Specialist, PCI Standards

These security standards & solutions cover all areas of the payments industry inclusive of cardholder data environments, mobile payment devices, traditional cards and terminals as well as leading in the development and implementation of emerging payment security standards covering new technologies such as tokenization and point-to-point encryption.
The Site Data Protection Program (SDP) within the Industry Standards team manages the operational security validation component of the team. The SDP team works with Acquirers, Registered Service Providers, and internal constituents from the regions and account management teams.
As the Specialist, Industry Standards you will focus on the AP region and contribute to security validation operations, help operate a merchant assurance and risk mitigation program and ensure Acquirers are operating within the specified program requirements as it relates to security standards that drive the market toward a secure payment environment to protect Mastercard, its reputation and payment system stake holders.

Role
• Assists in operational implementation processes for SDP security validation for the AP region.
• Performs specific and time-boxed tasks in support of business goals to deliver validation reporting focused on the AP region.
• Assists more experienced colleagues with supporting Customer and Registered Service Provider engagement located in the AP region.
• Drafts and contributes to the development of internal and external implementation documents and process flows.
• Collaborates regularly with cross-functional team members in support of regular AP region regulatory engagements involving the SDP Program.

All About You
• Passionate about cybersecurity
• Experience applying, interpreting and/or assessing various industry standards and regulations within the financial services, payments or technology industries
• Experience with the PCI Security Standards & Programs, specifically the PCI DSS.
• Awareness of activities performed by various industry standards boards or bodies

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.

Client-provided location(s): Pune, India

Job ID: Mastercard-22331_R-252601

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-07-24T00:05:26