Director, Network Growth & Cross-Border Payments

MasterCard; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard seeks a Director – Network Management to drive growth and optimization of the receiving network in Pakistan. You will expand payout coverage, strengthen RSP, bank, and partner relationships, and enhance network performance, pricing, and customer experience.

The role focuses on cross-border remittance enablement, card payout solutions, and scalable network economics across markets, reporting to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Banking, or a related field.
• 5–10 years of experience within payments, banking, fintech, remittances, card networks, or financial services.
• Proven experience managing commercial relationships with banks, payment institutions, money transfer operators, fintechs, or RSPs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute regional network commercialization strategies to drive growth across key remittance corridors.
• Own strategic relationships with existing RSPs and key network partners; negotiate commercial agreements.
• Activate TC28 and other card payout capabilities; drive push-to-card solutions with banks and partners.
• Improve network efficiency, reduce cancellations, and enhance partner economics across markets.
• Identify high-growth corridors and develop go-to-market strategies; support regional sales teams.
• Collaborate with Product, Compliance, Finance, and Operations on requirements and execution.

Skills

Commercial negotiations

Relationship management

Cross-border payments

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance

Job description

Mastercard seeks a Director – Network Management to drive growth and optimization of the receiving network in Pakistan. You will expand payout coverage, strengthen RSP, bank, and partner relationships, and enhance network performance, pricing, and customer experience.

The role focuses on cross-border remittance enablement, card payout solutions, and scalable network economics across markets, reporting to senior leadership.