Senior Specialist, Advertising CLO & Affiliate Network

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

Senior Specialist, Advertising CLO & Affiliate Network

Mastercard Services is responsible for acquiring, engaging and retaining customers by managing fraud and risk, cybersecurity and improving the digital payments experience while providing value added services and using expertise, data-driven insights and execution support. Within Mastercard Services, our Customer Acquisition & Engagement business drives profitable business growth and maximizes customer lifetime value by transforming routine interactions into lasting relationships. We leverage our unique advantages in data, personalization, incentives, and optimization, in addition to our global expertise and scale, to efficiently acquire high value new customers, drive engagement and desired behaviors, and build customer loyalty. Our products encompass a full range of capabilities, including strategic consulting, campaign and creative design and execution, on-going optimization and personalization, rewards and offers, and loyalty program design and execution.

Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Role & Responsibilities:

You will demonstrate your expertise at working with Advertising Networks and Aggregators that provide Offers and Content to Publishers. As the expert, you will develop our strategy to scale globally these partnerships. The strategy will include technology, and an operational model that is repeatable to scale and execute to deliver content at scale. You will demonstrate your experience doing this in an agency or network previously and can bring thought leadership on day 1. You will be part of the global Connected Commerce team and will report to the global sales and partnership lead.

• Develop the strategy to systematically unlock the power of the network and aggregator partnerships at a global level, while thinking about regional and local nuances.
• Understand the technology that is being used today by networks, aggregators, and Mastercard; and where the technology is headed in the future to guide the strategy.
• Clearly communicate complex business needs including technology and operations so that the business easily understands and can also communicate that into technical requirements.

All About You:

• Expert in card-linked offers, and affiliate marketing programs, have established advertising network relationships.
• Deep understanding of the network and aggregator ecosystem.
• Clearly articulates what will be needed, they have scaled card linked and affiliate offers programs before in a similar capacity.
• Experienced at navigating complex organizations with multiple stakeholders, easily shifts the conversation between technology and business teams.
• Proven ability to act with a persistent and urgent approach to tasks.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining a keen attention to detail.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and cross-functional team-building capabilities.
• A Bachelor’s degree is required.

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 reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com 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: $114,000 - $182,000 USD

Arlington, Virginia: $114,000 - $182,000 USD

Miami, Florida: $99,000 - $158,000 USD

New York City, New York: $119,000 - $190,000 USD

O'Fallon, Missouri: $99,000 - $158,000 USD