• Does delivering on a big vision from the ground up excite you?
• Do you like to think big, ask hard questions and work with others who share the same passion to do big stuff that matters?
• Do you want to lead the global success of the Commercial Solutions organization?
• Do you have passion for helping MasterCard to enter new spaces, opening new opportunities and possibilities for the company, its partners and customers?
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or related field
• 5-7 years of experience in program or project management (experience in financial services or management consulting strongly preferred)
• Excellent communications skills to communicate with stakeholders, including senior management, cross-functional teams, and clients, and to facilitate stakeholder meetings
• Strong analytical skills to analyze data and information, to make informed decisions, and to identify and mitigate risks and issues that arise during the project lifecycle
• Strong organizational and time management skills to prioritize tasks, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and meet deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to work across products, regions, and functions, preferably in the financial services industry
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment to ensure timely delivery of project milestones
• Must be adaptable and able to work well under pressure, as well as be open to change and able to adjust to new circumstances and situations as they arise
• Knowledge of project management methodologies, such as Agile and Waterfall
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint

Desirable

• The PMO is responsible for 5 pillars supporting the Commercial Solutions B2B payments business:
• Executive Reporting – Work with cross-functional stakeholders to prepare updates to the CEO, Management Committee, and other senior leadership groups
• Partnership Commercialization - Accelerate partner commercialization, establish repeatable processes for contracting, go-to-market planning, and track KPIs post-implementation
• This includes building direct relationships with B2B network partners and expanding relationships within the B2B networks and their clients to drive payment volumes
• Product Strategy and Governance - Maintain a consolidated product roadmap across multiple large global programs and enforce change management by using a quantitative scoring methodology to ensure new solution requests align to Commercial Solution strategy
• Post-Acquisition Integration - Manage acquisition integration across functions, maintain a comprehensive plan to manage key risks and interdependencies
• Lead development of acquisition key tracking metrics aligned with transaction value drivers and manage synergy plans to drive performance management
• Vendor Performance Management – Work with Product and Engineering leads to develop and monitor metrics to measure and track vendor and partner performance, identify growth and improvement opportunities, and evaluate the value and impact
• The Manager level candidate will work with global and regional Product and Engineering leadership to drive measurable outcomes by coordinating with internal Mastercard teams and external clients around the activities needed to support the PMO pillars of responsibility
• The Manager level candidate will have an opportunity to work across all 5 pillars of the Commercial Solutions PMO
• Help lead complex and high-priority projects, and manage sponsors and stakeholders with competing priorities and time constraints across all typical project phases:
• Project initiation and scoping, including definition of plans and setting and managing realistic expectations for successful delivery with internal stakeholders and external clients
• Support business case development and benefits realization tracking
• Develop project documentation, including project plans, risk and issue logs, and status reports
• Testing and implementation
• Communicate testing status to senior management, and other key stakeholders
• Ongoing project management, and quality assurance throughout the project
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of project milestones
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings and communications including preparation and distribution of Weekly Project Updates and measurements against GDV targets Ensure compliance with program and project management standards
• Liaise closely with other project participants to feed requirements and learnings to speed and scale onboarding efforts