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

Threat Intelligence Analyst II

Overview
• The Mastercard Intelligence Center (MCIC) delivers actionable intelligence that anticipates threats and drives risk-based decisions to safeguard our people, networks, data, and business.
• Our team collects, analyzes, and disseminates intelligence on geopolitical developments, cyber threats, fraud trends, physical security risks, and emerging technologies that could impact Mastercard’s people, operations, and customers.
• Through continuous monitoring, advanced analysis, and deep partnerships with industry, government, and law enforcement, the MCIC helps to protect the trust ecosystem that underpins Mastercard’s global network and strengthens enterprise resilience.

Role
• Collect, process, analyze, publish, and disseminate threat intelligence for Mastercard
• Leverage that intelligence to threat-inform risk-based decisions across the organization
• Author risk assessments that capture threat landscape impacts to business operations
• Brief intelligence analysis to internal stakeholders
• Partner with internal stakeholders, principally the SOC, Vulnerability Management, Fraud Prevention, Regional Security, and Crisis Management to fuse intelligence from across the organization
• Partner with external stakeholders such as government departments, law enforcement, intelligence agencies, and industry to enable threat intelligence sharing across public and private partners
• Support threat scenario development for red teaming, exercising, and resilience testing

All About You
• Possesses a strong analytical mindset with experience collecting, evaluating, and synthesizing intelligence from diverse sources (open-source, technical, geopolitical, cyber, fraud, or physical security).
• Demonstrates solid understanding of intelligence tradecraft, including structured analytic techniques, threat modeling, and risk assessment methodologies.
• Understands key threat domains—cyber, fraud, geopolitical, and physical security—and can quickly learn emerging trends to assess their business impact.
• Has experience monitoring threat activity and translating complex information into clear, actionable intelligence products for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Communicates effectively in writing and verbally, with the ability to brief senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders with clarity and confidence.
• Demonstrates sound judgment, curiosity, and a proactive approach to identifying threats and informing risk-based decisions.
• Holds a bachelor’s degree in intelligence studies, political science, cybersecurity, international affairs, or a related discipline.

Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, 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.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.

Pay Ranges

Arlington, Virginia: $87,000 - $146,000 USD