Global, quota-carrying partnerships leader responsible for recruiting, onboarding, and scaling channel partners for Mastercard Security Solutions (cyber, fraud, identity). Drive partner go-to-market, pilots/POCs, joint planning, pipeline management, and revenue attainment. Serve as channel voice to product, sales, and marketing; enable partners to sell and deliver solutions while maintaining governance, forecasting, and executive stakeholder alignment.
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
Vice President, Partnerships - Security Solutions (Tech Alliances)
Mastercard Services Overview
Mastercard Services is a key differentiator for Mastercard, providing cutting-edge solutions that help our partners and customers achieve their objectives. Centered on data-driven technologies and innovation, our services include data-driven solutions, loyalty and marketing platforms, security solutions, and open finance capabilities.
This role will be a key leader on our Global Services Channel Partnerships team, focused on security solutions.
About the Role
The Vice President, Partnerships - Security Solutions (Tech Alliances) is a global, quota-carrying, revenue-producing leadership role responsible for building and scaling the partnership motion across Mastercard Security Solutions, which includes cyber, fraud, and identity capabilities. This leader will develop a portfolio of strategic partner accounts, from identifying opportunities and shaping joint value propositions through contracting, launch, and growth. We are looking for someone who can think big, develop strategy, and execute with speed.
Key Responsibilities
Partner Recruitment, Onboarding, and Enablement• Define the target partner profile aligned to our security solutions• Develop compelling partner value propositions and executive-ready narratives tied to Security Solution outcomes.• Identify, qualify, and engage prospective partners through structured research, outreach, and relationship development, converting qualified prospects into committed, productive partnerships.• Launch pilots or proof-of-concepts in an initial market and scale successful plays to additional regions.• Drive partner onboarding and activation so partners can sell, market, and deliver Mastercard Security Solutions effectively.
Revenue Management and Joint Planning• Meet and exceed assigned channel revenue targets; maintain disciplined pipeline management, forecasting, and reporting with clear next steps and risk mitigation.• Run regular partner governance, including monthly pipeline reviews and annual joint business planning.
Cross-Functional Collaboration• Engage Mastercard direct sales, product and marketing in support of partner-driven opportunities.• Serve as the voice of the channel - providing structured feedback from partners to inform product roadmaps, go-to-market programs, and partner tooling.
All About You• Extensive experience with partnerships, channel or alliance sales, or relevant commercial experience, with a proven track record of recruiting and developing productive partner ecosystems, ideally in cyber, fraud, or identity.• Demonstrates partnership sell-in capability, including originating, shaping, and closing opportunities -- not only partner enablement or program operations.• Proven ability to build partnerships from scratch, from targeting and outreach through commercial agreement and growth.• Consultative selling approach with the ability to translate a broad services portfolio into a focused partner narrative.• Comfort working in a matrixed, global environment and aligning stakeholders across regions and functions.• Comfort with ambiguity and a track record of creating structure, priorities, and momentum without a rigid playbook.• Strong executive communication skills and the ability to build multi-threaded relationships at senior levels.• Commercial discipline demonstrated through strong pipeline hygiene, forecasting, and partner governance.• Ability to work flexibly across time zones.
National Salary Range (Applies Regardless of Location): $ 221,000.00 - 349,000.00USD
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:
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
Vice President, Partnerships - Security Solutions (Tech Alliances)
Mastercard Services Overview
Mastercard Services is a key differentiator for Mastercard, providing cutting-edge solutions that help our partners and customers achieve their objectives. Centered on data-driven technologies and innovation, our services include data-driven solutions, loyalty and marketing platforms, security solutions, and open finance capabilities.
This role will be a key leader on our Global Services Channel Partnerships team, focused on security solutions.
About the Role
The Vice President, Partnerships - Security Solutions (Tech Alliances) is a global, quota-carrying, revenue-producing leadership role responsible for building and scaling the partnership motion across Mastercard Security Solutions, which includes cyber, fraud, and identity capabilities. This leader will develop a portfolio of strategic partner accounts, from identifying opportunities and shaping joint value propositions through contracting, launch, and growth. We are looking for someone who can think big, develop strategy, and execute with speed.
Key Responsibilities
Partner Recruitment, Onboarding, and Enablement• Define the target partner profile aligned to our security solutions• Develop compelling partner value propositions and executive-ready narratives tied to Security Solution outcomes.• Identify, qualify, and engage prospective partners through structured research, outreach, and relationship development, converting qualified prospects into committed, productive partnerships.• Launch pilots or proof-of-concepts in an initial market and scale successful plays to additional regions.• Drive partner onboarding and activation so partners can sell, market, and deliver Mastercard Security Solutions effectively.
Revenue Management and Joint Planning• Meet and exceed assigned channel revenue targets; maintain disciplined pipeline management, forecasting, and reporting with clear next steps and risk mitigation.• Run regular partner governance, including monthly pipeline reviews and annual joint business planning.
Cross-Functional Collaboration• Engage Mastercard direct sales, product and marketing in support of partner-driven opportunities.• Serve as the voice of the channel - providing structured feedback from partners to inform product roadmaps, go-to-market programs, and partner tooling.
All About You• Extensive experience with partnerships, channel or alliance sales, or relevant commercial experience, with a proven track record of recruiting and developing productive partner ecosystems, ideally in cyber, fraud, or identity.• Demonstrates partnership sell-in capability, including originating, shaping, and closing opportunities -- not only partner enablement or program operations.• Proven ability to build partnerships from scratch, from targeting and outreach through commercial agreement and growth.• Consultative selling approach with the ability to translate a broad services portfolio into a focused partner narrative.• Comfort working in a matrixed, global environment and aligning stakeholders across regions and functions.• Comfort with ambiguity and a track record of creating structure, priorities, and momentum without a rigid playbook.• Strong executive communication skills and the ability to build multi-threaded relationships at senior levels.• Commercial discipline demonstrated through strong pipeline hygiene, forecasting, and partner governance.• Ability to work flexibly across time zones.
National Salary Range (Applies Regardless of Location): $ 221,000.00 - 349,000.00USD
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.
Mastercard San Francisco, California, USA Office
123 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States, 94105
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