Regional Director, Cyber Security Business Growth (UKI) — Mastercard

Overview

Regional Director, Cyber Security Business Growth will lead the growth of Mastercard’s Cyber business in the UKI region. As the P&L owner, you will drive strategic growth, commercial success, and profitability — building a high-performing sales organisation while engaging directly with clients to expand our cybersecurity footprint.

About Mastercard

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.

Responsibilities

• Build & Oversee the Go-To-Market (GTM) Operating Model: Define a collaborative operating model with clear joint account coverage; align sales and business development teams under a unified Mastercard Cyber narrative and sales process.
• Coordinate Internal Execution Across Teams: Facilitate client introductions across business lines, drive cross-sell opportunities between Recorded Future, RiskRecon, and Consulting; oversee sales enablement including collateral, pitch decks, training, and pipeline visibility; align product, sales, customer success, and marketing teams around launches and revenue goals.
• Lead Specialist Cyber Sales: Own end-to-end sales execution, with emphasis on consulting bundles; drive Recorded Future and RiskRecon referrals for Mastercard-managed accounts.
• Performance & Continuous Improvement: Track and report on commercial integration progress, lead funnel health, and conversion efficiency; identify integration risks, take corrective actions, and communicate progress clearly to stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Commercial & Consulting Expertise: Successful tenure at a top-tier strategy consultancy with proven ability to translate complex cybersecurity and consulting concepts into clear, compelling client narratives; extensive client-facing experience from needs assessment through solution design and delivery of high-impact engagements; strong business development track record; ability to build trust-based, long-term relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Cybersecurity Expertise: Industry-savvy with understanding of emerging cyber trends and market opportunities; experience with sales of security services, consulting and/or technologies such as cyber threat intelligence, security awareness and training, cloud security, crisis and incident management, third party risk management, threat and vulnerability management, security in disruptive technologies including AI, cyber risk quantification, web application firewall, and identity protection.
• Leadership & Stakeholder Management: Experience leading cross-functional initiatives, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to influence senior leaders and drive alignment without formal authority, comfortable balancing strategic vision with hands-on execution, and adaptability in fast-paced environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with information security standards and best practices (e.g., PCI-DSS, HIPAA, ISO27001, NIST, CIS, CSA).
• Experience with payment ecosystem security across traditional financial services customers (acquirers, processors, issuers) and related segments (merchants, SMB, government).
• Experience in managing P&L responsibility or similar business ownership roles, with focus on growth and profitability.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All Activities Involving Access To Mastercard Assets, Information, And Networks Comes With An Inherent Risk To The Organization. It is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for Information Security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach; and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

Seniorities and Employment

• Seniority level: Director
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Information Technology
• Industries: Financial Services, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Technology, Information and Internet

Locations: Southall, England, United Kingdom; London, England, United Kingdom