Principal, Tech Risk & Standards Strategy

Mastercard Inc.; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard seeks a Principal, Technology Risk Analyst to provide strategic leadership across technology policies and standards. You will lead policy reviews, engage stakeholders, and help shape governance strategy.

The role connects Technology Standards Governance with Controls Governance to promote consistent, risk-informed reviews and effective execution. The ideal candidate brings hands-on technology risk leadership, strong judgment and execution discipline, and a track record of driving

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in information technology, technology risk management, audit, cybersecurity, governance, or related fields preferred.
• Experience leading or overseeing policy/standard governance, technology control testing, internal audit, compliance testing, assurance, or risk-based control assessment programs.
• Demonstrated ability to define and execute a compliance monitoring methodology.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate standard updates and compliance monitoring outcomes into clear reporting for Technology leadership, risk governance forums, regulators, auditors, and other stakeholders.
• Proven ability to work across teams, standard owners, risk partners, and senior stakeholders to drive updates to our technology policies and standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual reviews of technology policies, ensuring stakeholder engagement, alignment with Technology Standards, and adherence to the policy governance framework.
• Develop, maintain, and deliver training aligned with Technology Policy.
• Lead the annual reviews of technology standards, ensuring stakeholder engagement and adherence to the technology standards governance framework.
• Co-lead monthly technology standards governance meetings, including meeting preparation, end-to-end process improvements, and alignment with approving members.
• Develop, maintain and implement standard owner procedures and playbooks, and design and deliver training to support consistent execution.
• Own the tools supporting standards governance including but not limited to leading and providing direction for updates.
• Lead responses to regulatory and audit obligations (e.g. SOC, SOX, and RBI) by serving as the primary point of contact, reviewing supporting materials, and coordinating evidence submission.
• Foster collaboration between the Technology Controls Governance and Technology Standards Governance teams to drive alignment between technology standards and associated control expectations, serving as a credible challenge function to ensure control expectations are established, maintained, and aligned with enterprise standards and industry-leading practices.
• Foster collaboration between Tech Risk Governance and Technology Standards Governance teams to drive alignment between technology standards and risk environments.

Skills

Policy governance

Stakeholder engagement

Risk governance

Compliance monitoring

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Mastercard seeks a Principal, Technology Risk Analyst to provide strategic leadership across technology policies and standards. You will lead policy reviews, engage stakeholders, and help shape governance strategy.

The role connects Technology Standards Governance with Controls Governance to promote consistent, risk-informed reviews and effective execution. The ideal candidate brings hands-on technology risk leadership, strong judgment and execution discipline, and a track record of driving