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Title and Summary

Director, Enterprise Strategy

Overview

The Director, Enterprise Strategy will play a key role in the formulation, analytical review, preparation and communication of Mastercard’s corporate strategy; will lead major workstreams related to emerging strategic issues and business area strategies as needed; and will undertake ad hoc strategic reviews as requested by management/other senior members of the corporate strategy team. This role will also work with the company’s business leaders and corporate development team to inform and assist in driving the inorganic growth agenda of the company, based on its overall strategic priorities.

Role

• Identify, structure, prioritize, and lead major workstreams related to Mastercard corporate strategy, priorities, and special initiatives

• Collaborate with colleagues across functions and markets to structure and solve business problems and make recommendations on a wide range of issues

• Help develop new ideas for growth opportunities for Mastercard, based on market and competitive context

• Balance facilitation, influence, and content contributions to help business leaders design and advance their strategies, ensuring alignment with the corporate strategy

• Assist senior management in identifying key issues, evaluating options, and developing action plans; drive rigorous, fact-based recommendations

• Periodically help refine the corporate strategy to reflect the key issues that impact, or are expected to impact the company

• Guide development of execution plans and performance targets

• Maintain business landscape knowledge, to provide solid foundational context for project work

• Develop key messages for communicating the corporate strategy and objectives to internal and external parties

• Evaluate potential areas for acquisition and/or investment based on the company’s strategic priorities

All About You

• Bachelor’s degree required, MBA preferred. CFA a plus.

• Prior experience at consulting firm / internal strategy a plus

• Strong analytical, verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to work with a complex web of relationships, debate and negotiate key issues, lead by influence, and provide stewardship on company-wide projects

• Ability to independently develop high-quality presentations and models

• Ability to lead complex projects from start to finish

• Executive level interpersonal and presentation skills

• Knowledge of financial services and/or payment industry required

• Proficient in PowerPoint, Excel and Word

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.