Senior Project Manager, Acquiring & Payments

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 Project Manager, Acquiring & Payments Senior Project Manager, Acquiring & Payments 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 Project Manager, Acquiring & Payments Advisors & Consulting Services Services within Mastercard is responsible for acquiring, engaging, and retaining customers by managing fraud and risk, enhancing cybersecurity, and improving the digital payments experience. We provide value-added services and leverage expertise, data-driven insights, and execution. Our Advisors & Consulting Services team combines traditional management consulting with Mastercard’s rich data assets, proprietary platforms, and technologies to provide clients with powerful strategic insights and recommendations. Our teams work with a diverse global customer base across industries, from banking and payments to retail and restaurants. The Advisors & Consulting Services group has five specializations: Strategy & Transformation, Performance Analytics, Business Experimentation, Marketing, and Program Management. Our Deploy consultants lead clients through business transformations by implementing strategically important Mastercard assets and services to bring value and drive growth. They serve as the Center of Engagement across all stakeholders within Mastercard and the client’s organization. Positions for different specializations and levels are available in separate job postings. Please review our consulting specializations to learn more about all opportunities and apply for the position that is best suited to your background and experience: Important Application Requirement: To ensure your application is reviewed, please submit your CV/resume in English, regardless of the country where you are applying. Applications submitted in other languages may not be considered during the initial review process. Roles and Responsibilities You will lead complex client engagements and interconnected workstreams, providing end-to-end delivery leadership across business, product and technology teams. You will establish clear ownership and governance, proactively manage dependencies, risks and issues, and drive stakeholders toward timely decisions and outcomes. You will combine strong project management discipline with payments and acquiring expertise to anticipate challenges, recommend practical solutions and act as a trusted advisor to the client throughout the engagement. Client Impact Lead client engagements and workstreams for large enterprise-level programs across a range of industries, problem statements, and cultures Promote proven, accredited project and change management methodologies and techniques to help clients drive measurable value from initiation to benefit realization Mitigate risks, solve issues, and ensure delivery remains in line with agreed timescales, budgets, and quality criteria Identify new business opportunities and communicate to executives to pursue, leading sales calls and client development including proposal contribution Build trusted-advisor relationships with senior client stakeholders, understand their priorities and operating environment, and provide relevant perspectives and recommendations throughout delivery. Team Collaboration & Culture Lead team to creative insights and sound business recommendations, and deliver impactful and influential client presentations while growing team members’ roles and skills Provide expertise and day-to-day project delivery team leadership, supporting evolution of solutions with innovation and create a collaborative and inclusive environment for all levels Manage relationship with internal Mastercard leadership and stakeholders and build the firm's intellectual capital Effectively leverage subject matter experts to develop best customized solutions Provide on-the-job training, coaching, and mentorship to junior team members, including evaluating performance, and providing feedback Qualifications 7+ years of project or program management experience Demonstrated expertise in merchant acquiring, payment processing and/or acceptance solutions Experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder implementation and/or migration programs across business and technology teams. Ability to communicate effectively in English and Hungarian Experience shaping solutions, providing recommendations and influencing senior client stakeholders Experience coaching and managing teams across multiple projects and/or engagements with third parties Experience managing key client relationships Knowledge of business KPIs, financials, and organizational leadership Ability to provide an informed perspective on the payments industry and acquiring landscape Logical, structured thinking Ability to manage multiple workstreams and clients in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment Eligibility to work in Hungary as well as apply for travel visas as required by travel needs Ability to travel to client sites on a semi-regular basis Preferred qualifications Experience leading development and implementation of solutions and measuring impact on clients' business Have completed or interested in pursuing recognized professional accreditation, such as Project Management Professional (PMP) Knowledge of Project Management tools Experience across merchant acceptance, POS/eCommerce, payment gateways, acquiring platforms and/or card scheme-related programs Experience generating new knowledge or creating innovative solutions for a firm MBA or master’s degree with relevant specialization (not required) 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.