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Director, Open Finance Connectivity Operations
Mastercard International Incorporated · 🇺🇸 3 Locations
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, Open Finance Connectivity Operations Job Description: Director, Open Finance Connectivity Who is Mastercard? Mastercard is a global technology company. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere, by making payment and data transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all. Empowering Consumers and Businesses to harness the power of their data through Open Finance At Mastercard, we are partnering across the global financial ecosystem to enable innovative use cases powered by open finance. By securely connecting consumers and businesses to access financial data, we are powering innovative, new, and improved experiences that make a positive impact. Our network helps us scale our services, differentiate our solutions, and the ecosystem benefits from smarter, more secure, and more personal commerce that is fit for a changing world. Open Finance Connectivity Operations We are seeking a strategic and technical professional to serve as Director, Open Finance Connectivity. This role will facilitate relationships with Open Finance data providers and support market expansion across Europe and beyond. They will lead the automation, testing, and quality improvement initiatives of our Open Finance data connections to drive scale and efficiency in the building, testing, managing, and upgrading of our API connections. They will be a key part of the Europe Product & Engineering team that is blending the agility of a fintech scale-up with the strength and resources of a leading global technology company. Responsibilities • Drive automation and operational efficiency across connectivity processes, including the design and development of automated dashboards, provider intelligence frameworks, and service agents for key connectivity functions • Manage cross-market connectivity initiatives and assess the impact of new features and use cases on connectivity • Support platform reliability and scalability initiatives • Support our team of product professionals who manage the build, testing and maintenance of our own API connections • Partner closely with other Open Finance product and engineering teams, owning the business requirements, roadmap development, and backlog prioritisation for OFin Connectivity services All About You • Bachelor’s degree required, analytical / technical degree from a top-tier program preferred. • Successful product development and/or product management experience • Understanding of APIs, Open Banking, Open Finance, and developer ecosystems • Exemplary analytical and problem-solving skills and business acumen; seasoned in identifying the most critical aspects of a problem and handling ambiguity with ease. • Demonstrated ability to support company-wide, complex projects, effectively driving forward project