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

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.

Job Title:
Director, Risk Assessment

Overview:

The Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) team is looking for a Director, Risk Assessment to facilitate business unit risk assessments across the company, partnering with first line risk teams and other key stakeholders in all businesses and functions.

Role:

The Director, Risk Assessment will be responsible for:

• Engaging with business unit Risk Champions and Business Risk Managers to drive and guide risk assessment activities, e.g. risk workshops, risk identification, risk acceptance
• Supporting business unit Risk Champions and Business Risk Managers to effectively run Business Risk and Control Committees
• Aggregation and analysis of business unit heatmaps to support risk mitigation strategies
• Assessing level of treatment and controls for risks and opining on the adequacy of treatment plans, tracking risk mitigation plan progress for risks outside of Company risk appetite
• Identification and assessment of emerging and evolving risks
• Driving processes to link risk assessment process to strategic planning and budgeting processes
• Supporting development of methodology and procedures for the periodic risk assessment of corporate and business unit risks across the Company
• Support ERM GRC tool development to adapt to evolving risk management processes and requirements
• Produce and develop GRC reports, including Quarterly Action Plan status reports

All About You:

• Risk management experience in a large multinational with a mature risk program
• Knowledge of risk management practices (e.g., ERM, ORM, technology)
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to influence at all levels including outside his/ her reporting lines
• Experience in partnering with executive management
• Articulate and highly effective communicator (written, oral, presentation)
• Demonstrated success in applying risk management to support the business / strategy
• Resilient and able to work under pressure, in sometimes ambiguous circumstances
• Risk mindset - Applies critical and out of the box thinking to understand the business and effectively support teams in identifying their key risks
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable managing multiple tasks and deadlines in a dynamic environment
• Appreciation for diverse perspectives and backgrounds, comfortable to work remotely with teams located in different time zones


Preferred Qualifications:

• experience in risk assessments
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Risk Management, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or related field (preferred)
• Familiarity with GRC platforms (e.g., OpenPages, Archer)
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office products (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook, SharePoint, Teams)
• Knowledge of the payments industry and products, competitive environment, consumer trends, and economic environment

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.