Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy in Purchase, NY

Description

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. 

Job Title

Senior Analyst, Enterprise StrategySenior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy

Overview

The Product & Engineering (P&E) Strategy Team's purpose is to ask the right questions, foster big thinking and ensure execution of the answers. The team's work will shape the future of P&E (and Mastercard) by developing and driving timely execution of the strategy.

The role of the senior analyst is to drive insights, analytics and project management to support the formulation and execution of the P&E strategy by partnering with the product and engineering teams.

The role would provide great exposure to the big picture and would include opportunities to participate in senior level discussions with Product Executives as necessary or opportune.
Candidate should be intellectually curious, energetic, operate with urgency and have discipline in prioritizing efforts while being comfortable with ambiguity.

Preference for Purchase or London based but not a must.

Role
The role entails two key areas of focus:

1. Insights and Analytics:
• Responsible for analytics and research to support strategy insights of P&E strategy team to propel prioritized areas while helping identify and articulate future priorities for P&E. Performs independent research and data collection as relevant.
• Assists with content development and preparation of materials for Exec meetings, Board presentations, Investment Community Meetings etc.
• Owns and executes ad-hoc projects or targeted assignments.
• Creates and maintains repository of knowledge: analytics, research, market insights such as competitive intelligence relating to product.

2. Project Management:
• Works with other members of the Strategy team to help coordination of projects across stakeholders, drives work through setting of timelines and milestones
• Maintains and updates project plans and action lists through timely follow ups with relevant teams
• Prepares content and articulate insights for quarterly updates with senior management

Experiences

Demonstrated knowledge of Mastercard (such as business model, strategy, competitive landscape)
Demonstrated track record in working across different business teams, navigating and building relationships with senior stakeholders, understanding business priorities while bringing critical thinking
Proven ability to multi task and manage execution of multiple projects effectively

Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively – both verbally and in writing
Experience conducting accurate financial analysis, working with large data sets, synthesizing large amounts of information and summarizing insightful findings

COVID-19 Considerations

We value the safety of each member of our community because we know we're all in this together. In many locations, which may change over time, we've implemented a virtual hiring process and continue to interview candidates by video or phone. In addition, in some locations, only individuals who have been fully vaccinated will be permitted inside Mastercard offices until further notice.

About Mastercard

Mastercard is an inclusive Equal Employment 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.

If you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application 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.

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