Our Purpose

We work 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. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

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Title and Summary

Manager, Emerging Fintech Programs - Investment Focused (Start-Path)Start Path is Mastercard’s suite of award-winning global startup engagement programs that have worked with 350+ companies in 40+ countries to drive best-in-class commercial fintech deals, investments, and partnerships.

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The Emerging Fintech Investment Program Manager will support a team that is focused on fostering partnerships with and investments in emerging fintech technologies, as well as supporting fintech strategy across the organization and building a powerful brand halo for Mastercard in the vibrant startup community. Through rigorous analysis and a structured process, this role will help perform research and analysis, synthesize data to uncover insights for the company, and develop critical strategic recommendations around partnerships and investments.

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ROLE

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Help drive formidable, high-profile thought leadership initiatives for Mastercard through the identification and detailed analysis of key strategic ‘next generation’ fintech categories/verticals.

o Create regular research, presentations, and reports about these innovative

verticals.

o Identify tangible learnings that support our day-to-day business and

product strategies.

o Work with other innovation-oriented teams (e.g., Foundry) to serve as a key

contributor to our evolving next generation work.

o Assist with creating and populating executive deliverables.

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Support the evaluation of early-stage investments, which includes detailed product and investment due diligence, presentations to the investment committee, and post-closing management.

o Oversee the consensus and alignment with stakeholders and executives

across the organization, including domain experts, around potential

transactions.

o Responsible for creating valuation models for active deals in pipeline as

well as in assessing the current portfolio.

o Maintain some ownership and engagement with portfolio companies and

provide regular reporting on key developments to the broader organization.

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Help formalize Mastercard’s global venture capital relationships and leverage these non-traditional partnerships for lead generation and insight development.

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QUALIFICATIONS

•Leader who is a strategic thinker well-versed in the fintech, startup engagement and venture capital domains.

•Experienced in payments, banking, and fintech segments, with technical and systems knowledge foundation in each.

•Strong analytical skills including financial modeling, accounting, and valuation experience. Experience with corporate finance and venture capital term sheets a plus.

•Able to operate in a highly matrixed organization. Ability to structure, manage, and coordinate complex cross-enterprise projects with multiple stakeholders.

•Vision and passion for Mastercard’s business, with high energy, intelligence, and self-driven motivation.

•Exceptional commitment to product management discipline and best practices; process-oriented, with a high attention to detail and quality on both internal teamwork and external products delivered to the market.

•MBA preferred

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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.

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