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

Senior Specialist, SponsorshipsSenior Specialist, Sponsorships

Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.
Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

We are seeking a Senior Specialist to join our Global Business Solutions Center team. This role will partner with the Asia Pacific Sponsorship team, providing structured executional and operational support across Mastercard’s priority sponsorship properties in the region.

The role spans executional delivery across eSports, Tennis, and Music & Entertainment properties, day-to-day coordination with agencies and markets, budget tracking, compliance and governance oversight, and knowledge continuity across the AP sponsorships function. The ideal candidate brings strong project management instincts, attention to detail, a collaborative mindset, and a genuine passion for sports, gaming, or entertainment marketing.

Role
Executional Support for Priority Sponsorship Properties
• Provide structured executional support across key multi-year sponsorship programs, including eSports (League of Legends, Valorant, and select local market activations), Tennis (Roland Garros, Australian Open, Billie Jean King Cup), and Music & Entertainment initiatives.
• Drive consistent delivery across markets and maintain alignment with Global sponsorship frameworks and brand standards.
Day-to-Day Coordination of eSports and Gaming Activations
• Support the AP eSports agenda by coordinating timelines, assets, and deliverables with Riot Games, agency partners, and local markets, including non-Global activations.
Operational Support for AP Tennis Properties
• Act as the executional coordinator for AP tennis properties, supporting market activations, asset usage, and B2B programs.
Sponsorship Budget Tracking
• Support budget management across sponsorship programs by tracking billing updates, step-ups and step-downs, and financial reporting.
Agency and Market Monthly Sponsorship Call Management
• Coordinate day-to-day deliverables with agency partners and market/division leads, managing asset lists, timelines, and executional details.
• Prepare and enable monthly sponsorship calls to focus on strategic direction and senior stakeholder engagement.
• Act as the central coordination point between agencies, markets, and the AP sponsorships team.

All About You
The ideal candidate for this position should have:
• Proven experience in sponsorship, partnerships, or marketing activation roles, ideally within a regional or global organization.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, timelines, and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Experience coordinating with external agencies, rights holders, and cross-functional internal teams across different markets.
• Familiarity with sponsorship budget tracking, financial reporting, and governance processes.
• Knowledge of or genuine interest in eSports, gaming, tennis, or music & entertainment sponsorship landscapes.
• Strong attention to detail and a process-oriented mindset, with a commitment to executional quality and consistency.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to coordinate effectively across markets and functions.
• A collaborative, solution-oriented approach with the ability to work independently and take ownership of deliverables.
• Experience working with compliance, legal onboarding, or governance frameworks is an advantage.

Corporate Security Responsibility
Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position 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.

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.