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Title and Summary

VP, North American B2B Secular Shift

VP, North American B2B Secular Shift
Role Overview
There are approximately $8T of B2B Payments in the US & Canada still made by check – with the majority in the US. There are approximately $10T of B2B Payments made by ACH with no remittance data associated with them. Combined, these B2B Payments represent roughly 25% of the global B2B secular shift opportunity.
Mastercard’s Commercial & New Payments Flows North America (NAM) Business is responsible for driving Gross Dollar Volume (GDV) growth through secular shift. The VP, North American B2B Secular Shift is responsible for driving secular shift in B2B Payments (microbusiness through large market) from Check, ACH, and Cash to card, card-to-account, and enhanced data account-to-account. The role owns: Team, Roadmap, KPI’s, Orchestration, Content, Audience Engagement Strategy, Pricing, Rebates and Incentive Models (leveraging resources across Mastercard).
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
• Define and own the North American B2B Secular Shift Vertical Strategy
• Identify target segments, industries, and use cases with the highest potential for card substitution
• Build and maintain a clear multi year roadmap aligned to B2B payments growth priorities
Growth & Commercial Execution
• Lead initiatives that increase card adoption, activation, spend and acceptance at scale
• Collaborate with Sales, Channels, and Partnerships to embed card led strategies into acquisition and portfolio management
• Work with global product teams to build out capabilities that embed in key vertical technology solutions (construction & trades, B2C retail and restaurants, property & casualty insurance) to drive secular shift
• Pilot, measure, and scale initiatives that drive sustained behavioral change
Customer & Market Insight
• Leverage data, research, and ecosystem feedback to understand payment behaviors and switching barriers
• Track competitive and fintech trends impacting vertical specific payment choices.
• Translate insights into differentiated value propositions and prioritized initiatives
Cross Functional Influence & Performance
• Align stakeholders across product, marketing, analytics, risk, operations, and technology
• Define KPIs tied to conversion, usage, spend growth, and profitability
• Communicate progress, results, and recommendations to senior leadership
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All About You
You are a pragmatic change agent who thrives on turning long standing behaviors into meaningful growth. You combine a strong sense of urgency with the discipline to operate effectively inside a complex organization—and you are energized by driving visible, measurable impact.
• B2B Secular Shift Obsessed: You have a deep, hands on understanding of POS and Invoice Payments, understand the nuances between verticals, understand the systems infrastructure that supports these verticals, understand the payment options they allow for, and understand issuer and acquirer behavioral drivers. You bring empathy for their constraints and clarity on what truly motivates behavior change.
• Driven by momentum and a sense of urgency: You operate with pace. You move ideas into action quickly, prioritize what matters most, and push through obstacles to keep initiatives moving forward.
• Catalyst for transformation: You are motivated by shifting entrenched behaviors, particularly moving legacy payment flows (cash, check, ACH) toward modern, card based solutions. You see both the customer value and the growth opportunity in that shift.
• Commercially sharp: You naturally connect customer needs to business outcomes. You can identify high value use cases, articulate compelling value propositions, and translate strategy into adoption and spend growth.
• Influential leader: You lead through influence, not hierarchy—bringing together product, sales, marketing, and operations partners around a shared goal and clear execution plan.
• Data guided, customer grounded: You balance quantitative insight with qualitative understanding, using both to prioritize, make decisions, and tell a clear story to senior leaders.
• Ownership mindset: You act like an owner—taking accountability for outcomes, learning quickly, and continuously raising the bar for results.

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.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.

Pay Ranges

Purchase, New York: $235,000 - $375,000 USD