Executive Assistant - MasterCard

Our Purpose We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results. Title and Summary Executive Assistant Who is Mastercard? Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential. 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. Overview The Artificial Intelligence and Data team is looking for an Executive Business Assistant to provide comprehensive administrative support for the Chief AI and Data Officer, as well as providing general assistance across departmental/office activities. The Executive Assistant is the administrative liaison with others internal and external to Mastercard and will filter and prioritize client visits or meetings and communicate on behalf of the executive they support. This position helps create a positive and collaborative team culture. Role Responsibilities include: • Perform general administrative duties to support day-to-day department operations in such areas as calendar management, scheduling meetings; managing travel arrangements, expense reporting; and prioritizing the most sensitive matters • Proactively screen inbound requests for time and be able to determine if and when to set up meetings for the Chief AI and Data Officer with people requesting time • Prepare and/or Edit correspondence; email; reports; presentations or other assigned documentation. • Distribute meeting materials; screening email; electronically filing documents; ordering supplies, and maintaining department records, and other duties, as assigned • Prepare correspondence; email; reports; presentations or other assigned documentation. • Plan leadership meetings, offsite broader team meetings and customer engagements • Develop and produce reports, as assigned • Maintain and update internal and external distribution lists for email correspondence • Administer programs; projects or processes specific to the operating unit served; and maintains spreadsheets or databases to monitor departmental information. All About You The ideal candidate for this position should have: • Extensive administrative experience in a corporate environment interfacing with c-suite executive level management, senior customers, and board members • Strong working knowledge of department budgets • Competency across the Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook • Experience with expense management platforms • Advanced experience in administrative support (with preference for experience within a matrixed, cross functional and global organization) • Experience in supporting senior level executives in a fast-paced corporate work environment • Demonstrated professionalism and discretion, and experience in working with highly confidential information • Must be proactive and solution oriented, looking for ways to add value and assist the team • Extremely collaborative and fostering a positive spirit and can-do attitude and is also extremely open in accepting feedback and suggestions • Intrinsically motivated, highly organized, detail-oriented and results-oriented • Able to work well under deadlines, anticipate needs and prioritize work accordingly • Knowledge of technology space (and or data/AI) a plus 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 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 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. Everyone wants easier ways to pay; we invent them. Checkout lines are slow; we speed them along. Merchants want more sales; we give them data and insights. People need financial access; we connect them. Corporate purchasing is complicated; we make it simple. Commuters are busy; we speed them on their way. Governments need greater efficiencies; we help create them. Small businesses are virtual; we give them access to a world of buyers. Retailers want to fight fraud; we provide the tools.