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Title and Summary

Vice President, Talent Acquisition, Executive Recruiting

Overview:
We are seeking a Vice President, Talent Acquisition to lead executive recruiting globally for Mastercard. As the leader of the Global Executive TA function, you will be responsible for developing and executing an integrated, global executive recruiting strategy to successfully attract and hire top talent. As a member of the Global Talent Acquisition leadership team, you will play a critical role in building a best-in-class Talent Acquisition function at Mastercard providing executive recruiting thought leadership and creating and driving adoption of best-in-class processes and tools. You will also partner closely with the Talent COE leaders to ensure an integrated executive experience.


Role:
• Develop a global executive talent acquisition strategy utilizing best in class search to meet current and future global enterprise hiring needs.
• Lead the Executive Recruitment team strategy and execution including managing all SLA’s, data management, reporting, continuous improvement, and DEI initiatives, among other responsibilities.
• Develop strong relationships with the Mastercard leadership team to gather a deep understanding of the business, for planning and developing the talent acquisition strategy.
• Partner with internal teams (Talent, Total Rewards, People Business Partners, L&D, DEI, etc) to develop integrated talent strategies to attract, grow, and retain top talent from both external and internal market.
• Close partnership with Talent Management to determine selection assessment strategy, build tools to assess executive talent and proactively pipeline talent for the future.
• Build in-house capability to deliver executive search, market mapping, market intelligence, and executive recruiting thought leadership.
• Develop global search partner strategy, onboard & manage relationships including quarterly business reviews.
• Think creatively about unconventional approaches to building and engaging candidate pipelines and personally engage with senior executive-level candidates who will shape the future of Mastercard.
• Effectively manage senior level opinions and direction changes, influencing talent decisions and strategies

All About You
• Extensive prior executive in-house and/or recruitment firm strategies and teams (both professional and executive). Experience in a large, global, fast-paced, and matrixed organization preferred.
• Demonstrated deep understanding of executive recruitment with a track record of combining vision with execution excellence.
• Experience developing and successfully executing executive internal talent brokering and mobility.
• Experience maturing TA functions by implementing more effective processes, platforms, and technologies.
• A proven operational leader with demonstrated success in scaling a high performing team chartered with scaling the company for hyper growth on a global basis, while fostering equity and inclusion in the workplace.
• An exceptional, people-oriented manager who will develop this team of professionals while keeping them motivated and energized.
• Experience leading a team of high-performing TA professionals, supporting their growth by identifying their strengths and gaps, and providing coaching and development.
• Ability to develop business cases and garner support from executives and P&C leaders.
• Experience managing retained search vendors delivery and performance.
• Manage multiple priorities and meet client deadlines, building on strong organization, planning, and execution skillsets.
• Knowledge of market status, industry trends, and best practices.
• Strong record to target achievement against defined measures of success.
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills and experiencing successfully presenting to senior leaders.

Mastercard is an 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. 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 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