Vice President, Technology Regulatory Engagement, Eastern Europe

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

Vice President, Technology Regulatory Engagement, Eastern Europe

Overview
Program Controls, Operations, & Modernization (ProCOM)

The work of this team focuses on the programs and products of Mastercard, ensuring we are running Mastercard Good technology. We also support the growing regulatory landscape while maintaining our site reliability engineering (SRE) and modernization standards. The position is being opened within the Technology Regulatory Execution team whose objective is to ensure the seamless execution of regulations, fostering compliance, innovation and #mastercardgood standards. We are committed to empowering our stakeholders by providing clear guidance, robust practices, and effective solutions that navigate the complexities of the regulatory landscape. Through collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement, we strive to build a secure, compliant, and forward-thinking technological environment.

Role

The Tech Regulatory Engagement VP in Eastern Europe provides crucial technology consulting, ensuring regulatory compliance and fostering innovation. They partner with business teams to offer tech leadership, manage technology regulatory projects, and collaborate with global teams to solve business and regulatory issues address business and regulatory challenges and align with business goals.

•Establish key milestones and goals, developing clear project plans with measurable outcomes, regularly reviewing progress, overseeing project timelines, creating detailed schedules, updating them based on progress, and communicating changes to keep the team aligned.
•Effectively manage risks and interdependencies between projects by developing comprehensive plans, identifying potential risks, and implementing mitigation strategies to ensure alignment and seamless execution.
•Maintain program documentation and develop relationships by creating detailed project documentation and collaborating with stakeholders to gain support and ensure the success of initiatives.
•Provide advanced technical knowledge in the payments environment to meet industry standards and regulatory requirements, staying updated with the latest developments to enhance offerings.
•Leverage Mastercard technology capabilities to support innovative solutions for business and regulatory challenges, understanding the full spectrum of resources available.
•Collaborate with business managers to ensure alignment with organizational goals, regularly communicating to understand needs and support broader objectives.
•Identify opportunities for improvement and promote IT alignment with business, continuously assessing processes and systems, and implementing changes to drive efficiency and innovation.

About you

•Strong understanding of product development methodologies, principles, theories, and concepts.
•Organized with expert facilitation skills in fluid environments influenced by local market conditions and evolving regulations.
•Project management experience in high-focus, risk technology projects.
•Thrive in fast-paced settings. High-energy, can-do attitude, strong ownership, and desire to succeed with analytical, technical, and strategic skills. Experience in technology and regulatory compliance within the payments industry.
•Ability to translate technical information into business terms and vice versa.
•Effectively collaborate in a geographically distributed team and organization.
•Navigate complex relationships with persuasive presence and effectively communicate between technology and business stakeholders.

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.