Senior Vice President, People Business Partner, Services

Mastercard

Senior Vice President managing comprehensive talent strategies at Mastercard. Driving employee engagement and organizational effectiveness across multiple business lines and geographical locations.

Posted 4/13/2026full-timePurchase • Florida, Montana, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and implement talent strategies and initiatives, and manage people and organization activities across the portfolio.
Manage and perform a wide range of P&C activities including, but not limited to:
o Strategic alignment
o Leadership development and succession planning
o Organization design
o Compensation assessment
o Talent acquisition
o Performance management
o Employee relations management (where PBP needed)
o Employee coaching
Act as a positive cultural change agent, consultant and business advisor to the leadership team, enabling the execution of their business strategies and initiatives.
Partner with Mastercard’s Centers of Excellence and regional People Business Partners to develop strategies and initiatives designed to enhance organizational effectiveness and efficiency.
Serve as an advocate for employees and develop and implement initiatives designed to enhance employee engagement, development, and productivity.
Partner with Finance to manage the budget and forecasting of expenses related to employees and all other P&C activities.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Expertise in talent management and organizational effectiveness
Experience in developing, managing, and implementing talent strategies
Experience advising senior business leaders and coaching people leaders and employees to drive strategic people and culture initiatives
Ability to work effectively in a highly matrixed organization and develop strong relationships across all levels of the organization
Ability to design and articulate a strategic vision and plan, and ultimately, execute those plans with excellence
Strong business acumen coupled with efficient project management, negotiation, and influencing skills
Highly motivated, self-starter with the ability drive the people and culture agenda with speed, agility and quality
Ability to travel domestically and globally, as needed

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

talent managementorganizational effectivenessstrategic alignmentleadership developmentsuccession planningcompensation assessmenttalent acquisitionperformance managementemployee relations managementemployee coaching

Soft Skills

business acumenproject managementnegotiationinfluencingrelationship buildingstrategic visionexecution excellenceself-startermotivationagility