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The Role
Lead Technology Risk Analyst leads technology risk management, partnering with tech, security, and business stakeholders to identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate risks. Serves as SME for governance, operational resilience, risk assessments, issue management, and regulatory compliance. Develops frameworks, policies, procedures, reporting, drives remediation and continuous improvements, and provides risk insights to senior leadership.
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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
Lead Technology Risk Analyst
The Lead Technology Risk Analyst is responsible for leading and enhancing technology risk management practices across the organization. This role partners with technology, security, and business stakeholders to identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate technology risks that may impact the organization's ability to achieve its strategic objectives.
The position serves as a subject matter expert in technology risk governance, operational resilience, risk assessments, issue management, and regulatory compliance. The Lead Technology Risk Analyst facilitates cross-functional collaboration to ensure risks are appropriately identified, documented, escalated, and remediated in accordance with enterprise risk management standards.
This role is responsible for supporting the development and execution of technology risk frameworks, policies, procedures, risk assessments, and reporting, while providing effective challenge and guidance to technology teams. The individual will lead complex initiatives, analyze emerging risks and trends, drive continuous process improvements, and provide risk insights to senior leadership to support informed decision-making.
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:
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
Lead Technology Risk Analyst
The Lead Technology Risk Analyst is responsible for leading and enhancing technology risk management practices across the organization. This role partners with technology, security, and business stakeholders to identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate technology risks that may impact the organization's ability to achieve its strategic objectives.
The position serves as a subject matter expert in technology risk governance, operational resilience, risk assessments, issue management, and regulatory compliance. The Lead Technology Risk Analyst facilitates cross-functional collaboration to ensure risks are appropriately identified, documented, escalated, and remediated in accordance with enterprise risk management standards.
This role is responsible for supporting the development and execution of technology risk frameworks, policies, procedures, risk assessments, and reporting, while providing effective challenge and guidance to technology teams. The individual will lead complex initiatives, analyze emerging risks and trends, drive continuous process improvements, and provide risk insights to senior leadership to support informed decision-making.
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.
Skills Required
- Experience leading technology risk management programs
- Expertise in technology risk governance and operational resilience
- Experience performing risk assessments and issue management
- Knowledge of regulatory compliance related to technology and risk
- Ability to develop and execute risk frameworks, policies, and procedures
- Experience producing risk reporting and insights for senior leadership
- Strong cross-functional stakeholder management and communication skills
- Adherence to corporate information security policies and training requirements
What the Team is Saying
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Mastercard Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Careers materials and job postings advertise a “best‑in‑class” 10% retirement match (401k or equivalent). Public-facing benefits pages consistently position this as a standout element of the U.S. package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Recent U.S. postings list 25 vacation days, 5 personal days, 10 paid holidays, up to 20 days of bereavement, and 80 hours of sick/safe time. The combined time‑off framework is described as well above typical U.S. baselines.
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Parental & Family Support — Company materials specify a minimum of 16 weeks paid new‑parent leave and inclusive family‑building support, with financial assistance for adoption, fertility, and surrogacy where allowed. Impact/ESG reporting also notes coverage enhancements for gender‑affirming care in North America.
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The Company
What We Do
Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re building a resilient 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.
Why Work With Us
We live the Mastercard Way: creating value in the communities we touch, growing together through the opportunities we see, and moving fast to innovate and scale. Our collaborative culture and our passionate people are the key to what we do, driving meaningful change as one team and connecting everyone to priceless possibilities.
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Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
In our ongoing workplace evolution, we’ve introduced hybrid work, Work-From-Elsewhere Weeks and Meeting-Free Days.
Typical time on-site:
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