Description
As a Strategic Executive Assistant to executive leadership at Mastercard, you'll operate as an extension of the business, helping drive priorities, solve complex challenges, and ensure leaders can focus on what matters most.
Major Accountabilities:
- Partner with executive leadership to manage complex calendars, coordinate meetings, arrange domestic and international travel, process expenses, and ensure seamless day-to-day operations.
- Prepare and coordinate executive communications, presentations, reports, and other business materials with a high degree of accuracy, professionalism, and confidentiality.
- Drive the planning and execution of meetings and events, ensuring all logistics, materials, and stakeholder coordination are managed effectively.
- Support and administer programs, projects, and operational processes for the team, maintaining tools, spreadsheets, databases, budgets, and other resources that enable effective business management.
- Conduct research and gather information on special projects, providing insights and recommendations that support business priorities and decision-making.
- Serve as a trusted liaison across internal and external stakeholders, building strong relationships and facilitating communication, alignment, and follow-through on key initiatives.
- Proactively identify challenges, anticipate needs, and remove roadblocks to help leaders and teams stay focused on critical priorities.
All about you:
- Significant executive administrative experience supporting senior leaders in a complex corporate environment.
- Demonstrated ability to operate as a trusted partner to executive leadership, exercising exceptional judgment, discretion, and professionalism when handling highly confidential and sensitive information.
- Strong relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence, collaborate, and build credibility across all levels of the organization.
- Proven ability to anticipate needs, proactively solve problems, remove obstacles, and drive successful outcomes in a fast-paced environment.
- Highly resourceful and adaptable, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, manage competing priorities, and make sound decisions with limited direction.
- Strong business acumen and the ability to understand broader organizational priorities while balancing day-to-day operational demands.
- Results-oriented with a strong sense of urgency, exceptional organizational skills, and the ability to distinguish between competing priorities and focus on what matters most.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare executive-level communications, presentations, and business materials.
- Ability to think strategically while executing flawlessly, maintaining a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
Technical Skills:
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
- Experience working with Oracle or similar enterprise systems.
- Experience managing spreadsheets, reports, databases, budgets, and other operational tools.
Education:
- High School diploma required.
- College degree preferred.