Director, North American B2B Secular Shift – B2C Retail & Restaurants

Mastercard is hiring a Director, North American B2B Secular Shift – B2C Retail & Restaurants in New York, United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on Mastercard.

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Director leading B2B secular shift growth initiatives for B2C retail and restaurants within Mastercard's North American team.

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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.

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Director, North American B2B Secular Shift – B2C Retail & Restaurants

Director, North American B2B Secular Shift – B2C Retail & Restaurants
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. We are looking for a Director, North American B2B Secular Shift – B2C Retail & Restaurants to help drive growth in the segment through the commercialization of our solutions and value proposition. This role involves engaging clients, identifying high-potential opportunities, building a strong and dynamic sales pipeline, and closing deals.

Role – Director, North American B2B Secular Shift – B2C Retail & Restaurants
In this role, the selected candidate will:
• Lead and execute the B2C Retail & Restaurants Secular Shift go-to-market strategy across NAM, focusing on both existing and new issuer partners and new distribution channels, expanding Mastercard’s footprint, growing market share, and expanding our leadership position in the B2C Retail & Restaurants segment.
• Work cross-functionally across the broader Commercial and New Payment Flows team partner and cross-sell our solutions.
• Partner closely with Account and Business Development teams to engage clients, identify high-potential opportunities, build a strong and dynamic sales pipeline and close deals.
• Drive commercialization efforts by working cross-functionally with stakeholders from Finance, Sales, Marketing, Franchise, and Customer Delivery to ensure seamless execution of segment initiatives and adequate resources for its success.
• Ensure our B2C Retail & Restaurants needs-based and customer centric narrative is driven throughout the organization and with our customers and prospects.
• Support client-facing negotiations, leading or co-leading key deals, ensuring specific segment incentives are included in deals, and aligning Mastercard’s value proposition with client needs.
• Track and manage pipeline performance by using SFDC and commercialization tools and processes that enable timely follow-up, issue resolution, and traction across the region.
• Champion internal alignment across all product groups, Finance, Sales Excellence to generate buy-in and momentum from all relevant stakeholders, including senior leadership.
• Develop and promote SMB growth strategies, identifying best practices and scalable models that drive measurable results in issuer portfolios.
• Foster sales enablement by creating compelling client materials, training sessions, and use-case content tailored to SMB needs and opportunities.

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.
• B2C Retail & Restaurants Obsessed: You have a deep, hands on understanding of POS and Invoice Payments in the B2C Retail & Restaurants Segment, understand the systems and infrastructure that supports this segment, understand the payment options those systems 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 reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com 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: $182,000 - $291,000 USD

Arlington, Virginia: $182,000 - $291,000 USD

Atlanta, Georgia: $158,000 - $253,000 USD

Miami, Florida: $158,000 - $253,000 USD

New York City, New York: $190,000 - $304,000 USD

O'Fallon, Missouri: $158,000 - $253,000 USD

Job Posting Window

Posting windows may change based on the volume of applications received and business necessity. Candidates are encouraged to apply expeditiously.

How we rate this

Director, North American B2B Secular Shift – B2C Retail & Restaurants at Mastercard rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

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Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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Key facts

Director, North American B2B Secular Shift – B2C Retail & Restaurants is an open job at Mastercard.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Purchase, New York.
The job was posted on September 15, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Mastercard. Apply on Mastercard

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