Senior Specialist, Emerging Fintech Programs - Investment Focused

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Senior Specialist, Emerging Fintech Programs - Investment Focused

Start Path is Mastercard's suite of award-winning global startup engagement programs that have worked with 350+ companies in 40+ countries to drive best-in-class commercial fintech deals, investments, and partnerships.

The Emerging Fintech Investment Program Senior Specialist will support a team that is focused on fostering partnerships with and investments in emerging fintech technologies, as well as supporting fintech strategy across the organization and building a powerful brand halo for Mastercard in the vibrant startup community. Through rigorous analysis and a structured process, this role will help perform research and analysis, synthesize data to uncover insights for the company, and develop critical strategic recommendations around partnerships and investments.

All about the role

Help drive formidable, high-profile thought leadership initiatives for Mastercard through the identification and detailed analysis of key strategic 'next generation' fintech categories/verticals.
oCreate regular research, presentations, and reports about these innovative
verticals.
oIdentify tangible learnings that support our day-to-day business and
product strategies.
oWork with other innovation-oriented teams (e.g., Foundry) to serve as a key
contributor to our evolving next generation work.
oAssist with creating and populating executive deliverables.

Support the evaluation of early-stage investments, which includes detailed product and investment due diligence, presentations to the investment committee, and post-closing management.

oOversee the consensus and alignment with stakeholders and executives
across the organization, including domain experts, around potential
transactions.
oResponsible for creating valuation models for active deals in pipeline as
well as in assessing the current portfolio.
oMaintain some ownership and engagement with portfolio companies and
provide regular reporting on key developments to the broader organization.

Help formalize Mastercard's global venture capital relationships and leverage these non-traditional partnerships for lead generation and insight development.

All about You:

• Well-versed in the fintech, startup engagement and venture capital domains.
• Experience in payments, banking, and fintech segments, with technical and systems knowledge foundation in each.
• Strong analytical skills including financial modeling, accounting, and valuation experience. Experience with corporate finance and venture capital term sheets a plus.
• Able to operate in a highly matrixed organization. Ability to structure, manage, and coordinate complex cross-enterprise projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Vision and passion for Mastercard's business, with high energy, intelligence, and self-driven motivation.
• Exceptional commitment to product management discipline and best practices; process-oriented, with a high attention to detail and quality on both internal teamwork and external products delivered to the market.

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.