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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.\nTitle and Summary\nDirector B2B Travel Acceptance SolutionsRole OverviewMastercard is seeking a Director, B2B Travel Acceptance Solutions to help grow Mastercard’s position in B2B travel payments by expanding acceptance, commercialization, and solution adoption across the travel ecosystem.\nThis role sits at the intersection of business development, acceptance strategy, solution consulting, and product commercialization, driving the growth and adoption of Mastercard's B2B Travel Acceptance Solutions globally.\nIt is designed for a customer-facing leader who can build trusted relationships with travel intermediaries, airlines, hotels, GDS / travel technology platforms, issuers, acquirers, PayFacs, PSPs, and internal Mastercard stakeholders to deliver measurable growth in B2B travel acceptance.\nThe Director will be responsible for shaping and executing a global B2B Travel Acceptance Solutions agenda, working closely with The B2B Travel Acquiring and Acquiring Solutions team, regional teams, Global Acceptance + Merchant Solutions, Product, Customer Solutions / Solution Architects, Services, Finance, Legal, Risk, and account teams. The role will focus on scaling B2B travel acceptance through strategic ecosystem partnerships, solution design, market enablement, pipeline execution, customer engagement, and commercialization of Mastercard capabilities.\nLocation: London, Madrid, Waterloo\nKey Responsibilities\nDrive the continued growth and strengthening of Mastercard's leadership position in B2B travel payments and acceptance solutions globally.\nBuild, own, and drive the global B2B Travel Acceptance Solutions strategy across merchants, acquirers, PayFacs, PSPs, issuers, program managers, GDS, travel technology platforms, airlines, hotels, OTAs, and other ecosystem participants.\nServe as the subject-matter expert for B2B travel acceptance solutions and flows, including virtual card / VCN acceptance, travel merchant needs, acquirer enablement, travel payment pain points, and Mastercard’s B2B travel value proposition.\nLead acceptance commercialization across the travel ecosystem, including travel suppliers, acquirers, PayFacs, PSPs, and other strategic channel partners\nThis involves GTM strategy, bundled value propositions, market readiness, executive engagement, sales pipeline ownership, partner onboarding, certification, activation, and KPI monitoring.\nPartner with Product teams and Customer Solutions / Solution Architects to design end-to-end, customer-centric B2B travel acceptance propositions, leveraging Mastercard capabilities across acceptance, gateway, tokenization, optimization, fraud / risk, data, and services.\nDrive customer-facing solution consulting, including senior partner and customer workshops, value proposition development, business case support, solution scoping, RFP / proposal input, and tailored narratives that translate Mastercard capabilities into customer outcomes.\nIdentify, negotiate, and develop new business opportunities and strategic partnerships that support Mastercard’s B2B Travel growth objectives and strategic priorities, in collaboration with the broader Mastercard B2B travel team.\nCapture customer, acquirer, and market insights and feed them back to product management and commercialization teams to improve product readiness, market enablement, sales narratives, implementation materials, and future roadmap priorities.\nEnable regional execution at scale by creating playbooks, implementation guides, sales materials, training content, customer narratives, and best-practice sharing across Mastercard teams and markets.\nRepresent Mastercard externally and internally as a credible B2B travel acceptance thought leader, capable of engaging senior stakeholders, aligning cross-functional teams, and advancing complex opportunities in a global matrix environment.\nAll About You\nSignificant experience in payments, B2B travel payments, commercial payments, acceptance, acquiring, PayFac / PSP ecosystems, travel intermediaries, travel merchants, or related digital payment solution commercialization.\nStrong understanding of the B2B travel payment value chain, including issuers, acquirers, travel merchants, OTAs, hotels, airlines, GDS / travel technology platforms, program managers, and payment technology enablers.\nStrong solution-consulting orientation, with the ability to diagnose customer pain points, package capabilities into customer-centric propositions, and partner with technical / solution architects to build commercially viable solutions.\nDemonstrated ability to build customer relationships, lead business development, structure opportunities, support negotiations, and coordinate deal execution across Finance, Legal, Product, Risk, and regional teams.\nProven commercialization and GTM capability, including sales enablement, market activation, customer value propositions, strategic workshops and RFP responses.\nExcellent executive communication, storytelling, influencing, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to operate across regions, cultures, and matrixed teams.\nAnalytical, results-oriented, intellectually curious, self-starting, and comfortable creating structure from ambiguity while moving opportunities from concept to execution.\nCollaborative leadership style, with a track record of building trust across internal teams, customer stakeholders, and ecosystem partners.\nPreferred Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree required; MBA, advanced degree, or equivalent commercial / product / consulting experience preferred.\nExperience in global or regional payments, acceptance, acquiring, B2B travel, commercial card / virtual card, product commercialization, business development, solution consulting, or strategy.\nDeep knowledge of acceptance economics, merchant/acquirer enablement, payment processing, card acceptance, digital commerce, virtual card acceptance, and B2B travel payment flows.\nExperience working in global, matrixed environments and across cultures.\nExperience developing or scaling new product propositions, commercial frameworks, sales enablement content, or 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