Mastercard

Director,Strategy,Transformation&PMO

$163–269k Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Arlington, Virginia, United States; Miami, Florida, United States; O'Fallon, Missouri, United States; Purchase, New York, United States FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Director, Strategy, Transformation & PMO at Mastercard. Skills: Strategy, Transformation, PMO, Program management. Own integrated transformation plan. Build end-to-end program plan”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver integrated transformation plan; Improve transparency; Improve governance; Improve operational efficiency; Modernize sales incentives; Scale selling motions; Evolve pipeline performance; Support sustained growth; Support territory operations capabilities; Establish operating cadence; Ensure field readiness; Minimize disruption; Upgrade scope; Upgrade scalability

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Insight translation; Trade-off analysis; Problem resolution

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Experience in designing standardized program frameworks, Experience in operating standardized program frameworks, Experience in designing governance structures, Experience in operating governance structures, Ability to translate insights into actionable plans, Business acumen, Commercial awareness, Strategic work approach, Collaborative work approach across business lines, Collaborative work approach across functions, Collaborative work approach across regions, Excellent managerial skills, Excellent interpersonal skills, Excellent written communication skills, Excellent verbal communication skills

What You'll Do.

Own integrated transformation plan

Build end-to-end program plan

Manage end-to-end program plan

Drive execution across functions

Establish program governance

Run program governance

Establish executive rhythm

Surface recommendations

Develop close calendar

Manage close calendar

Coordinate design to build

Coordinate build to run

Ensure documentation at each stage

Ensure controls at each stage

Ensure readiness at each stage

Lead metric data model delivery

Lead data governance delivery

Lead data lineage delivery

Partner on systems implementation scope

Partner on systems implementation deliverables

Support territory directors

Stand up territory operations capabilities

Establish operating cadence for planning

Establish operating cadence for changes

Coordinate change management

Coordinate communications

Plan stakeholder engagement

Vetting strategic opportunities

Assessing strategic opportunities

Prioritizing strategic opportunities

Presenting business cases

Sequencing recommendations

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional collaboration; Business line collaboration; Vertical collaboration; Regional partner engagement

Communication Scope

Written communication; Verbal communication; Executive presentations

Process & Methodology

Program management, Integrated plan management, Milestone tracking, KPI tracking, Governance, RAID management, Change management, Communications coordination

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, Strategy, Transformation & PMO ### Director, Strategy & Transformation Overview: Mastercard is investing in a transformation of our global sales incentives across plan design, data transformation, systems implementation and operations. This transformation is a critical step in modernizing how we reward performance, scale our selling motions, evolve pipeline performance and support sustained growth. This initiative upgrades sales incentives across the enterprise to market‑benchmarked, globally aligned programs, while significantly improving transparency, governance, and operational efficiency. The Director of Strategy & Transformation is responsible for the project management of transformation and supporting the set-up of our new design, territory and quota teams. This includes partnering on developing and implementing globalized frameworks and practices to support the functions across the teams while engaging the three business lines, verticals and their regional partners. Cross-functional responsibilities include collaboration and impact analysis with sales incentives, reporting and process improvements underpinned by business insights and analytics. Role: The role holder will be responsible for leading a dedicated team to deliver the following outcomes: • Own the integrated transformation plan: Build and manage the end-to-end program plan across plan design, data transformation/data lake build, systems implementation, terri

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