Job Title:

Technology Risk Director

Overview:

OVERVIEW
The Regulatory Relations and Market Compliance team is looking for a technology risk management professional managing the regional technology risk committee, developing regional technology risk governance and performing the specific local technology risk management processes leveraging global technology risk management processes. The ideal candidate is passionate about the technology risk management, highly motivated, intellectually curious, analytical, and possesses an entrepreneurial mindset.

ROLE
* Manage the Europe Technology Risk Committee
* Support and develop overarching approach and structure of other regional risk governance committees
* Implements policies and procedures to minimize exposure and drive the proper controls at regional level
* Provides data analysis and strategy execution across risk areas, leveraging an understanding of risk and regulation
* Supports cross-functional initiatives to deliver on risk goals, policies and procedures
* Develops and manages risk processes, including identifying and implementing best practices and ensuring all processes are documented, reviewed and updated regularly
* Experience delivering presentations and supporting messaging to senior leadership
* Understand and support the Corporate Security risk strategies that maintain the status of industry compliance standards for applications that process, store or transfer money and the enterprise infrastructure where they reside
* Understand and support the Technology risk strategies that maintain the status of payment, financial and industry data standards accessible to Mastercard’s third parties according to Mastercard Technology Policies and Standards
* Understand and support the Technology risk strategies that maintain the necessary focus and quality of the due diligence and control validation functions within risk management

ALL ABOUT YOU
• Degree in law, finance, business management or IT related field
• Experience in IT, Banking, Payment or FinTech sectors in similar role (Internal Audit, Risk Management, Compliance)
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally to identify and implement best practice risk processes
• Be culturally aware, sensitive and able to collaborate with cross-regional teams
• Be a team player with strong business and operations focus
• Knowledge of Risk and Control Framework standards such as SOC 1, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001
• Knowledge of laws, regulations, policies, and ethics as they related to technology, cybersecurity and IT management, especially in relation to payments sector (e.g., GDPR, PFMI, SIPS, EBA guidelines, etc.)
• Strong IT technical knowledge, including emerging technologies and potential for exploitation
• Knowledge of Mastercard retail card, real-time payments and account to account products and technology, security and other risk management programs and practices desired, a plus but not required

BROADENING EXPERIENCES
• Experience leading cross-functional projects, teams or committees.
• Demonstrated success building relationships and delivering results on a key initiatives.
• Exposure to delivering presentations and engaging with senior leadership.