Manager, Risk & Controls – Real-Time Payments

Mastercard Inc.; Manila; On-site; PHP 1,600,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard Inc. in Manila, Philippines, is seeking a Manager, Risk Management to mature how we identify, own, manage and report risk across RTP International.

You will work with product, engineering, and risk teams to translate complex risk requirements into practical actions and maintain robust risk information for senior leadership. The role emphasizes governance across technology and payments risk, with a focus on operational resilience, audit readiness, and clear risk reporting.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of risk and control frameworks and the three lines of defence model.
• Ability to identify, assess, monitor and manage operational and technology risks.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to translate risk requirements into practical actions.
• Clear communicator able to produce insightful risk reporting and influence stakeholders across product, engineering and risk teams.
• Comfortable operating across organisational boundaries, building trusted relationships and promoting risk ownership and accountability.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Risk management

Three lines of defence

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Risk reporting

Tools

Archer

OpenPages

Job description

Mastercard Inc. in Manila, Philippines, is seeking a Manager, Risk Management to mature how we identify, own, manage and report risk across RTP International.

You will work with product, engineering, and risk teams to translate complex risk requirements into practical actions and maintain robust risk information for senior leadership. The role emphasizes governance across technology and payments risk, with a focus on operational resilience, audit readiness, and clear risk reporting.