Vice President, Government Affairs and Policy, North LAC

Mastercard is hiring a Vice President, Government Affairs and Policy, North LAC in Mexico City, Mexico. Level rates it ; you can apply on Mastercard.

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Tools and skills the posting cites include government affairs, public policy and regulatory affairs.
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Lead government affairs, public policy, and regulatory strategy across Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.

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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.

Title and Summary

Vice President, Government Affairs and Policy, North LAC

OVERVIEW

The Vice President, Government Affairs & Policy, North Division, leads Mastercard’s public policy, regulatory affairs, and government engagement strategy across Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. The role serves as a trusted advisor to divisional leadership, identifying policy risks and opportunities that impact Mastercard’s business, reputation, and long-term growth.

ROLE

The Vice President develops and executes advocacy strategies, engages governments, regulators, central banks, legislators, and industry stakeholders, and advances Mastercard’s positions on issues such as payments regulation, digital commerce, real-time payments, open finance, cybersecurity, data governance, competition policy, and financial inclusion.

Working closely with Product, Franchise, Public Sector, Legal, Communications, and other business teams, the role helps shape a favorable policy environment, supports market growth, and protects Mastercard’s franchise. The position also leads and develops the North Division Government Affairs & Policy team while ensuring alignment with regional and global priorities.

ALL ABOUT YOU

Minimum of 5 years working in public policy, legislative or government affairs position in a corporate, association or governmental context (preferably in payments industry or financial services sector).

Knowledge of legislative and regulatory processes, including rulemaking processes, in
key markets in LAC North Division are critical skills in this role.

Possess good judgment, a creative approach to problem-solving and the ability to function as a team player. Must be able to work independently and as part of a team. Must possess strong interpersonal skills, be a team player, and show appreciation of diverse cultural methods of working and doing business, in particular for Mexico and Central America.

Demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Spanish, and the ability to work well with business partners across the North Division, the United States and with colleagues in other LAC Divisions and other regions.

Demonstrate a proactive, time-sensitive, results driven approach in carrying out all duties, obligations, and responsibilities. Thorough, meticulous and attentive to detail but nevertheless able to prioritize, focus on the important rather than just urgent matters and get the job done. Must be able to contribute and operate effectively within a diverse multicultural organization.

Experience considered useful but not essential for the role:

Understanding and knowledge of the public policy issues currently confronting the payments sector of the financial services industry very helpful.

Experience working for a global US corporation, whether in headquarters or in a region, reporting to headquarters in another country.

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.

How we rate this

Vice President, Government Affairs and Policy, North LAC 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.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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Key facts

Vice President, Government Affairs and Policy, North LAC is an open job at Mastercard.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Mexico City, Mexico.
The job was posted on September 10, 2026.
Seniority: executive.
Applications are handled by Mastercard. Apply on Mastercard

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