This role requires a high degree of ownership across both strategic thinking and execution: taking pride in producing high-quality outputs at every level of detail.

Key Responsibilities

Own Strategic Data Assets

• Own and maintain core datasets that serve as strategic intelligence tools for the team
• Ensure data is accurate, structured, and continuously updated based on external developments
• Evolve datasets to surface patterns, trends, and strategic implications, not just track information
• Partner across MA to integrate these assets into broader insights, reporting, and strategy work

Produce Thought Leadership & Written Insights

• Support ongoing signals monitoring by tracking external developments across markets, policy, and competitors
• Author high-quality newsletters and insight pieces on the future of payments, geopolitics, and localization trends
• Translate complex concepts into clear, structured, and compelling narratives
• Help shape Mastercard’s internal perspective on market, regulatory, and ecosystem shifts

Own KPI Dashboards & Reporting

• Design, build, and maintain dashboards tracking localization and business performance metrics
• Generate insights, ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and clarity for executive audiences

Support Strategy & Execution

• Contribute to strategy development, executive presentations, and playbooks
• Partner with cross-functional and regional teams to drive initiatives forward

Enable Team Effectiveness & Communications

• Support team communications, knowledge management, and content platforms
• Improve processes and ways of working with an entrepreneurial mindset

All About You

Quantitative + Storytelling Strength

• Advanced Excel required. Data modeling, and statistical analysis an advantage
• Able to translate data into clear, insightful narratives

Compelling Writer

• Proven ability to produce crisp, structured, high-quality written content (e.g., newsletters, reports, briefings)
• Strong editorial judgment and attention to detail

Analytical & Curious

• Intellectually curious with the ability to connect business, payments innovation, and global/regulatory dynamics

Entrepreneurial & Hands-On

• Self-starter who can build from scratch, iterate quickly, and “get hands dirty”
• Strong execution mindset in ambiguous environments

Collaborative & Organized

• Team-oriented with a strong sense of shared ownership; willing to lean in to ensure team success
• High attention to detail and pride in producing accurate, polished work
• Comfortable balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution

Global Mindset

• Experience working across markets strongly preferred
• English fluency required; additional languages a plus

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.

Everyone wants easier ways to pay; we invent them. Checkout lines are slow; we speed them along. Merchants want more sales; we give them data and insights. People need financial access; we connect them. Corporate purchasing is complicated; we make it simple. Commuters are busy; we speed them on their way. Governments need greater efficiencies; we help create them. Small businesses are virtual; we give them access to a world of buyers. Retailers want to fight fraud; we provide the tools.