Title and Summary

Senior Specialist - Start Path Platform, Fintech Solutions

Our Purpose

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 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 respect 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.

Are you motivated by a fast-paced environment where you would be a subject matter expert, a connector, and a significant impact with a reputation for impact?

Do you have a passion for startups, Fintech, product innovation and emerging technology, as well as possess an entrepreneurial spirit?

Are you compelled to win and wish you could work in an environment that has the nimbleness of a startup and works with Fintechs globally?

As Fintech continues to be a fast-growing customer segment for MA, the global Start Path team, part of the Foundry division, drives Mastercard's position as partner of choice for fintech startups and focuses opportunities for growth with the segment and on how Mastercard enables the Fintech segment overall.

Operational since 2014, Start Path is Mastercard's program for engaging elite later-stage startups with Mastercard's business and our customers. The Start Path team is agile and highly matrixed with a big vision, working across the globe to engage the best later-stage startups with the payments ecosystem.

The "Senior Specialist, Platform" will be a member of the global Start Path team. Reporting to the Director, Start Path Global Platform, this position will play a critical role in driving the next wave of Mastercard's engagement with the global fintech community. Key responsibilities include supporting the build of program operating models and implementation plans that are fit for scale; managing relationships with fintech partners to ensure their touchpoints with Start Path programs are best in class; and advocating and championing Start Path programs (tracks) to internal and external stakeholders.

The person will also have the opportunity to get involved in startup and partner evaluations and strategy, as well as Start Path startup sponsorship.

The Role

Supporting the build of program operating models and implementation plans that are fit for scale.
▪ Support the operating model for Start Path programs to ensure continuous improvement and ensure core operations are built to scale and succeed in meeting the needs of every Fintech

▪ Help designing and implementing tracking / KPIs for our initiatives across the regions to ensure the work of the Start Path team is able to demonstrate impact

▪ Bolster pan-organizational working groups focused on key fintech topics for Mastercard, including the tracking and reporting of overall startup programs performance

▪ Anticipate significant domestic and regional fintech trends while developing and modifying strategies to manage these trends.

Managing relationships with fintech partners to ensure their touchpoints with the Start Path programs are best in class.
▪ Assist on the onboarding of partners into Start Path programs; reinforce efficiency and a centralization approach that meets our objectives.

Advocating and championing Start Path programs to internal and external stakeholders.
▪ Uphold liaisons with partnering teams such as Data & Services, Fintech Solutions, and Corporate Development with regard to Corporate Memberships, Marketing, and the Start Path Fund, respectively.

▪ Support the core engine of the Start Path Platform and supporting Start Path program Leads and regional Leads, as well as near and far internal (e.g. Ambassadors) or external (e.g. VCs) ecosystems that Start Path can tap into

▪ Participate in the efforts to design and implement key events that create the rhythm for all Start Path programming with appropriate streamlined logistics and consistent experience for our fintechs

Participate in Start Path programming activities.
▪ Work as part of the global Start Path team to source, evaluate, and collaborate with innovative Fintech startups and act as a sponsor to companies participating in the Start Path program.

All About You

• Experience in Project, Platform, or Operation Management at small or large entities with a global focus

• Demonstrated ability to research, gather, analyze, interpret, and visualize complex information

• Strong Microsoft office skills including PowerPoint and Excel; CRM (e.g. SFDC) or PRM experience a plus

• Possesses a passion for and experience with the startup and Fintech community

• Execution-focused, self-starter, fast mover who can turn around deliverables quickly and on time

• Ability to quickly learn about new technologies, demonstrating startup subject matter expertise and industry thought leadership

• Results-driven, solution-focused, and customer-focused, with strong business acumen and a sense of urgency.

• Demonstrated ability to take accountability and drive to desired results with passion, ambition, and aptitude

• Demonstrated strong self-awareness, open to different approaches and ideas, and open to challenging the status quo to drive new business initiatives. Self-motivated, thrives in the ambiguity that comes with a lean and agile team at the forefront of an evolving space.

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with changing requirements - startup experience a plus

• Advanced degree in strategy, finance, management, or other related fields a plus

Mastercard is an inclusive Equal Employment 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.

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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.