and assumptions at all levels and facilitate/lead discussions & debates• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to influence and build credibility, team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible• Executive presence and ability to clearly communicate compelling messages to senior management and business partners
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:
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, Enterprise Strategy
Overview
Enterprise Strategy sits at the center of Mastercard's most critical decisions, partnering directly with the CEO, Management Committee, and senior executives to shape the company's long-term direction.
The Vice President, Enterprise Strategy will play a central role in shaping, evaluating, and communicating Mastercard's corporate strategy. You will lead major workstreams on emerging strategic issues / business unit strategies and conduct ad hoc strategic reviews for the Executive Leadership Team. The role also partners closely with senior executives and the Corporate Development team to inform and drive Mastercard's inorganic growth agenda.
Responsibilities• Lead high-priority strategic projects: frame and structure issues, build workplans, conduct complex analysis, and crystallize insights and recommendations• Develop strategy presentations and memos for C suite executives and the Board of Directors, synthesizing key issues, evaluating options, and articulating clear, fact-based recommendations• Generate new growth ideas grounded in market dynamics and competitive context• Refine the corporate strategy periodically to reflect material trends impacting the company• Assess organic and inorganic opportunities based on the company's strategic priorities• Partner with business leaders to design and advance their strategies - balancing facilitation, influence, and content leadership, while ensuring alignment with corporate strategy• Coach and develop junior team members• Maintain business landscape knowledge, to provide solid foundational context for projects
All About You• Extensive experience in strategy consulting or strategy roles within payments, financial services, or adjacent industries• Strong understanding of Mastercard's products, services, and key revenue drivers, as well as the broader payment industry• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, enterprise-level initiatives end-to-end, effectively driving forward project plans in global, matrixed organizations• Excellent presentation and writing skills, with the ability to independently develop high-quality executive-level outputs • Ability to challenge established views and assumptions at all levels and facilitate/lead discussions & debates• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to influence and build credibility, team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible• Executive presence and ability to clearly communicate compelling messages to senior management and business partners
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.
Mastercard London, England Office
Mastercard London, UK Office
1 Angel Lane, London, United Kingdom, EC4R 3AB
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