Lead Technology Risk Analyst

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 Lead Technology Risk Analyst Overview The Lead Technology Risk Analyst within the Program Controls, Operations & Modernization (ProCOM) Office is responsible for leading the implementation and execution of technology risk management, governance, controls, and operational resilience programs across Mastercard's technology organization. This role partners closely with technology, product, engineering, security, and business teams to identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate technology risks while strengthening control effectiveness and operational maturity. The position serves as a key leader in advancing ProCOM's mission to deliver scalable governance, risk management, production readiness, and operational excellence capabilities. Through risk assessments, governance oversight, control monitoring, operational intelligence, and continuous improvement initiatives, this role helps ensure technology products and platforms are delivered with resiliency, reliability, and compliance while enabling informed risk-based decision making. The Lead, Technology Risk Manager plays a critical role in translating strategic risk objectives into actionable programs, measurable outcomes, and sustainable operational practices. Role - Lead the execution of technology risk management programs and initiatives across products, platforms, services, and technology domains. - Facilitate technology risk identification, assessment, treatment, monitoring, and escalation processes to ensure risks are proactively managed and appropriately governed. - Drive adoption of technology risk frameworks, policies, standards, and procedures across engineering and technology teams. - Partner with product, engineering, operations, security, and risk stakeholders to evaluate control effectiveness and identify opportunities to strengthen operational resilience. - Lead risk assessments, control reviews, operational readiness evaluations, and governance activities supporting strategic initiatives and technology changes. - Monitor technology risk indicators, control metrics, issue remediation activities, and operational performance trends to identify emerging risks and systemic concerns. - Develop executive-ready reporting, risk summaries, governance materials, and operational insights that support leadership decision-making. - Coordinate technology risk governance forums and ensure action items, decisions, and risk mitigation activities are appropriately tracked and executed.