Manager, Risk Management - RTP Global

Mastercard, Inc.; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global payment technology company in London seeks a Manager, Risk Management to support the establishment of Risk & Control capabilities for Real Time Payments. The role involves managing risk registers, preparing reports for governance, and evaluating risk exposures. Ideal candidates will have solid experience in risk management and analytical skills. This opportunity allows for impactful contributions within a high-performing team.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of key risk management principles supported by relevant experience.
• Solid understanding of the three lines of defense operating model.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain relevant risk registers.
• Prepare risk & control reporting for governance forums.
• Evaluate risk exposures for informed decision-making.

Skills

Risk management principles

Analytical skills

Power BI

Relationship building

Education

Relevant experience in risk management

Tools

OpenPages

Archer tooling

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Mastercard, Inc.

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London, United Kingdom

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13.08.2025

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27.09.2025

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Manager, Risk Management - RTP GlobalOur 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 networksbine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses andernments realize their greatest potential.

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Manager, Risk Management - RTP Global

Risk Manager, Real Time Payments (RTP) Global
Job Description

Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technologypany 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,ernments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.
Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of ourpany. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

What is the opportunity?

This is an exciting opportunity to help establish the 1st line Risk & Control capabilities for Real Time Payments (RTP) Global at Mastercard. RTP Global is the product and innovation program within RTP, dedicated to developing future focused solutions that optimize real-time payment flows to power economies around the world. The successful candidate will be part of a high performing team, dedicated to delivering a robust, secure and resilient service to multiple countries and over 32 billion transactions per year.

This role is part of a newly formed Risk & Control Function within the 1st Line of Defense, with a reporting line into Risk & Controls Director.

The appointee will support the Risk & Controls Director by embedding a risk management framework and culture to improve risk identification, management, treatment and reporting across the organization. This is a strategically important role that requires the need to work closely and broadly across the organization to enhance decision making whilst reducing strategic, product, and operational risks in the business unit.
You will operate in accordance with the 3 Lines of Defense (3LoD) operating model and in alignment with the Mastercard Risk Management Framework and relevant Policies & Procedures.

What are the key responsibilities of the Role?
In this position, you will:

-Manage and maintain relevant risk registers, including design and documentation of controls
-Prepare accurate and timely risk & control reporting for establishedernance forums (, Riskmittee, Auditmittee, Executivemittee) driving automation whenever possible
-Engage with Risk and Control Owners, acting as a partner to the business and supporting delivery of capabilities that allow timely, appropriate and transparent risk-reward decisions
-Evaluate risk exposures including the identification, assessment and monitoring of the inherent and residual risks, biggest risk exposures, the third-party risks and any risk concentrations, to enable RTP leadership make informed decisions
-Perform control assessments, inclusive of control design and effectiveness
-Design and put controls in place to manage RTP's business safely, sustainably and within risk appetite
-Look forward and undertake horizon scanning to anticipate threats and risks ahead
-Provide risk briefings to senior risk colleagues when required, ensuring risks, issues and appetite breaches are monitored and escalated thoughtfully
-Support cross-functional initiatives to deliver on risk goals, policies and processes
-Partner with the Lines of Business to identify, track, escalate and resolve issues in a timely manner
-Understand andply with relevant legal and regulatory requirements applicable to RTP

What knowledge and skills are we looking for?
The ideal candidate for this position exhibits the following skills and capabilities:

-Knowledge of key risk management principles supported by relevant experience, strategic and product risk management experience preferred
-Solid understanding of the three lines of defense operating model
-Able to confidently develop trusted relationships with peers and senior stakeholders
-Able to work with minimal supervision
-Analytical and can work with data
-Able to plan and adapt quickly to changes in priorities
-Team Player - ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of people
-Strong discipline regarding accuracy and quality of output
-Experience with Power BI, AI Copilot, OpenPages, Archer tooling preferred

Mastercard is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you require amodations or assistance toplete the online application process, please contact reasonable.amodation@mastercard and identify the type of amodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Amodations team will respond to your email promptly.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All Activities Involving Access To Mastercard Assets, Information, And Networkses With An Inherent Risk To The Organization And Therefore, It Is Expected That The Successful Candidate For This Position Must.

Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must
abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices, including
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed.
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
•plete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networkses 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

Job ID R-253955