Director, Center for Inclusive Growth

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end management of the South Asia portfolio, including Mastercard Strive in India, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and operational excellence.
• Ensure strong governance, risk management, and reporting structures across the South Asia portfolio.
• Develop and oversee program frameworks, milestones, and performance metrics, including monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) strategy and execution, to drive impact.
• Forge creative / co-investment partnerships with the public and philanthropic sector organizations to scale programs.
• Partner with the South Asia Leadership to ensure alignment of South Asia philanthropic portfolio with business strategies and objectives in the region.
• Support the Senior Vice President, APEMEA, on strategy development for the Asia Pacific region.
• Manage high-stakes engagements with senior leadership, providing clear, data-driven insights and responding quickly and effectively to ad-hoc requests.
• Work cross-functionally with internal teams and external partners to drive program success and proactively address challenges.
• Manage ad-hoc requests from the leadership team.

Skillset

• Extensive experience managing complex, multi-market programs within the financial services, technology, or adjacent sectors.
• Very strong track record of designing and executing large-scale interventions, balancing strategic vision with operational rigor and risk management.
• Knowledge of MEL frameworks, with an ability to translate insights into action.
• Exceptional organizational skills with a detail-oriented approach to program management and execution.
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally and navigate matrixed environments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and partnership management skills.
• Effective communicator and networker who can rally wide support and mobilize teams and partners for joint action.
• Ability to work with urgency and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Master’s degree is strongly preferred. Academic qualifications/work experience from across the business, in public policy and/or communications, will be valuable.
• Excellent English oral and written communication skills; Hindi and/or other Indian languages a plus.