WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE 

• Setting the strategic direction for the Foundation’s data and analytics functions, aligning with corporate objectives across thematic areas and delivery platforms.
• Identifying and leveraging new technologies, methodologies, and data sources to drive innovation and maintain a competitive edge.
• Working across functions to ensure data strategies and analytics insights are effectively integrated across the foundation.
• Establishing and overseeing a robust data governance framework to ensure data quality, privacy, security, and compliance with international regulations.
• Building and leading a high-performing data and analytics team, including recruiting, mentoring, and professional development.
• Engaging with internal and external stakeholders to understand their data needs and co-create solutions to address key business issues.
• Facilitating the sharing of knowledge, insights, and best practices within the team and across the organization to elevate the data and analytics capabilities.
• Acting as a strategic advisor to the EXCO, providing insights and recommendations based on data analytics to inform strategic decisions and business planning.
• Collaborating with senior leadership to identify opportunities for growth and supporting risk management through predictive analytics and data-driven forecasts.

 WHO YOU ARE

• Data Analytics, Advanced Analytics, Computer Science (coding), IT systems
• Minimum 20+ years in progressively senior data or business intelligence roles within large and/or global organizations, with at least 15 years in such senior financial roles.
• Strong “build” experience of having planned, built, established, and gained momentum for new functions in an organization.
• Multi-sector, multi-geographic experience preferred.
• Proven ability to engage at executive and Board level.
• Some exposure to philanthropic and development sectors is a plus.
• Ability to work with complex data (quantitative and qualitative) and understand how to transform disparate data to create new features, insights, or visualizations.
• Experience planning and delivering BI and statistical analyses with knowledge of most major platforms and languages, e.g., SQL, Python/R, PowerBI, Excel, and Tableau (or equivalent).
• Ability to translate business needs into technical and process requirements to deliver solutions.
• Service mindset for responsiveness to requests and striving towards becoming trusted business partners to drive common Foundation goals.
• Entrepreneurial mindset to build a new function in an uncertain, dynamic, and ambiguous environment.
• Resilience and flexibility to manage through shifting priorities, parameters, and rapidly changing contexts.
• Comfort with self-direction but balanced with the ability to maintain meaningful visibility and engagement with managers (given geography and time zones).
• Ability to plan and act strategically over longer timeframes to achieve goals with patience and persistence; ability to balance immediate execution needs with longer-term visioning.
• Detail orientation with rigorous attention to developing, implementing, and improving processes and procedures.
• Ability to identify capabilities and competencies required over time and hire the talent required.
• Proven ability to apply a “use case” approach to analytics delivery and be an advocate for the end-user.
• Aptitude for and keen interest in learning new information design and communication technology.
• Strong self-direction balanced with a collaborative and creative approach.
• Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties in response to dynamic needs.
• Possess excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to articulate information to a variety of constituents across cultures.
• French language skills are an asset.
• Possessed professional maturity, cultural sensitivity, and impeccable integrity ·
• Listening actively to understand needs and provide constructive/receive feedback.
• Demonstrate a commitment to the Mastercard Foundation’s values and vision.