Director, B2B Marketing Job Listing at Mastercard in Gurugram, HR (Job ID R-253998)

Description

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

Director, B2B Marketing Who is Mastercard?
We are the global technology company behind the world's fastest payments processing network. We are a vehicle for commerce, a connection to financial systems for the previously excluded, a technology innovation lab, and the home of Priceless®. We ensure every employee has the opportunity to be a part of something bigger and to change lives. We believe as our company grows, so should you. We believe in connecting everyone to endless, priceless possibilities.

Overview
The Director of Marketing, South Asia is a key enabler of business growth. The individual will develop a comprehensive Business unit marketing strategy to increase preference among cardholders and prospects and build programs & assets that establish Mastercard as the undisputable brand of choice with issuing and merchant partners.
Specifically, the individual would be responsible for helping to grow Mastercard's footprint in the region by staying on top of changing market, customer and consumer dynamics and trends and creating marketing strategies that deliver direct revenue to the business either via new card acquisition or spend increases. This candidate will also look at how we increase our relevance in across severel demographics and build a segmented marketing strategy & plan.
The individual will employ innovative thinking and thought leadership to develop scalable sponsorships and campaigns that link to cardholder passions. Through the creation and delivery of a comprehensive marketing strategy, the individual will own branding, positioning, social and digital marketing initiatives.

Role
In partnership with the VP of Marketing, the Director of Marketing will define the local marketing strategy, including advertising, promotions, sponsorships, market research, etc., to align with business priorities and deliver against company objectives
The right candidate
• Lead the development of a localized marketing strategy to enhance Mastercard's relevance and resonance across India's diverse consumer segments and partner landscape.
• Define and implement a compelling market positioning framework that aligns with Mastercard's global brand while tailoring messaging to India's cultural and business dynamics.
• Collaborate with regional marketing, product, and government relations teams to drive visibility, advocacy, and strategic outreach across priority verticals.
• Leads with an innovation and digital first mindset. Identifies strategies that leverage new technologies to monetize and scale with partners in the region
• Leverages local and global sponsorship and marketing assets to execute and drive tangible results in the markets
• Identifies, manages and executes on key sponsorship properties including driving activation through bank/issuing partners
• Initiates and leads projects, balancing needs of stakeholders, managing multiple work streams, and overseeing the planning and budgeting process
• In partnership with product teams, drives the Environmental, Social and Governance activations across the region
• Makes decisions and adjustments based on results of program performance measurement and evaluation
• Provides direction to Mastercard marketing staff or agency staff on the design/development of promotional marketing materials, including all ATL and BTL activity including digital marketing programs done directly and instigated through bank/issuing partners
• Accountable for local Marketing budget and ensuring that all campaigns, programs, and activities are within allocated budget
All About You
• You are a creative marketer, excited by innovation and a fantastic communicator
• You have a proven track record of establishing integrated marketing plans across India that that leverage synergies between marketing channels and deliver results
• Significant experience and proven success in one or more marketing families, with extensive additional experience in three or more marketing families, including B2B or Consumer Marketing
• 13+years of marketing/comms experience ideally in a multi-national organization and equipped in working through matrix environments
• Strong verbal and written communications
• Demonstrated expertise in working with B2B partners and large distribution workforces
• • Ability to manage through ambiguity
• Works at a fast pace, yet accountable at all times
• Thrives in matrixed environments with high level of stakeholder management

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.

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