Manager, Master Data Management

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build asustainableeconomy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactionssecure, 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

Manager, Master Data Management The Master Data Management (MDM) team, operating within Mastercard's AI and Data Office, plays a pivotal role in defining and executing the enterprise-wide MDM vision. Through the Data Quality and Sources program, we deliver robust MDM solutions that support Mastercard's strategic initiatives, including : Merchant Data Quality Enhancement, Company Registry Development, Deal-to-Dollar Enablement Across Customer and Product Lifecycles, Customer and Supplier Master Data for Finance and Finance Systems Modernization.

Our long-term vision is to establish a unified, multi-domain master data platform. The initial phase will integrate key domains such as Merchant, B2B Legal Entities (Customers and Suppliers), Sales Accounts, and Products. Future phases will expand to include Contacts and Consumer data, enabling a comprehensive and scalable foundation for data-driven decision-making across the organization.

About the Position

The Manager of Master Data Management (MDM) is responsible for leading the execution of Mastercard's MDM strategy within the Finance domain. This role is instrumental in shaping and implementing the strategic vision for MDM initiatives, ensuring alignment with broader enterprise data governance goals.

In close partnership with Finance and Data Governance teams, the Manager will operationalize MDM and governance practices to uphold the consistency, accuracy, and integrity of financial data assets. The role demands strong cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders across Finance, Franchise, Product, Corporate, Mastercard Technology , and global business units to drive and sustain the data management strategy.

As a subject matter expert in master and reference data management for Finance, this individual will represent the Office of the Chief Data Officer (CDO), offering leadership, guidance, and best practices to promote enterprise-wide data excellence.

Key Responsibilities (Role)

• Strategic Leadership & Execution : Define and implement finance-wide master data management (MDM) strategies and policies aligned with business objectives. Ensure timely delivery of MDM initiatives and continuous improvement of data processes.
• Program & Platform Management : Lead the MDM workstream, including requirements gathering, solution design, implementation, and maintenance of MDM platforms (e.g., Reltio, Informatica). Oversee system upgrades, migrations, and new deployments.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration : Serve as a liaison between IT, business stakeholders, and data governance teams to ensure seamless integration and adoption of MDM solutions across enterprise systems (e.g., Oracle Financials, Coupa, Salesforce, Mastercard Billing System) .
• Data Quality & Governance : Oversee data quality initiatives including profiling, cleansing, enrichment, and lifecycle management. Monitor and report on data quality KPIs. Partner with governance teams to establish and enforce standards, frameworks, and best practices across finance master data domains (e.g., customer, product, supplier, legal entity).
• Automation & Integration : Drive automation of data ingestion and mastered data consumption processes. Ensure integration of MDM solutions with enterprise applications and data pipelines.
• Compliance & Risk Management : Ensure adherence to data privacy, quality, and regulatory requirements.
• Team Development : In future phases, manage and mentor a team of data analysts, stewards, and MDM specialists.

Qualifications & Experience (All about your experience)

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.

In line with Mastercard's total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include : insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.

Pay Ranges

Purchase, New York : $119,000 - $190,000 USD O'Fallon, Missouri : $103,000 - $165,000 USD

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