Director, Customer Performance

Australia: Mastercard Asia/Pacific (Australia) Pty Ltd; St Leonards; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard Inc. is seeking a Director, Customer Performance to support the newly formed CCPT within Technology and the AP Region.

You will facilitate incident information flow, monitor regional product health, and drive customer-focused improvements while partnering with senior stakeholders to position Mastercard as a trusted partner in innovation and security. The role emphasizes leading major incidents, translating technical issues into business impact, and shaping strategic initiatives that

Qualifications

• Strong experience in technology operations / service reliability and incident management.
• Ability to translate technical issues into business impact and drive resolution across teams.
• Hands-on familiarity with observability and monitoring tools like Splunk or Grafana.
• Strategic thinker who operates well in fast-paced environments and leads transformation.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate flow of information between product and customer-facing teams during incidents.
• Monitor product health and performance trends across regions and customers.
• Build relationships across GCDC and Global Technology to drive regional outcomes.
• Use data and insights to understand customer resilience and identify improvement opportunities.
• Lead technology-to-technology engagements with senior customer stakeholders.
• Lead stakeholder engagement during major incidents or crises with effective communication.
• Shape and execute strategic technology initiatives aligning with global priorities.

Skills

Incident management

Stakeholder collaboration

Observability tools

Strategic thinking

Leadership influence

Data-driven decision making

Tools

Splunk

Grafana

Job description

Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary Director, Customer Performance

The Director, Customer Performance role will support the newly formed Customer Care Performance Team (CCPT) within Technology and the AP Region. As a key member of the CCPT AP team, this role will support the region in positioning Mastercard as a preferred technology partner, bringing Mastercard’s vision for technology innovation, security and operational excellence to customers.

Role

• Facilitate the timely and accurate flow of information between product and customer-facing teams during incidents.
• Monitor product health and performance trends across regions, divisions and customers, collaborating with stakeholders to address gaps or issues that could impact customer satisfaction.
• Build strong, strategic relationships across GCDC and Global Technology to drive positive outcomes for the region, address escalations and bridge gaps impacting customers.
• Use data and strategic insights to understand customer resilience across the full lifecycle, identifying trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Lead technology-to-technology engagements with senior customer stakeholders, building trust through transparency, openness and accountability while positioning Mastercard as a key partner for innovation, security and transformation.
• Lead stakeholder engagement during major incidents or crises, ensuring effective communication and timely resolution to minimise customer impact.
• Shape and execute strategic technology initiatives that strengthen Mastercard’s position in the region while ensuring alignment with broader global priorities.

About You

• Strong experience in technology operations / service reliability, including managing major incidents, service restoration, root cause analysis and complex technical escalations.
• Experience working across engineering/technical and customer-facing teams, translating technical issues into clear business/customer impact and driving resolution across teams without direct authority.
• Hands‑on familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Splunk, Grafana or similar platforms.
• Strong strategic thinking and ability to operate effectively in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead change and transformation, with a continuous improvement mindset and willingness to challenge the status quo.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and collaborate effectively across teams and senior stakeholder groups.
• Ability to use data and insights to identify trends, inform decisions and develop scalable solutions.
• Strong customer orientation, with the ability to balance customer needs, technology considerations and broader business priorities.
• Curious and innovative mindset, with a focus on improving processes, outcomes and customer experience.

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.

Everyone wants easier ways to pay; we invent them. Checkout lines are slow; we speed them along. Merchants want more sales; we give them data and insights. People need financial access; we connect them. Corporate purchasing is complicated; we make it simple. Commuters are busy; we speed them on their way. Governments need greater efficiencies; we help create them. Small businesses are virtual; we give them access to a world of buyers. Retailers want to fight fraud; we provide the tools.