Description
Mastercard is seeking a Director to lead high-priority transformation engagements across Asia Pacific markets.
The AP Market Development team is looking for a Director to lead high-priority transformation engagements across Asia Pacific markets. The role will partner with the EVP Market Development Lead, Regional Market Development Leaders Transformation, market leadership, product teams, and cross-functional partners to diagnose structural growth barriers, shape actionable transformation plans, and drive execution of complex, time-bound initiatives where additional regional focus and orchestration are required.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end diagnosis, planning, and execution of selected market transformation engagements, translating ambiguous business challenges into clear workplans, milestones, governance, and measurable outcomes.
- Partner with country, regional, product, commercial, finance, legal, and delivery teams to structure solutions for non-standard opportunities, special situations, and complex market growth priorities.
- Develop executive-ready materials, business cases, decision papers, and progress updates to support senior leadership alignment and decision-making.
- Drive disciplined engagement governance, including intake assessment, prioritization, issue escalation, stakeholder alignment, and tracking of financial and strategic impact.
- Provide hands-on leadership to cross-functional project teams, ensuring accountability, pace, and quality of execution across multiple markets and workstreams.
- Identify repeatable insights, operating model improvements, and capability gaps that can strengthen how Mastercard addresses complex market transformation opportunities over time.
Requirements
- Strong strategic problem-solving skills and the ability to structure complex, ambiguous business issues into practical plans and executive decisions.
- Strong understanding of payments, commercial models, market dynamics, customer needs, and Mastercard’s products, services, and operating model.
- Proven experience leading cross-functional initiatives, transformation projects, strategic planning, business development, or complex commercial execution.
- Confident communicator and influencer, able to build credibility with senior stakeholders and align teams without relying solely on direct authority.
- Strong execution discipline, analytical judgment, stakeholder management, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced regional environment.
- Operate with high integrity, curiosity, ownership, and a collaborative mindset consistent with Mastercard’s culture and values.
Corporate Security Responsibility
- 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.