Manager, Customer Success; acquiring

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.

Services within Mastercard is responsible for acquiring, engaging, and retaining customers by managing fraud and risk, enhancing cybersecurity, and improving the digital payments experience. We provide value‑added services and leverage expertise, data‑driven insights, and execution.

Delivering with excellence for our customers is of the utmost priority, and we are expanding our Services Customer Success team to achieve this goal. This team plays a crucial role in ensuring our customers achieve their desired outcomes while maximizing the value of our products and services. Customer Success (CS) boosts Customer Lifetime Value, increases renewals and adoption, reduces support tickets, improves product feedback, builds advocacy for B2B marketing, and generates qualified sales leads.

This team will work collaboratively with cross‑functional partners to address customer needs, develop tailored strategies that enhance customer satisfaction and retention, and build customer advocacy. Key outcomes of the CS team’s work will be qualified leads for value expansion and feedback for product and process improvements. By focusing on proactive engagement and personalized service, the Services Customer Success team fosters long‑term relationships and contributes to the overall growth and safety of the Mastercard ecosystem.

As a Customer Success Manager (CSM) for Services, you will support the development and delivery of strategic priorities within the region.

In this role the CSM will focus on supporting acquirers and processors, helping them maximize the value of Mastercard’s Services portfolio. This involves identifying opportunities to enhance performance, reduce fraud and operational risk, and optimize digital payment experiences through data‑driven insights and best practices. While not required, knowledge of the acquiring ecosystem is a strong advantage. It enables the CSM to accelerate customer understanding, anticipate industry‑specific needs, and deliver more meaningful recommendations.

The candidate will focus on ensuring the priority customers and segments they work with experience positive change through more effective use of Services network products. The Manager will work closely with cross‑functional teams including Network Services, Account Management, Sales, Product, Technical Account Managers and support/delivery teams to realize the full value proposition of Mastercard Network Products on behalf of the customer.

The three areas of primary responsibility include:
1) customer engagement,
2) growing the business, and
3) technical and program readiness.

Cultivate a strong customer partnership through a deep understanding of their business and managing customer health and value realization during network product launch and post‑sale.

Identify optimization opportunities for customers with the goals of driving customer value and enhanced strategic goals through our products.

Articulate key performance indicators related to cost, performance and optimization and the insights associated with them.

Leverage Mastercard Services’ offerings to achieve customer goals and realize value propositions of Mastercard products.

Identify opportunities for additional Mastercard products to create greater value potential for customers and enhance impact of Network Product offerings.

Ability to evaluate business models, partnerships, and agreements ensuring product business cases are financially viable and supported by solid data.

Develop training materials, thought leadership, and…