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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 (https://www.mastercard.us/en-us/vision/who-we-are/diversity-inclusion.html) 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.

Title and Summary

Data Strategy Director, NAM & LAC

Who is Mastercard?

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is 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. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

The Data Strategy & Management organization (Chief Data Office) is responsible for the strategy, acquisition, evaluation, and responsible use of all types of data and data capabilities that can be utilized for innovation by a wide range of Mastercard product teams.

The Director, Data Strategy, NAM & LAC will be responsible for understanding the data landscape across both regions, identifying data needs and implementing appropriate data strategies. The role provides a unique opportunity to work across the different business verticals in the region, understanding how data is used in the region’s specific products and solutions. It requires an individual who is strategic and analytic, who understands data, can network and collaborate across business teams and can communicate complex concepts to various business and technical teams

Role

• Drive data design methodology for new products and services including determining data requirements for new products and enablement of business strategies, documenting Data Briefs, Data Flows, and data material as required by the product management process

• Translate the region’s business strategy into data strategy and related requirements for its customer relations, as well as its products and solutions, and identify related data gaps and required remediation

• Develop frameworks to define parameters of the region’s collection use, disclosure of data, taking into consideration the data, operational, reputational and partner-related requirements for the business

• Translate impacts of new laws and regulations impacting data into required operational and procedural changes to products and services. Collaborate with legal, privacy and regulatory teams to review data assets and proposed use cases of data to ensure alignment with policies and procedures

• Serve as a subject matter expert on internal and third-party data to support product development efforts that leverage that data, ensuring data standards and practices are adhered to

• Work with data platforms and TECH teams to define required changes to technology platforms resulting from business strategy and new products.

• Develop educational material and provide training as needed on data usage and data literacy.

• Serve as an expert to the rest of the organization on Mastercard data capabilities and assets to enable other business units to leverage those capabilities and assets to the extent practical and allowed under relevant laws and licenses.

All About You

• Advanced experience working with data products, either in acquisition, development, governance, or evaluation

• Strong understanding of data analytics

• Ability to communicate to internal and external stakeholders about the value of data; strong written and oral communication skills; ability to present complicated concepts in a clear and concise manner

• Exceptional interpersonal skills with proven experience in relationship building and partnering. Must work well in both team and individual settings and must be able to work with a geographically dispersed team

• Ability to create strategies and plans that define how data can be utilized to support an organization’s overall business strategy, how that data is organized and governed inside an organization

• Motivated self-starter with ability to excel at multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment and comfortable working under your own initiative

• Data management or data analytics experience in the payments industry preferred

Mastercard is an 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. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com 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.