Job Description

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

EVP, Strategy and Enablement - Marketing & CommunicationsExecutive Vice President, Strategy and Enablement - Marketing & Communications

The Executive Vice President, Strategy & Enablement for Marketing & Communications is a critical, high-impact executive role responsible for defining the global Marketing & Communications strategy, modernizing capabilities, and accelerating revenue growth. Reporting directly to the Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, this role plays a central part in determining the strategic direction for Marketing & Communications and ensuring alignment across corporate business units and regions. In addition, the EVP, Strategy & Enablement owns end-to-end accountability for a defined portfolio of core Marketing & Communications functions, including Marketing Operations, Strategy, Research & Insights, Sustainability, Chief of Staff, Program Management Office, and Risk. As the owner of these capabilities, the EVP is accountable for setting vision and direction, establishing operating standards and decision rights, and ensuring performance against clearly defined outcomes. This role integrates strategic planning, capability development, governance, and execution across the portfolio, serving as a senior enterprise leader with accountability for Marketing & Communications' strategic infrastructure, operational effectiveness, and long-term scalability.

Role
- Partner with the Chief Marketing & Communications Officer and the Marketing & Communications Leadership Team to shape the Marketing and Communications strategy ensuring a clear global vision aligned to enterprise, business unit, and regional priorities.
- Translate Marketing & Communications strategy into clear priorities, execution plans, and success measures.
- Establish and track KPIs for Marketing & Communications strategy execution and enterprise impact.
- Ensure alignment of strategy with investment decisions and operational capacity to drive best-in-class performance.
- Establish and evolve the Marketing & Communications Program Management Office to deliver on a harmonized Product and Engineering approach
- Define governance, roles, and ways of working across Marketing & Communications and partner teams.

All About You
- Demonstrated track record of formulating and executing enterprise-level strategies in complex, global environments.
- Proven ability to operate as a trusted advisor to senior executives.
- Strong influencing skills across matrixed organizations.
- Executive presence, sound judgment, and comfort navigating ambiguity.
- Ability to translate strategy into operating models and execution plans through a interconnected Global, Regional, Divisional and Country level - end to end
- Strong analytical, communication, and people leadership skills.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.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.