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Director, Global Network Economics & Value Optimization
Mastercard International Incorporated · 🇺🇸 Purchase, New York
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 76 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 286 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Mastercard International Incorporated paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Director, Strategy and Operations” (Marketing Managers) in NY: $199k–$199k, median $199k. Most were filed at wage level III (100%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Mastercard International Incorporated
The US Department of Labor certified 76 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 286 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
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, Global Network Economics & Value Optimization Overview The Global Network Economics and Value Optimization (NEVO) team Partners with all regions and global business units to execute changes in economics aligned to product- and market-led strategy under a consistent framework. Leads the execution of strategic Economics & Value Optimization initiatives that are complex and the scope require a global view and coordination. Advocates and drives revenue optimization, simplicity, enhanced customer and employee experience, and adherence to principles. Has a privileged position with visibility to the most material and impactful initiatives across the organization, allowing it to influence and enrich many commercial conversations, through innovative and strategic thinking and a broad and deep cross-market and multi-functional knowledge. This role would involve analyzing market trends, developing new economic models, and collaborating with product and regional pricing teams to maximize revenue and profitability. This role will support MasterCard’s goal of profitable market share through several key initiatives and play a key role in developing & implementing pricing and interchange strategies, building new tools to inform how we set our network economics, and conducting analysis as needed on strategic questions & issues. Role: Responsible for developing data-driven innovative scalable analytical solutions and identifying opportunities to support Pricing and Interchange team in a quantitative manner and facilitate informed recommendations / decisions. • Activities include performing simulations and creating predictive models, behavioral segmentation frameworks, profitability analyses, ad hoc reporting, and data visualizations. • Work closely with global & regional pricing teams to architect, develop, and maintain advanced reporting and data visualization capabilities on large volumes of data to support analytics and reporting needs across products, markets, and services. • Contributes to the development of custom analyses and solutions, derives insights from extracted data to solve critical business questions. • Translates client/ stakeholder needs into technical analyses and/or solutions in collaboration with internal and external partners and presents findings and outcomes to clients/stakeholders. • Accountable for delivering high quality project solutions and tools within agreed upon timelines and budget parameters and conducting post- implementation reviews. • Serves as a primary point of contact for client managers and liaises frequently with internal stakeholders to gather data or inputs needed for project work. • Delegates and reviews work for junior level colleagues to ensure downstream applications and tools are not compromised or delayed. • Serves as a mentor for junior-level colleagues, and develops talent via ongoing technical training, peer review etc. All About You: • Intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm to apply data to discover and solve business challenges and questions. • Prior experience in data management, data mining, data analytics, data modeling and reporting, data product development and quantitative analysis. • Advanced SQL skills, ability to write optimized queries for large data s