Manager, Regulatory Compliance - Payments & Digital Assets

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 Manager, Regulatory Compliance - Payments & Digital Assets Overview The Regulatory Compliance Manager will support the organization’s regulatory licensing, reporting, governance, and examination readiness activities across U.S. and applicable international jurisdictions. This role is responsible for managing licensing obligations, coordinating regulatory submissions, maintaining compliance inventories, supporting board and management reporting, and partnering with legal, compliance, risk, and business stakeholders to ensure regulatory commitments are completed accurately and on time. Key Responsibilities - Manage licensing activities through NMLS and non-NMLS channels, including annual renewals, advance change notices, license items, regulator requests, and updates to company information, policies, procedures, fingerprints, and other required submissions. - Coordinate ongoing maintenance of money transmission, virtual currency, and related regulatory licenses, including support for BitLicense, and other state, federal, and international registration obligations. - Support officer, board member, independent board member, and character and fitness vetting processes, including coordination of required documentation, reviews, and follow-up actions. - Maintain and update regulatory obligation and control inventories, including incorporation of new regulatory guidance and completion of inventory gap assessments. - Prepare and coordinate board reporting, KPI metrics, risk assessment inputs, and other management reporting related to licensing, regulatory obligations, and compliance activities. - Support regulatory examination readiness, including preparation for state examinations, remediation tracking, evidence gathering, and response coordination. - Manage surety bond maintenance activities and support timely completion of jurisdiction-specific bonding requirements. - Coordinate incident reporting activities, including assessing regulatory notification requirements, preparing reporting materials, and supporting timely escalation and submission. - Support agent reporting, and other periodic regulatory reporting requirements. - Coordinate with internal stakeholders across Compliance, Legal, Risk, Operations, Product, Finance, and business teams to drive timely completion of regulatory deliverables. Required Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in compliance, legal, risk management, financial services, or a related field. - Experience with regulatory licensing, regulatory reporting, or compliance program management in a financial services, payments, money transmission, fintech, or digital assets environment. - Strong understanding of regulatory obligations related to money transmission, virtual currency, licensing, examinations, and regulator communications. - Experience working with NMLS or similar regulatory licensing and filing systems. - Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple regulatory deliverables with competing deadlines. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to prepare clear, accurate, and professional materials for regulators, senior management, and governance forums. - Ability to work cr