Description
The Network Economics & Value Optimization (NEVO) team plays a critical role in shaping Mastercard's network economics by driving governance, strategic alignment, value optimization, and execution across pricing and interchange initiatives globally.
As a Manager, Network Economics & Value Optimization, you will play a key role in developing and implementing network economics and value optimization strategies, building new tools to inform how Mastercard sets its pricing and interchange, and conducting analysis as needed on strategic questions and issues.
Key responsibilities:
- Develop and implement network economics and value optimization strategies
- Build new tools to inform pricing and interchange decisions
- Conduct analysis on strategic questions and issues
- Manage and prioritize execution of portfolio of key transformational initiatives
- Drive initiatives from ideation to creation, regional syndication, and execution
- Identify and develop creative solutions with a strong analytical and fact-based foundation
- Lead teams toward implementation of solutions
- Develop and refine strategies consistent with business objectives cross-regionally
- Leverage and contribute to developing models and frameworks for assessing pricing and interchange
- Conduct strategic analysis to evaluate new ideas, benchmark across Mastercard's products and services, and inform decisions on pricing and interchange levels
- Contribute to the development of global pricing and interchange strategies and roadmap
- Partner and liaise with several stakeholders across the organization to advance assigned projects
- Communicate effectively to peers and management progress against initiatives
Requirements:
- Experience applying financial and business management principles, theories, and concepts
- Experience with financial modeling (e.g., P&L projections, Cost-benefit, ROI)
- Advanced PC skills including Microsoft Office Suite, data mining, python, Power BI, Tableau
- Strategic thinker with a strong orientation to detail and execution
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Self-managed and self-driven
- Ability to turn data into meaningful information and present it in a concise, professional manner for senior management review
- Ability to lead through influence and thrive despite challenges
- Ability to interact effectively across multiple functions, geographies, and levels within the company
- Excellent project management skills with the ability to work on several projects simultaneously