Manager, Risk Management

Mastercard Inc.; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a Manager, Risk Management to mature how we identify, own, and report risk across real-time payments markets. You will work with product, engineering and risk teams to translate complex risk requirements into practical actions.

The role requires advanced knowledge of risk frameworks, the three lines of defence, and experience in technology or financial services. You’ll help build a culture of risk ownership and deliver high-quality risk reporting for management.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of risk and control frameworks and the three lines of defence.
• Ability to identify, assess, monitor and manage operational and technology risks.
• Clear, confident communicator with stakeholder influence across product, engineering and risk teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product, engineering, operations and risk teams to identify and manage risks and controls.
• Monitor risk environment and escalate issues as needed.
• Support risk assessments, assurance activities, operational resilience and audit activities.
• Produce insightful risk reporting to support decision-making.

Skills

Risk frameworks

Three lines of defence

Analytical skills

Communication

Risk ownership

Education

Relevant professional risk qualification or certification

Tools

Archer

OpenPages

Job description

The First Line Risk & Controls team within Real-Time Payments International (RTPI) is looking for a Manager, Risk Management to help mature how we identify, own, manage and report risk across our real-time payments markets. We are seeking an experienced risk and controls professional with a strong background in technology, payments or financial services. You will be comfortable working across product, engineering, operations and risk teams, able to understand complex issues, challenge constructively and translate risk requirements into practical actions. You will combine strong analytical skills with a pragmatic approach to risk and control management.

• Partner with product, engineering, operations and risk teams to identify, assess, monitor and manage key risks and controls, providing constructive challenge where appropriate.
• Monitor the risk and control environment, identifying emerging risks, trends, issues and areas requiring management attention or escalation.
• Support risk and control assessments, assurance activities, operational resilience, business continuity and audit, and drive the effective remediation of identified weaknesses.
• Maintain high-quality risk information and deliver clear, insightful reporting to support management decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, automate and improve risk and control processes, monitoring and reporting.
• Build strong relationships across the business, promoting a strong culture of risk ownership and accountability., Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position 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.

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.

Have advanced, applied knowledge of risk and control frameworks and the three lines of defence model, ideally within technology, payments or financial services.

• Be able to identify, assess, monitor and manage operational and technology risks, providing constructive and proportionate challenge to the business.
• Combine strong analytical skills with the ability to understand complex issues and translate risk requirements into practical, sustainable actions.
• Be a clear and confident communicator, able to produce insightful risk reporting and influence stakeholders across product, engineering and risk teams.
• Be comfortable operating across organisational boundaries, building trusted relationships and promoting risk ownership and accountability.

Desirable or additional capabilities:

• Working knowledge of GRC tooling (e.g. Archer, OpenPages).
• Familiarity with operational resilience, business continuity and audit/assurance activities.
• Understanding of real-time payments or critical payment infrastructure.
• A relevant professional risk qualification or certification.

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., Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is 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 of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.