Director of Risk Management

Mastercard's Digital Asset Risk & Compliance team as the Director of Operational Risk & Controls. In this role, you will establish and operate Mastercard's Second Line operational risk and control capabilities for digital assets. You will partner with the First Line to identify and assess operational risks, establish effective controls, and monitor compliance.

This position requires strong stakeholder management, the ability to simplify complex issues, and a deep understanding of operational risk and controls.

Responsibilities

• Additionally, you will support the integration of BVNK into Mastercard by aligning operational risk frameworks and governance.
• Establish a consistent approach to identifying, assessing, monitoring, and reporting operational risks across Mastercard’s digital asset strategy, products, and operations.
• Partner with the First Line to establish and maintain effective controls, risk and control self-assessments, control testing, and monitoring in line with Mastercard policies and standards.
• Lead risk assessments, RCSAs, control reviews, and issue management across digital asset products, operations, technology, and third-party providers.
• Ability to identify material risks, assess control effectiveness, and drive practical improvements
• Demonstrated ability to build and enhance risk and control frameworks, including risk assessments, controls, testing, monitoring, and issue management

Requirements

• Comfortable operating in ambiguity, building new capabilities, and driving execution
• Experience partnering across business, product, operations, technology, and risk functions
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence without direct authority
• Ability to simplify complex issues and translate them into clear actions, decisions, and reporting

Preferred

• Strong understanding of Second Line oversight, independent challenge, governance, and risk appetite
• Experience in Operational Risk, Controls, Audit, Compliance, Risk Management, or a related discipline
• Interest in digital assets, payments, fintech, and emerging financial technologies