Principal, Business Development - Digital Wallet & Co Brand Partnerships

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
Principal, Business Development - Digital Wallet & Co Brand Partnerships
Overview
This role is responsible for driving growth across Mastercard Services within the USFI Specialty Co Brand portfolio, partnering closely with cross functional teams and senior client stakeholders to originate, shape, and close revenue opportunities. Mastercard Services delivers solutions across Business & Market Intelligence, Customer Acquisition & Engagement, Security Solutions, and Open Finance.
As a Principal on our USFI Business Development team, you will build pipelines, create demand, and close opportunities by positioning these capabilities with senior client stakeholders. The ideal candidate brings consultative enterprise sales experience, strong business and analytical acumen, and the ability to navigate complex, multi stakeholder decision processes to deliver measurable revenue outcomes.
Role
This individual contributor role supports digital wallets and co brand partnership across the digital ecosystem. You will own the end-to-end Services relationship such as account planning, opportunity identification, solution shaping, deal execution, and expansion. You will coordinate globally to ensure consistent Services strategy, pipeline, and delivery across stakeholders and regions. Success will be measured by pipeline creation, closed won revenue, renewal/expansion performance, and sustained executive engagement.
Key Responsibilities• Own the Services growth strategy plan across digital wallet/payment platforms, broader digital partnership initiatives, and the co brand card program, including P&L accountability.• Lead the full sales lifecycle-from qualification through scoping/pricing, business case development, contracting/negotiation, and kickoff-ensuring clear value, ROI, and deal governance.• Build and maintain a prioritized pipeline by originating new opportunities and expanding existing engagements across Customer Acquisition & Engagement, Personalization, Market Insights, Security, and Open Banking.• Develop executive ready narratives, pitches, and proposals; tailor messaging to different stakeholder audiences and win alignment through compelling storytelling and data backed insights.• Translate client priorities into solution designs and structures that meet objectives, manage risk, and accelerate time to value for complex engagements.• Partner with account management, product leaders, and regional stakeholders to shape integrated go to market motions and scale successful solutions across digital wallet partnerships and co brand card issuers.• Coordinate globally: establish operating cadence and governance, align priorities across regions and product teams, and ensure consistent pipeline management, messaging, and execution.• Partner with delivery teams to define scope, align success metrics, remove blockers, and ensure high quality execution that supports renewal and expansion.• Drive forecast accuracy and performance management, including renewals, upsell/cross sell, and executive reviews aligned to revenue targets.• Capture and share best practices, contribute to thought leadership, and influence in a matrixed environment to accelerate wins and strengthen partnerships.
All About You• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute go to market strategies and revenue generating programs with partners at both strategic and tactical levels.• Payments platform experience, including digital wallets and tokenized payments, and a strong understanding of issuer, network, and partner ecosystems.• Proven success in consultative enterprise sales, account/partner management, or business development, including sourcing, shaping, and closing complex deals.• Ability to navigate and influence matrixed organizations, aligning stakeholders across sales, product, legal, finance, and delivery.• Experience coordinating global stakeholders and driving alignment across geographies, including building operating cadences, prioritization frameworks, and executive level readouts.• Executive presence with excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present, negotiate, and drive decisions with senior leaders.• Strong analytical and business acumen, including experience building business cases, tracking pipeline/forecast, and measuring performance against targets.• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or relevant postgraduate degree preferred.
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. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.
Pay Ranges
Purchase, New York: $221,000 - $349,000 USD
Arlington, Virginia: $221,000 - $348,000 USD
Atlanta, Georgia: $192,000 - $303,000 USD
Boston, Massachusetts: $221,000 - $348,000 USD
Remote - California: $192,000 - $303,000 USD
Remote - New York: $192,000 - $303,000 USD
Remote - Washington: $192,000 - $303,000 USD
San Francisco, California: $230,000 - $364,000 USD
Seattle, Washington: $221,000 - $348,000 USD
Job Posting Window
Posting windows may change based on the volume of applications received and business necessity. Candidates are encouraged to apply expeditiously.