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
Senior Specialist, Implementation
Overview
Customer Implementation Services (CIS) is responsible for leading customer-facing implementation projects of both technical and non-technical complexity. The team manages end-to-end implementation activities, ensuring high-quality delivery, operational reliability, and a seamless customer experience.
Working closely with Customer Delivery, Global Products & Services, and Account Teams across the Asia Pacific region, CIS provides expert consultation, drives implementation initiatives, and delivers post-production support for Mastercard's core and emerging products. The team partners with both existing and new customers to ensure successful adoption and ongoing optimization of Mastercard solutions.
Role• Managing multiple projects and initiatives as a Implementation Project Manager working through standard and complex projects, manage the technical quality of MasterCard's customers and their processor's transaction processing host interfaces with MasterCard's processing networks• Through discussion with customers, translates the needs into implementation activities, and guides customers with the established implementation procedures, standard specification and required documentation to provide end-to-end project execution throughout processing implementation projects.• Drive customer processing implementation projects of electronic payments processing business activities following the global project coordination methodology• Be the subject matter expert on MasterCard products and services for internal and external customers
All About You• EMV/Contactless or Mobile Payment with understanding of OAuth protocol or any APIs that is used for authentication or authorization is a big plus• Understanding of payment transaction processing and industry business principles. • Understanding of MasterCard's payment processing systems, formats and associated customer host interface testing services and principles. • Understanding of the 4 party model and the full transaction lifecycle for MasterCard brands• Experience with MasterCard services in the past (dual-message/single-message) is a plus• Your previous role includes Implementation Project Manager or Project Manager managing multiple complex/key project in a fast-ever changing environment• Communicates well and clearly with internal teams & customers both on technical and the business aspects on various levels of engagement through conference calls or emails or face to face meeting• You constantly provide and request input/feedback to make your work more efficient and improve the team's performance & processes overall• You work well with other team members to support our customer during and after implementation• You are highly motivated, enterprising team player• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and MS Project
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
- Understanding of payment transaction processing and industry business principles
- Understanding of Mastercard payment processing systems, formats and customer host interface testing principles
- Understanding of the four-party model and the full transaction lifecycle for Mastercard brands
- Previous role as Implementation Project Manager or Project Manager managing multiple complex/key projects
- Strong communication with internal teams and customers on technical and business aspects
- Ability to collaborate with team members to support customers during and after implementation
- Highly motivated, enterprising team player
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and MS Project
- EMV/Contactless or Mobile Payment knowledge and understanding of OAuth or authentication/authorization APIs
- Experience with Mastercard services (dual-message/single-message)
- Provide and request input/feedback to improve team performance and processes
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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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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