Manager, Chief of Staff

Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. 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. Title and Summary Manager, Chief of Staff Mastercard Overview Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is 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.

Corporate Technology Solutions (CTS) supports Mastercard’s end-to-end operating backbone for the business, customer, and internal users—powering the systems, data, and platforms that support Marketing, Franchise, Legal, Finance, Reporting, Risk, Compliance, and People & Capability. We modernize, simplify, and scale the core capabilities of the business—ensuring teams have the tools, data, and insights they need to operate efficiently and deliver impact. We are seeking a highly driven, intellectually curious, and execution-oriented Manager, Chief of Staff, reporting directly to the Vice President, Chief of Staff. This role sits at the center of strategic execution and operational rigor—shaping priorities, driving alignment across senior leaders, and ensuring the business runs with precision, clarity, and momentum. This is a unique opportunity for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, enjoys solving complex problems, and takes pride in bringing structure, organization, and follow-through to everything they touch. You’ll be both a strategic thought partner and an operational quarterback—connecting the dots across initiatives and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks. This role offers high visibility and direct access to senior leadership, with the opportunity to shape key initiatives and how the organization operates. It’s an ideal path for someone looking to accelerate their growth, develop a broad enterprise perspective, and have a tangible impact on business outcomes. Key Responsibilities: • Operates as a trusted advisor and force multiplier, extending leadership capacity and driving organizational effectiveness. • Translates strategic priorities into clear, executable plans and ensures disciplined delivery across key initiatives, including major modernization and transformation efforts. • Acts as the central point of integration across teams and workstreams, ensuring alignment, transparency, and coordinated execution across a broad and complex portfolio. • Owns the operating rhythm of the function, shaping leadership forums, All Hands, governance, and offsites. • Establishes and enforces rigorous tracking and governance mechanisms. • Produces high-quality, executive-ready insights and materials, synthesizing complex inputs into structured recommendations and decision frameworks. • Leads the development and execution of a strategic communications strategy, ensuring the organization operates with a clear, consistent narrative aligned to business priorities (e.g., newsletter, website, leadership updates, organization-wide communications, key announcements) • Enables effective decision-making by bringing clarity to complex topics, framing trade-offs, and ensuring leaders are equipped with the right context and information. • Builds strong, trust-based relationships across senior