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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.
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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.
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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.
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- Employer is on a government sponsor record
- 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. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- No salary bar for this route
- H-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 roles
- 1 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).
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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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, Commercial & New Payment Flows, Northern Europe
Commercial & New Payment Flows (CNPF) is one of Mastercard's most strategic growth areas, enabling businesses to modernize and digitize the movement of money across commercial and emerging payment ecosystems. From SME and commercial card solutions to corporate payments, transit, embedded finance, cross-border payments, and new digital payment models, CNPF is at the center of how Mastercard is expanding beyond traditional consumer payments.
The Opportunity
We are looking for an experienced and highly driven commercial leader to lead Mastercard's Commercial & New Payment Flows agenda across Northern Europe.
This role sits at the intersection of strategy, business development, product commercialization, and stakeholder management. In this role you are part of Northern Europe’s Customer Solutions Center which is Mastercard’s local product sales organization. While the role does not include direct people management responsibilities, it requires strong leadership through influence, mobilizing resources across account management teams, country teams, regional and global product organizations to drive growth and execution.
Success in this role requires a proactive and entrepreneurial mindset. You will identify market opportunities, shape strategic priorities, drive execution against business objectives, and ensure Northern Europe operates with a clear, integrated commercial agenda across the full CNPF portfolio.
You will work closely with Country Managers, Account Managers, Customer Solutions Architects, Product Leads, and regional and global stakeholders to ensure Mastercard presents one coordinated face to the market and delivers against ambitious growth targets.
What You'll Do
Lead the Northern Europe CNPF Growth Agenda
Partner and drive the commercial growth strategy for Commercial & New Payment Flows across Northern Europe, ensuring strong alignment between market opportunities, customer needs, and Mastercard's strategic priorities.
Create One Integrated Divisional Agenda
Act as the connective tissue across the CNPF portfolio, bringing together initiatives spanning commercial cards, SME solutions, corporate payments, transit, cross-border payments, and emerging payment flows.
Drive alignment across local, regional, and global stakeholders to ensure CNPF in Northern Europe operates as one team with a clear, coordinated storyline and execution plan.
Drive Business Development and Commercial Outcomes
Partner to identify new growth opportunities, build commercial strategies, and accelerate adoption of Mastercard's CNPF solutions across issuers, fintechs, corporates, and ecosystem partners.
Maintain focus on delivering business outcomes, including revenue, volume, pipeline, and strategic growth objectives.
Partner Across the Organization
Build strong partnerships with Country Managers, Account Managers, local product teams, and regional and global CNPF stakeholders.
Lead through influence, creating alignment across a matrixed organization and ensuring priorities are translated into action.
Shape Strategic Engagements
Support key customer engagements by developing compelling commercial narratives, growth opportunities, market strategies, and executive-level
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