Manger, Risk Management

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

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. Everyone wants easier ways to pay; we invent them. Checkout lines are slow; we speed them along. Merchants want more sales; we give them data and insights. People need financial access; we connect them. Corporate purchasing is complicated; we make it simple. Commuters are busy; we speed them on their way. Governments need greater efficiencies; we help create them. Small businesses are virtual; we give them access to a world of buyers. Retailers want to fight fraud; we provide the tools.

Title and Summary Manger, Risk Management Overview

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.

The Role

As part of the First Line Risk & Controls team, you will support the implementation and ongoing operation of the risk management programme and internal control framework across RTP International. In this role, you will:

• 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.

All About You

The ideal candidate for this position should:

• 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.

Corporate Security Responsibility

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.