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Operational Resilience Strategy Manager

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Mastercard

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Ireland , Dublin 18

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The Operational Resilience team aim to protect Mastercard’s ability to operate in a world where disruption is no longer hypothetical but constant. In recent years, global outages have increased, impacting airlines, hospitals, financial institutions, and entire national grids. These events underscore a simple truth: in today’s hyperscaler‑dependent, always‑on digital economy, resilience is competitiveness. At Mastercard, Operational Resilience exists to ensure the continuity of our Critical Services by setting consistent, enterprise‑wide resilience requirements and partnering across products, technology, regions, and suppliers to drive compliance. We identify and mitigate resilience pain points, strengthen end‑to‑end service reliability, and embed robust frameworks and governance so that even in moments of extreme stress, Mastercard continues to perform.

Job Responsibility:

  • Drive end to end delivery of complex, multi workstream resilience projects, establishing clear scope, structured plans, measurable milestones, and predictable execution across the organization
  • Partner with senior stakeholders to design, evaluate and advance resilience strategies, ensuring alignment with Mastercard’s Technology strategy
  • Play a coordinating role in developing, formulating and communicating resilience strategies and objectives
  • developing and implementing the strategy, roadmap, and business cases to drive and deliver one of Mastercard’s Strategic Objectives
  • Supporting and driving the use of leading practices to execute complex initiatives spanning different large teams/ stakeholders and geographies
  • Observing market trends and evolutions and developing an understanding of how we evolve Mastercard’s resilience strategy
  • Coordinating closely with leaders to drive alignment and dependencies between different priorities
  • Engage with cross functional stakeholders to drive decisions and maintain shared ownership of outcomes
  • Champion a “resilient by design” culture, embedding consistent standards into project execution and long term roadmaps

Requirements:

  • Results-proven track record of exceeding goals and ability to operate with independence and autonomy
  • Demonstrated ability to balance the delivery of programs, project management and creative resourcefulness
  • Ability to think strategically, anticipate future consequences and trends, and incorporate them into the organizational plan
  • Commitment to ethical, accountable, and transparent leadership
  • Experience in technology and the payments domain desirable
  • Highly developed presentation, facilitation, and communication skills (both verbal and written)
  • Proficient in Mastercard PowerPoint, Excel and Word
  • Politically savvy collaborator and consensus builder with a track record of bringing people together around a common cause
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science or engineering or equivalent work or education-related experience
  • Experience in strategy, management or technology consulting

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 20, 2026

Expiration:
March 30, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
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