Director, Market Transformation, Asia Pacific

Mastercard Inc.; Singapore; Presencial; SGD 300 000 - 450 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Mastercard Inc. in Singapore is seeking a Director to lead high-priority market transformation engagements across Asia Pacific. You will diagnose barriers, shape actionable plans, and drive execution with cross-functional partners across multiple markets.

The role requires strong strategic problem-solving, deep payments knowledge, and proven leadership of complex transformation initiatives. You will influence senior stakeholders and guide governance, ensuring timely, high-quality results.

Qualificações

• Demonstrates strong strategic problem-solving skills to structure ambiguous business issues into actionable plans.
• Understands payments landscape, commercial models, market dynamics and Mastercard offerings.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional initiatives, transformation projects, or complex commercial execution.
• Confident communicator and influencer who can align teams without direct authority.
• Exhibits execution discipline, analytical judgment, stakeholder management, and prioritization in a fast-paced region.
• Operates with integrity, curiosity, ownership and collaboration.

Responsabilidades

• Lead end-to-end diagnosis, planning and execution of market transformation engagements across Asia Pacific.
• Partner with country, regional, product, commercial, finance, legal and delivery teams to structure solutions for complex opportunities.
• Develop executive-ready materials, business cases, decision papers, and progress updates for senior leadership alignment.
• Drive governance including intake, prioritization, issue escalation, stakeholder alignment and tracking of impact.
• Provide hands-on leadership to cross-functional project teams across markets and workstreams.
• Identify repeatable insights and capability gaps to strengthen Mastercard's market transformation roadmap.

Conhecimentos

Strategic problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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

Director, Market Transformation, Asia Pacific

Overview

The AP Market Development team is looking for a Director to lead high-priority transformation engagements across Asia Pacific markets. The role will partner with the EVP Market Development Lead, Regional Market Development Leaders Transformation, market leadership, product teams, and cross-functional partners to diagnose structural growth barriers, shape actionable transformation plans, and drive execution of complex, time-bound initiatives where additional regional focus and orchestration are required.

The Role

• Lead end-to-end diagnosis, planning, and execution of selected market transformation engagements, translating ambiguous business challenges into clear workplans, milestones, governance, and measurable outcomes.
• Partner with country, regional, product, commercial, finance, legal, and delivery teams to structure solutions for non-standard opportunities, special situations, and complex market growth priorities.
• Develop executive-ready materials, business cases, decision papers, and progress updates to support senior leadership alignment and decision-making.
• Drive disciplined engagement governance, including intake assessment, prioritization, issue escalation, stakeholder alignment, and tracking of financial and strategic impact.
• Provide hands-on leadership to cross-functional project teams, ensuring accountability, pace, and quality of execution across multiple markets and workstreams.
• Identify repeatable insights, operating model improvements, and capability gaps that can strengthen how Mastercard addresses complex market transformation opportunities over time.

All About You

• Bring strong strategic problem-solving skills and the ability to structure complex, ambiguous business issues into practical plans and executive decisions.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of payments, commercial models, market dynamics, customer needs, and Mastercard’s products, services, and operating model.
• Have proven experience leading cross-functional initiatives, transformation projects, strategic planning, business development, or complex commercial execution.
• Be a confident communicator and influencer, able to build credibility with senior stakeholders and align teams without relying solely on direct authority.
• Show strong execution discipline, analytical judgment, stakeholder management, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced regional environment.
• Operate with high integrity, curiosity, ownership, and a collaborative mindset consistent with Mastercard’s culture and values.

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.

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.