Mastercard
Financial Services
Director,RiskManagement
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“Director, Risk Management at Mastercard. Skills: Risk Management, Operational Resilience, Payments Industry, Regulatory Compliance. Support design risk policies. Support implementation risk policies”
Industry & Context.
Root cause focused action plans
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years enterprise risk management, Deep expertise risk identification, Deep expertise risk assessment, Deep expertise risk mitigation, Deep expertise operational resilience, Extensive knowledge payments industry, Extensive knowledge digital financial products
Nice to Have
CFA charterholder preferred, CPA preferred, FRM preferred
What You'll Do.
Support design risk policies
Support implementation risk policies
Support enhancement risk policies
Support design risk standards
Support implementation risk standards
Support enhancement risk standards
Support design risk procedures
Support implementation risk procedures
Support enhancement risk procedures
Enable proactive risk management
Enable effective risk management
Identify emerging risks
Identify evolving risks
Identify systemic risks
Facilitate scenario analysis
Lead scenario analysis
Facilitate stress testing
Ensure appropriate controls
Establish controls ownership
Maintain controls management approach
Maintain issues management approach
Drive sustainable remediation
Act as liaison internal audits
Act as liaison regulatory interactions
Ensure timely closure audit findings
Ensure effective closure audit findings
Ensure sustainable closure audit findings
Ensure timely closure regulatory findings
Ensure effective closure regulatory findings
Ensure sustainable closure regulatory findings
Drive cross-functional initiatives
Remediate control gaps
Embed compliance operating processes
Participate governance forums
Advise risk implications new products
Advise risk implications changes
Advise risk implications strategic initiatives
Champion risk management best practices
Empower integration risk considerations
Integrate risk into product development
Integrate risk into change management
Integrate risk into strategic initiatives
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with business leadership; Partner with second line defense; Partner with third line defense; Cross-functional initiatives; Key governance forums
Communication Scope
Actionable insights; Clear insights
Full 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._ **Title and Summary** ### Director, Risk Management ### Overview: The Core Payments Strategy & Execution team tackles critical strategic opportunities and challenges across Mastercard’s most foundational business. This role is suited for a senior risk leader with a passion for payments, innovation, and operating at enterprise scale. Mastercard powers an inclusive, digital economy that makes transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible for everyone, everywhere. Through secure data, trusted networks, and strong partnerships, we help individuals, businesses, financial institutions, and governments realize their greatest potential. Our Decency Quotient (DQ) shapes how we operate—guiding a culture of inclusion, collaboration, and integrity that enables better decisions, stronger innovation, and better outcomes. Role Description: The Director, Risk Management – Core Payments is a senior risk leader responsible for supporting the design, execution, and continuously strengthening the risk management framework supporting Mastercard’s Core Payments business. This role partners closely with business leadership and the second and third lines of defense to anticipate, mitigate, and remediate risk while enabling responsible growth. This position requires deep expertise in enterprise risk management, regulatory environments, and operational resilience, combined with strong leadership, execution discipline, and stakeholder influence. Key Responsibilities: • Risk Strategy &
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