Onsite Head – Enterprise & Strategic Initiatives

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About the role

  • Head of Enterprise Risk & Strategic Initiatives at Mastercard Foundation ensuring risk management integration across strategic initiatives. Collaborate with teams to foster risk culture and decision-making.

Responsibilities

  • Support the Senior Director Risk & Resilience, ensuring the Foundation’s enterprise risk management (ERM) framework and practices are aligned with leading practices.
  • Coordinate risk identification, assessment, mitigation, and monitoring across all internal functions and strategic initiatives.
  • Provide risk advisory support for new and ongoing strategic initiatives.
  • Collaborate with Foundation teams and risk champions to foster strong risk behaviours.
  • Promote the integration of risk management into planning, operations, and strategic decision-making.
  • Monitor and analyse emerging risks and trends relevant to the Foundation’s enterprise and strategic activities.
  • Develop and deliver tailored capacity-building initiatives for program staff and implementing partners.
  • Prepare, consolidate enterprise risk reports and provide regular updates on risk management activities to the Senior Director, Risk & Resilience.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Business Administration, International Development, Public Administration, Economics, Finance, or a related field; a Master’s degree and professional risk certifications are strong assets.
  • Over 10 years of experience in risk management with at least 5 years in a managerial role.
  • Demonstrated experience in risk management, with exposure to strategic risk assessments and implementing risk frameworks in multi-country organisations.
  • Experience working in culturally diverse environments, with proficiency in English required and French an asset.
  • High integrity, sound judgement, and the confidence to uphold principled positions in challenging situations.
  • Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Benefits

  • Completion of satisfactory business references and background checks are essential conditions of employment.

Job title

Head – Enterprise & Strategic Initiatives

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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