Vice President, Enterprise Strategy
About the Role
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.
- 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
Requirements
- 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
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
Pay
Assuming the job will be performed in the U.S., the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
- New York City, New York: $230,000 - $368,000 USD
- Purchase, New York: $221,000 - $353,000 USD