Senior Specialist, Public Policy

Mastercard ·

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil (Híbrido)

Our Purpose

We work 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. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Title And Summary

Senior Specialist, Public Policy

Who is Mastercard?

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. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Overview

Contribute to the positioning of Mastercard views and its role as a technology company, with policymakers in Brazil, which includes support to design and implementation of action plans to enhance relationships among Mastercard’s and its associations’ executives and policymakers. Develop strategic insights, assess opportunities, and mitigate threats in key policy areas, and contribute to build alliances amongst external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and implementation of public policy-related strategic plans for key issues, considering the competitive environment, key customers, new technologies, business models and global perspectives so as to protect and build corporate reputation while enhancing opportunities and mitigating threats.
• Interpret and influence the policy environment relevant for the company, navigating the key political, regulatory, economic developments in the financial services sector generally, with a focus on payments, open finance, digital identity, and related developments.
• Assist in development and execution of MasterCard executives’ outreach to policymakers, ensuring that external government relations are adequately managed. Represent the company before legislative bodies, regulatory agencies, in close coordination with Legal and Regulatory Areas. To do so, identify and ensure current awareness of key external constituencies, including Governmental & Non-Governmental Organizations and key opinion leaders that may have a positive/negative impact on our business.
• Work closely with outside consultants responsible for helping develop the strategy and supporting the execution of the strategy.
• Partner with key constituents (internal/external) to determine the most appropriate direction for building relationships and avoiding adverse legislative or public policy action. Identify potential threats and opportunities; seek to build alliances and coalitions with customers and other interested third parties, where appropriate.
• Contribute to the alignment of public policy related goals and activities with business objectives, working closely with the management in the market and regional/global verticals.
• Support the management of multidimensional projects across business units/region, successfully navigating throughout the organization to partner effectively with individuals from other departments and deliver results.
• The position will be accountable for identifying, convening and leading internal work groups to evaluate implementation of complicated requirements of new public policies and legislation and/or to analyze pending proposals and associated business and logistical implications; as well as provide updates and communications on prospective and pending public policy and legislative proposals and policy issues, and the surrounding political landscape to the global public policy team, senior management, country managers and cluster lead.
• Keep apprised of developments with respect to any proceedings or quasi proceedings with policymakers, in coordination with Legal and Regulatory Department.
• Travel might be required, primarily to Brasilia to meet with policymakers, business people and customers.

All About You

Expected 5+ years working in public policy, legislative or government affairs position in a public policy, corporate, association or governmental context (preferably in payments industry or financial services sector).

• Good judgment, a creative approach to problem-solving and the ability to function as a team player.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team and demonstrate soft skills to partner with colleagues across the Division, the Cluster and globally.
• Strong interpersonal skills, be a team player, and show appreciation of diverse cultural methods of working and doing business.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Spanish.
• Demonstrate a proactive, time-sensitive, results driven approach in carrying out all duties, obligations, and responsibilities.
• Thorough, meticulous and attentive to detail but nevertheless able to prioritize, focus on the important rather than just urgent matters and get the job done.
• Knowledge of public policy matters, legislative and regulatory processes, including rulemaking processes
• B.A or B.S preferred or equivalent local degree
• Creative thinker with an ability to solve problems and complete complex tasks.
• Intellectually curious
• Thrives under pressure and tight timelines.
• Operates with a sense of urgency and integrity at all times.
• Willing to go the extra mile to complete a job flawlessly, even when not specifically asked by management.
• Welcomes challenges.

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.

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