Senior Threat Intelligence Strategist

Mastercard; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard's Intelligence Center seeks a Senior Intelligence Analyst to collect, analyze, and disseminate threat intelligence spanning geopolitical, cyber, fraud and physical security risks, to safeguard people, networks and business operations.

The role partners with Regional Security, Crisis Management, government and industry peers to inform risk-based decisions, develop threat scenarios, and produce clear, actionable intelligence for senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical mindset with experience collecting, evaluating, and synthesizing intelligence from diverse sources.
• Knowledge of intelligence tradecraft, including structured analytic techniques, threat modeling, and risk assessment methodologies.
• Understanding of geopolitical, physical security, and cyber threat domains.
• Experience translating complex information into clear, actionable intelligence for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for senior executives.
• Curiosity and proactive approach to identifying threats.

Responsibilities

• Collect, process, analyze, publish, and disseminate threat intelligence for Mastercard
• Leverage intelligence to threat-inform risk-based decisions across the organization
• Author risk assessments that capture threat landscape impacts to business operations
• Brief intelligence analysis to senior and executive internal stakeholders
• Lead partnerships with internal stakeholders to fuse intelligence from across the organization
• Lead partnerships with external stakeholders such as government departments, law enforcement, intelligence agencies, and industry to enable threat intelligence sharing across public and private partners
• Support threat scenario development for red teaming, exercising, and resilience testing

Skills

Analytical mindset

Threat intelligence

Structured analytic techniques

Threat modeling

Risk assessment

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in intelligence studies

Job description

Mastercard's Intelligence Center seeks a Senior Intelligence Analyst to collect, analyze, and disseminate threat intelligence spanning geopolitical, cyber, fraud and physical security risks, to safeguard people, networks and business operations.

The role partners with Regional Security, Crisis Management, government and industry peers to inform risk-based decisions, develop threat scenarios, and produce clear, actionable intelligence for senior leaders.