Director EEMEA Network Partnerships

at  MasterCard

Our Purpose
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culture of inclusion
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Title and Summary
Director EEMEA Network Partnerships

Overview

• the Director of EEMEA (Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa) Network Partnerships, will have direct oversight of the EEMEA Mastercard cross border services (MA XBS) partner network and team, comprised of banks and NBFIs in 60+ countries. Manages existing direct/indirect connections to clearings and partner relationships, while also expanding the network in line with strategic network and product objectives.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all MA XBS network partnerships and last mile connectivity into EEMEA payment schemes.
• Drive the expansion and the improvement of the MA XBS EEMEA network in line with the network and product roadmap strategy
• Assess opportunities for direct participation in payment schemes in collaboration with the relevant Mastercard Transaction Services teams and lead the execution of the related projects.
• Ensure redundancy throughout the network, in all key markets of operation.
• Lead EEMEA execution of the strategy to increase the number of partners that accept settlement in pay-out currency.
• Support the regional stakeholders and the Transfer Solutions commercialization team to ensure with market insight and developments
• Navigate across cultures and geographies and leverages strong relationships with key groups across Mastercard to gain support and buy-in from regional stakeholders
• Drive institutionalized knowledge through the use of consistent documentation (e.g., support documents) across all processes to support knowledge management and ensure consistency and repeatability across projects
• Represent and participate in EEMEA initiatives, working groups or taskforce

Experiences

• Proven ability to evolve in a complex matrix environment.
• Demonstrated ability to operate with complete independence and autonomy.
• Can communicate to executives, peers, and staff with impact, eloquence, and authenticity.
• Demonstrated experience building organizational relationships, partnering with and influencing executive leadership while commanding the respect of the individual product practitioners across the organization.
• Has proven experience in people management and leadership
• Has experience in international payments, foreign exchange, cash management, settlement and reconciliation processes
• Has 10+ years of partnerships experience in the payments industry.
• Has intimate knowledge of payment systems, schemes, and structures.
• Has experience working in correspondent banking and/or transaction banking.
• Has proven success developing and managing payment partnerships.

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.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all MA XBS network partnerships and last mile connectivity into EEMEA payment schemes.
• Drive the expansion and the improvement of the MA XBS EEMEA network in line with the network and product roadmap strategy
• Assess opportunities for direct participation in payment schemes in collaboration with the relevant Mastercard Transaction Services teams and lead the execution of the related projects.
• Ensure redundancy throughout the network, in all key markets of operation.
• Lead EEMEA execution of the strategy to increase the number of partners that accept settlement in pay-out currency.
• Support the regional stakeholders and the Transfer Solutions commercialization team to ensure with market insight and developments
• Navigate across cultures and geographies and leverages strong relationships with key groups across Mastercard to gain support and buy-in from regional stakeholders
• Drive institutionalized knowledge through the use of consistent documentation (e.g., support documents) across all processes to support knowledge management and ensure consistency and repeatability across projects
• Represent and participate in EEMEA initiatives, working groups or taskforc

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