Lead the organization’s Agentic Commerce strategy, focusing on AI and data capabilities. Collaborate across teams to optimize commerce infrastructure and guide strategic priorities.
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, Agentic Commerce
OVERVIEW:
We are seeking a visionary and execution-focused Vice President of Agentic Commerce to lead our enterprise-wide efforts in Agentic Commerce. This role is responsible for orchestrating cross-functional workstreams at the intersection of AI, data, and commerce to enable intelligent agents to transact autonomously on behalf of consumers and businesses. You will define the strategic roadmap, data infrastructure, AI capabilities, and partnership models necessary to power agent-driven commerce experiences at scale.
This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of digital commerce by building the foundational data and AI fabric that enables next-generation agentic interactions-from moment of intent to moment of payment.
ROLE:• Define and own the vision, strategy, and execution roadmap for AI & data capabilities underpinning Agentic Commerce.• Lead cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering, data science, franchise, legal, privacy, and external partners to build agent-safe, agent-aware commerce infrastructure.• Translate long-term trends in AI agents, commerce automation, and digital identity into actionable strategic priorities.
All About You:• Proven track record in leadership roles• Experience managing medium-to-large cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise-scale technology solutions.• Experience in AI-driven data governance automation, including machine learning applications for data classification and quality monitoring.• Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences across business units.• Experience leading teams to build solutions optimized for scalability, resiliency, and performance. • Strong communicator with the ability to align stakeholders across technical and business domains, presenting information effectively to all levels of the organization.• Ability to balance long-term strategy with near-term execution, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
#AI3
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:
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, Agentic Commerce
OVERVIEW:
We are seeking a visionary and execution-focused Vice President of Agentic Commerce to lead our enterprise-wide efforts in Agentic Commerce. This role is responsible for orchestrating cross-functional workstreams at the intersection of AI, data, and commerce to enable intelligent agents to transact autonomously on behalf of consumers and businesses. You will define the strategic roadmap, data infrastructure, AI capabilities, and partnership models necessary to power agent-driven commerce experiences at scale.
This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of digital commerce by building the foundational data and AI fabric that enables next-generation agentic interactions-from moment of intent to moment of payment.
ROLE:• Define and own the vision, strategy, and execution roadmap for AI & data capabilities underpinning Agentic Commerce.• Lead cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering, data science, franchise, legal, privacy, and external partners to build agent-safe, agent-aware commerce infrastructure.• Translate long-term trends in AI agents, commerce automation, and digital identity into actionable strategic priorities.
All About You:• Proven track record in leadership roles• Experience managing medium-to-large cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise-scale technology solutions.• Experience in AI-driven data governance automation, including machine learning applications for data classification and quality monitoring.• Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences across business units.• Experience leading teams to build solutions optimized for scalability, resiliency, and performance. • Strong communicator with the ability to align stakeholders across technical and business domains, presenting information effectively to all levels of the organization.• Ability to balance long-term strategy with near-term execution, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
#AI3
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.
Top Skills
AI
Data Infrastructure
Machine Learning
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