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 a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, 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)• Experience : Demonstrated experience in data management or Master Data Management (MDM) roles within large enterprise environments, with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience and at least 2 full-cycle MDM implementations. Proven hands-on expertise in large-scale MDM platforms such as Reltio or Informatica, along with familiarity with financial ERP systems including Oracle and SAP.• Technical & Analytical Skills: Experienced data professional with strong problem-solving skills and expertise in enterprise data products and architecture. Proficient in Hadoop, Databricks, RDBMS, SQL, Alteryx, and Excel. Skilled in data integration, metadata management, and taxonomy modeling. Adept at designing scalable data platforms, including data lakes, warehouses, lakehouses, and real-time pipelines. Proven ability to lead data strategy and unify fragmented ecosystems in complex organizations. • Industry Knowledge: Familiarity with Mastercard data domains (e.g., customer, product, financial master data) is preferred.• Leadership & Influence: Proven ability to drive organizational change, establish governance frameworks, and influence cross-functional teams without direct authority. Preference for candidates with people management experience or a demonstrated appetite for leading and developing teams.• Communication & Collaboration: Exceptional interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills. Demonstrated success in stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration.• Mindset: Self-starter with a balance of strategic thinking and hands-on execution. Ability to deliver results under tight deadlines.
Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.
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 and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. 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 of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 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; and many more.
Pay Ranges
Purchase, New York: $119,000 - $190,000 USD
Arlington, Virginia: $118,000 - $190,000 USD
Atlanta, Georgia: $103,000 - $165,000 USD
Boston, Massachusetts: $118,000 - $190,000 USD
Miami, Florida: $103,000 - $165,000 USD
O'Fallon, Missouri: $103,000 - $165,000 USD