• The S&CD team plays a leading role in developing and driving Mastercard's organic and inorganic growth agenda. This includes research on payments industry developments and trends, assisting Business Units with strategy development, evaluating potential areas for acquisition or investment (including market spaces that are adjacent to Mastercard's current business), and establishing best practice to optimize the business performance of acquired entities.
• The Strategy group within the broader S&CD team plays a leading role in the structuring, analysis, preparation, and communication of Mastercard's corporate strategy. As such, members of the team lead projects or major workstreams related to emerging strategic issues and business area strategies, and undertake ad hoc strategic reviews as requested by senior management. They work closely with their Corporate Development colleagues to ensure alignment and consistency between the firm's corporate strategy and its inorganic activities.

Role

• Works across the Strategy team, playing a key support role in developing frameworks and executing analyses to structure and solve business problems and prioritize corporate initiatives.
• Performs research on payments industry players and expansive payments trends and maintains business landscape knowledge to provide solid foundational context for projects.
• Assists senior management in identifying key issues, evaluating options, and developing action plans; drives rigorous, fact-based recommendations.
• Analyzes and evaluates market adjacencies and white spaces for potential investment based on the company's strategic priorities.
• Creates presentations and memos used to communicate findings and insights to senior members of the business.

All About You

• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in economics, business, engineering, math, or other relevant disciplines is required.
• Prior management consulting, internal strategy, or competitive intelligence experience strongly preferred.
• Direct exposure to one of the following areas is preferred: financial services, payments, financial technology, e-commerce
• Cross-functional and multi-national business experience a plus.
• Superior research skills and ability to succinctly summarize findings.
• Ability to strategically frame challenges and opportunities.
• Strong quantitative/analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Detail oriented with excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills.

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.

Pay Ranges
Purchase, New York: $100,000 - $160,000 USD