Our Purpose
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Title and Summary
Lead Business Analyst (Technology and Operations)
Overview
We are seeking a Lead Business Analyst to join our Real Time Payment International (RTPI) Technology & Operations team. This role will liaise across RTPI’s engineering, technology and operations partners focusing on identifying operational and performance needs (secure, run, operate), translating them into prioritized features, and ensuring alignment with Mastercard’s technology and RTPI Product roadmaps.
Role
• Lead initiatives aligned with RTPI Technology & Operation’s Run, Secure, and Operate principles.
• Articulate operational needs that ensure that future growth and scalability alongside resilience by design are a consistent theme on roadmaps and backlogs across the RTPI suite of products & services.
• Identify, gather and analyze technical requirements related to performance, security, and operational improvements and articulate value and OKR’s.
• Define and document high quality technology requirement Epics/Features that align with Mastercard standards.
• Actively participate in backlog elaboration, work-intake triage and prioritisation activities, and quarterly planning by providing detailed technical insights and articulating business value.
• Provide SME support to partner functions to further refine requirements and track feature progress to ensure successful implementation.
• Lead workshops and clarification sessions with stakeholders to align expectations.
All About You
• Business Analyst with an emphasis on technical expertise in time-critical systems, preferably in the context of critical national infrastructure.
• Technical understanding of infrastructure and operations for environments of significant scale and criticality.
• Experience working in agile environments and familiarity with SDLC processes.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear and detailed requirements.
• Knowledge of payments industry and real-time payments systems is desirable.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for cross-functional engagement.
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.