Manager, Strategy, Global Markets

Mastercard; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard seeks a Manager, Strategy, Global Markets to collaborate with teams across Strategy & Operations and with regions worldwide. The role focuses on identifying solutions to major commercial opportunities and executing strategic priorities for 200+ markets.

Responsibilities include gathering information, testing hypotheses, developing recommendations, and presenting results to Global Markets leadership for implementation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from a top-tier university with consistently outstanding academic record.
• MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of the Global Markets execution framework aligned with enterprise strategy.
• Identify and prioritize strategic opportunities across Global Markets.
• Support regional market planning, growth algorithms, and country planning frameworks.
• Develop roadmaps to meet strategic targets and financial commitments.
• Lead cross-regional projects with subject-matter experts and regional teams.
• Structure ambiguous problems and derive actionable insights from data.
• Present findings to Global Markets leadership and implement recommendations.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Corporate strategy

Management consulting

Payments industry knowledge

Analytical skills

Communication

Cross-regional collaboration

Stakeholder management

English fluency

Creative problem solving

Leadership

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree (top-tier university)

MBA or advanced degree

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.

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

Manager, Strategy, Global Markets

Manager, Strategy, Global Markets

The Manager, Strategy will work with teams across the Strategy & Operations function and with business units and regions throughout Global Markets to identify solutions to Mastercard's most significant commercial opportunities and challenges. Together with project teams, this individual will work on the key strategic priorities of the Global Markets organization, spanning 200+ markets.

Over the course of each project, the individual is expected to gather and analyze information, formulate and test hypotheses, and develop and communicate recommendations. The Manager will also present results to Global Markets leadership and implement recommendations in collaboration with relevant team members.

The team

You will join a globally distributed strategy team spanning London, New York, and Dubai, working directly with Global Markets leadership

Reporting to: Vice President, Strategy, Global Markets

Key responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of the Global Markets execution framework against enterprise strategy


• Participate in identifying key strategic priorities across Global Markets


• Support the planning and investment-prioritization process behind regional market plans, including the growth algorithm and the country plan framework


• Develop project roadmaps to meet the strategic targets and financial commitments of the Global Markets organization


• Lead key projects with subject-matter experts across Global Markets and regional teams — for example go-to-market strategy for priority growth areas, cross-border, segment strategy, and market re-entry


• Structure ambiguous problems and take action to solve them


• Derive insights, storyboard, and build visually compelling presentations with clear logic and structure, grounded in data


• Synthesize complex information into clear takeaways and recommendations using both qualitative and quantitative methods


• Work effectively with diverse teams across regions and time zones to reach the best solution and move Global Markets functions and regions to act


• Establish trust-based relationships with internal clients to better serve their organizations


• Communicate effectively with all audiences, including senior leaders, in a structured manner


• Develop your leadership style, leveraging your own passions, strengths, and personal values

Key Skills Required

• Bachelor's degree from a top-tier university with a consistently outstanding academic record; advanced degree or MBA preferred


• 5+ years of corproate strategy or top-tier management consulting experience


• Proven record of high performance and substantial achievement in prior roles


• Solid functional knowledge of the payments business and industry


• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills


• Initiative taker, eager to break new ground and create opportunities for others


• Demonstrate the Mastercard Way


• Comfort operating across regions and time zones, with cultural fluency across diverse markets


• Ability to work effectively with people at all levels of an organization


• Ability to communicate complex ideas simply


• Flexible and creative; able to thrive in a constantly changing environment


• Intellectual curiosity: eager to learn about new topics and apply business acumen to drive impact


• Fluency in English

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.