Description
Mastercard is seeking a Director, Mergers and Acquisitions to lead the translation of M&A strategy into coordinated execution across GBSC for acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic transactions.
The Director will partner with M&A leadership, GBSC functional leaders, Finance, People & Capability, Legal, Technology, and other stakeholders to establish integration strategies, clarify ownership and dependencies, surface risks and decisions, and enable scalable execution across multiple concurrent transactions.
Key responsibilities include:
- Translating transaction objectives and integration principles into actionable GBSC integration strategies, roadmaps, milestones, and execution plans
- Leading GBSC assessment and scoping for new transactions, identifying impacted capabilities, processes, systems, resources, dependencies, and operational risks
- Establishing clear success criteria, guiding principles, decision points, and transition expectations for each transaction
- Driving cross-functional execution across GBSC workstreams from pre-close planning through Day 1, integration, and stabilization
- Establishing disciplined governance for GBSC M&A execution, including appropriate operating rhythms, decision forums, milestones, and escalation mechanisms
- Providing concise executive reporting that translates program detail into business impact, material risks, tradeoffs, dependencies, and decisions required
- Building and continuously improving repeatable M&A methodologies, playbooks, templates, tollgates, readiness criteria, and integration standards
- Serving as a strategic integration partner connecting M&A leadership, GBSC functions, acquired-company stakeholders, and broader enterprise partners
The ideal candidate will have significant experience leading complex M&A integrations, enterprise transformation, strategy execution, program management, or shared-services initiatives. They will also have demonstrated ability to translate strategy and ambiguous business objectives into structured execution plans, strong executive communication skills, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive outcomes in a global matrixed organization.