About the Role
The Mastercard Agent Suite team is building a new solution at the intersection of agentic AI, commerce, and payments. This role supports building and operationalizing program governance for Mastercard’s fast-growing AI Consulting capability, helping to scale and optimize governance and reporting structures, and shaping processes that drive responsible innovation and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Shape and steward governance frameworks that support scalability, compliance and responsible innovation.
- Partner closely with internal stakeholders and external vendors to curate capabilities, align resources and strengthen the overall Agent Suite ecosystem.
- Facilitate the resolution of complex operational and technical challenges by bringing the right voices together and methodically problem-solving.
- Identify and implement opportunities to streamline operational processes through automation and thoughtful system design.
- Ensure all clarity and alignment in program communications, tailoring messages to different audiences and leadership levels.
- Design and evolve technical workflows and governance frameworks that help teams deliver high quality outcomes efficiently and consistently across global teams.
- Ensure technical systems (e.g., project tracking, reporting platforms) are configured and support team needs seamlessly.
- Champion continuous improvement initiatives across operational workflows, encouraging teams to experiment, learn and refine to enhance how we operate.
- Act as a liaison between Product, Engineering, Procurement, and Operations teams to align priorities and enable timely delivery.
- Shape and maintain operational KPIs, dashboards, and reporting systems to provide leadership with actionable insights.
- Own budget tracking and forecasting for technical operations, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and cost optimization.
- Translate operational data into stories, reports and recommendations to inform executive decisions on resource planning and investment.
Requirements
- Experience in technical/product operations, program management, or process engineering within technology or consulting environments.
- Proven ability to design and implement technical workflows, governance frameworks, and reporting systems.
- Strong proficiency in operational analytics, automation tools, and compliance processes.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills; able to influence at senior levels without direct authority.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment with high ambiguity.
- Comfortable building systems from scratch when necessary.
- Enjoys coaching others to ensure team goals are met.
- 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.
- Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.
Skills
- AI technologies
- Operational analytics
- Automation tools
- Compliance processes
Location
- Toronto, Canada
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior Specialist
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in a technical or business discipline
- Advanced degree or PMP certification a plus
Salary/Compensations
- $83,000 - $132,000 CAD
Benefits
- May be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program
About the Company
- Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide.
- 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.
- Services within Mastercard is responsible for acquiring, engaging, and retaining customers by managing fraud and risk, enhancing cybersecurity, and improving the digital payments experience.
- We provide value-added services and leverage expertise, data-driven insights, and execution.
- Our team combines traditional management consulting with Mastercard’s rich AI and Data assets, proprietary platforms, and technologies to provide clients with powerful strategic insights and recommendations.
- Our teams work with a diverse global customer base across industries, from banking and payments to retail and restaurants.
Equal Opportunity
- Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal 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.
- We hire the most qualified candidate for the role.
- In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting.
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- The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.
