Senior Threat Intelligence & Risk Strategy Lead

Mastercard; Dubai Emirate; On-site; AED 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a Senior Intelligence Analyst in Dubai to collect, analyze, and disseminate threat intelligence across geopolitical, cyber, fraud and security domains. You will translate complex information into clear, actionable intelligence for senior leadership and internal teams.

Role involves leading internal and external partnerships to fuse intelligence, support threat scenario development, and strengthen enterprise resilience in a global payments network.

Qualifications

• Experience collecting, evaluating, and synthesizing intelligence from diverse sources.
• Understanding of intelligence tradecraft and risk assessment methodologies.
• Knowledge of geopolitical, physical security, and cyber threat domains.
• Ability to translate complex information into actionable intelligence.
• Proven capacity to brief senior leaders and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Collect, process, analyze, publish, and disseminate threat intelligence.
• Threat-inform risk-based decisions across the organization.
• Author risk assessments on threat landscape impacts to operations.
• Brief intelligence analysis to senior and executive stakeholders.
• Lead partnerships with internal and external stakeholders for intelligence sharing.
• Support threat scenario development for red teaming and resilience testing.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Intelligence tradecraft

Structured analytics

Threat modeling

Risk assessment

Executive briefing

Clear communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in intelligence studies, political science, cybersecurity, international affairs

Job description

Mastercard is seeking a Senior Intelligence Analyst in Dubai to collect, analyze, and disseminate threat intelligence across geopolitical, cyber, fraud and security domains. You will translate complex information into clear, actionable intelligence for senior leadership and internal teams.

Role involves leading internal and external partnerships to fuse intelligence, support threat scenario development, and strengthen enterprise resilience in a global payments network.