Role
Key responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership
• Lead and develop the Business Partnerships team, providing strategic direction, coaching, and performance leadership.
• Establish team priorities aligned with organizational objectives and product strategies.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance operational efficiency, scalability, and service quality.
• Develop and maintain strong partnerships across Product, Technology, Finance, Operations, and Customer-facing teams.
Product-Specific Project Delivery
• Oversee the analysis, planning, and implementation of strategic product initiatives impacting billing and operational processes.
• Ensure business requirements are accurately documented, validated, and translated into actionable deliverables.
• Manage cross-functional project execution from concept through implementation and post-launch stabilization.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies to ensure successful delivery of key initiatives.
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Integration
• Lead business analysis activities supporting M&A integrations across acquired products, services, and platforms.
• Partner with Product, Technology, Finance, Legal, and Operations teams to ensure successful onboarding of acquired businesses into Mastercard operational and billing frameworks.
• Establish implementation roadmaps, integration plans, and governance structures for M&A initiatives.
• Monitor integration progress and drive resolution of complex operational and system challenges.
Operational Transition & Standardization
• Lead efforts to evaluate and standardize ongoing M&A operational activities.
• Develop scalable processes and operational models that enable the transfer of M&A support activities into the Revenue Operations Excellence (ROE) organization.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual processes through automation, standardization, and process redesign.
• Establish documentation, controls, and support models to ensure sustainable operational ownership.
Stakeholder & Program Management
• Build strong relationships with senior leaders and stakeholders across the organization.
• Present project status, risks, recommendations, and business outcomes to executive leadership.
• Facilitate decision-making and alignment across multiple business functions.
• Ensure appropriate governance, issue management, and escalation processes are in place for strategic initiatives.