Risk Platforms and Intelligence Manager

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

Risk Platforms and Intelligence Manager Overview:

Mastercard’s Technology Risk team is seeking an experienced professional with a passion for operating at the intersection of Integrated Risk Management (IRM) / Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC) tools and risk data and intelligence for operational resilience and cybersecurity. The Risk Platforms and Intelligence Manager bridges the gap between tools, data, and risk analysis. This pivotal role enables Mastercard’s second line risk team to harness the power of rich datasets to proactively identify and mitigate technology and operational risks. This position optimizes risk and control capture processes and delves into datasets of various types to enhance IRM/GRC tool capabilities and drive advanced analytics initiatives. This role plays a crucial part in ensuring effective compliance monitoring, risk management, and empowering data-driven decision-making across the enterprise.

Role:

1. Utilize analytical skills to collect, analyze, and interpret large operational data sets, enabling identification of critical insights, trends, and potential disruptions / exposures.
2. Oversee development and execution of an IRM / GRC tools roadmap, driving adoption and continuous maturity of the GRC program.
3. Ensure seamless integration of analytics tools with existing IRM / GRC platforms (e.g., Archer, OpenPages), maximizing data utilization and reporting capabilities.
4. Stay abreast of industry trends, best practices, and requirements regarding use of IRM / GRC tools and data (including AI / ML) to enhance risk and resilience posture.
5. Guide and collaborate with cross-functional teams in data engineering, analytics, and risk management to implement robust data-driven solutions.
6. Generate requirements, user stories, and data for PI planning sessions, collaborating with product owners, business owners, and system architects.
7. Optimize GRC software platforms to streamline control mapping, risk assessment, and reporting functionalities, enhancing efficiency and accuracy.
8. Enhance risk and control capture processes to ensure data accuracy and integrity.

All About You:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of experience and formal education required.
• Knowledge of risk management, assurance and/or regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated experience with structured SDLC methodology and tools.
• Knowledge of Mastercard and the payments industry a plus.
• Knowledge of RSA Archer and OpenPages a plus.
• Developed communication skills – listening, oral and written and interpersonal skills.
• Organizational and planning and multi-tasking skills while adaptive to change.
• Strong analytical/problem solving and planning skills.
• Leadership, interpersonal, and negotiation skills required with a track record for developing internal and external relationships.
• Demonstrate ethics and values to generate high team trust.

Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

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.