Manager, Settlement & Currency Services

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.

Settlement & Currency Services is Mastercard’s center of expertise for global settlement, cross-border payments, currency and foreign exchange services, and value movement across traditional and digital financial networks. The team supports initiatives related to fiat and digital currencies, settlement infrastructure, and emerging payment technologies, working across products, markets, and functions to advance strategic priorities. The team also develops solutions that enable funds movement between Mastercard customers, engages with regulators and manages relationships with commercial and central banks.

Mastercard is rapidly expanding its global payment, settlement, and digital asset capabilities. The Settlement & Currency Services team is seeking a Manager to help design, develop, and implement innovative solutions that enable the seamless movement of money across borders, currencies, and payment ecosystems, supporting Mastercard's mission to make payments safe, simple, and fast.

The Manager, Settlement & Currency Services will serve as a key liaison across Core Payments Product, Global Settlement Operations, and Technology teams, providing thought leadership and subject matter expertise in global settlement, cross-border payments, and emerging value transfer ecosystems. The role will focus on developing and enhancing strategic capabilities that support the movement of funds across borders, currencies, and payment rails, including both traditional fiat and digital currency environments.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support the development and enhancement of Mastercard's global settlement, cross-border payment, and currency capabilities
• Work closely with senior team members and stakeholders to analyze business requirements, assess solution alternatives, and contribute to the design of payment, settlement, and value transfer capabilities across fiat and digital currency ecosystems.
• Coordinate cross-functional efforts to support the delivery of new products, market expansions, and capability enhancements, helping ensure alignment across business, operational, technology, and treasury stakeholders.
• Assist in evaluating settlement, liquidity, funding, and currency management considerations for new payment flows, products, and strategic initiatives, supporting the development of scalable and efficient operating models.
• Conduct research and analysis on industry trends, regulatory developments, competitive offerings, and emerging technologies related to cross-border payments, global settlement, and digital assets, delivering insights and recommendations to support decision-making.
• Develop business cases, requirements documentation, presentations, and stakeholder communications to support product development efforts, executive discussions, and the successful implementation of new capabilities.

The role requires extensive interaction with various global functions: technology, product, treasury, settlement, legal, etc. and provides an excellent opportunity for future growth  role presents a great leadership development opportunity and is especially suitable for people interested in growing into a broader business leadership role.

The ideal candidate will be someone with a strong knowledge and/or interest in the payment arena with a focus of technology enablement of settlement and foreign exchange processes, while also being interested in a broader functional role that includes product development and strategy. We are looking for out-of-the box, creative thinkers who are very strong…