THE OPPORTUNITY Act as the brain trust for the Chief People and Culture Officer (CPCO) on all matters related to people strategy. Take time to understand the work of the Foundation through the senior business partners. Provide strategic advice, insights, and support regarding ongoing enterprise initiatives. Review functional-related plans with the Leadership Team before execution. Collaborate with CPCO to develop or redesign P&C goals and objectives. WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE Provide strategic insights and recommendations to support the CPCO in decision-making and executive engagements. Review ongoing strategic plans. Provide recommendations on proposed HR initiatives. Prioritize the P&C roadmap to determine sequencing and pacing. Hold collaborative meetings with P&C Leadership teams. Oversee the consolidation and quality of Board and EXCO presentations. Work with the CPCO on all Board related presentation preparations. Partner with the P&C Leadership Team to prepare EXCO submissions, including consolidation and advisory on strategic positioning. Review and refine strategy documents across the talent value chain to ensure alignment with the Foundations mission. Review the P&C modernization strategy with internal teams and the Deloitte Canada working group. Propose overarching goals, objectives, and priorities for 20252026. Collaborate with the P&C Leadership Team to develop strategic initiatives. Actively listen to team perspectives and ideas in alignment with organizational values. Ask thought-provoking questions to ensure initiatives are tied to P&C strategy, outcome driven, and measurable. Meet with P&C Leads to provide thought partnership, insights, and guidance to inform strategic choices. Support the P&C Leadership in prioritizing key People and Culture projects and initiatives. Lead conversations with the P&C LT on initiative importance, project impact, resource needs, dependencies, and timing. Monitor progress of strategic projects to ensure alignment with enterprise initiatives. Ensure each strategic project has clearly defined success measures. Define criteria for integrating P&C projects with enterprise initiatives. Gather relevant project information and ensure goal clarity. Suggest success criteria for assessing program outcomes. Critique the People and Culture priorities central dashboard. Review the P&C Dashboard from the reporting team. Analyze critical performance areas, monitor progress, and guide achievement. Plan and coordinate Leadership Team connects and retreats. Develop P&C agendas and manage pre-reads. Capture key action points from meetings. Lead retreat planning and agenda development. Partner with external consultants to ensure delivery of P&C Leadership and extended Leadership retreats. Develop themes, agendas, and session plans. Support the Leadership Team in identifying strategic objectives for sessions and tailoring content to the audience. Design interactive session activities to encourage engagement. Create schedules aligned with the overall strategic plan. Oversee logistical coordination for productive Leadership Team engagements. Project manages P&C Leadership meetings, retreats, and events. Oversee planning activities with the CPCO, Executive Assistant and P&C coordinators. WHO YOU ARE Masters degree or equivalent. At least 15 years experience in a strategic advisory capacity. Experience in People Leadership at an executive level. Executive communication skills. Technical competence in People & Culture systems and processes. Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities. Professional maturity, sensitivity to different cultures, and impeccable integrity that exemplifies the Foundations values. Possess excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to articulate information to various constituents across cultures. You have committed to Mastercard Foundations values and vision. The Mastercard Foundation values the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the organization and we are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Completion of satisfactory business references and background checks are essential conditions of employment. For more information and to sign up for the Foundations newsletter, please visit http://www.mastercardfdn.org/ Follow the Foundation on Twitter at @MastercardFdn The Mastercard Foundation is a registered Canadian charity and one of the largest foundations in the world. It works with visionary organizations to advance education and financial inclusion to enable young people in Africa and Indigenous youth in Canada to access dignified and fulfilling work. Established in 2006 through the generosity of Mastercard when it became a public company, the Foundation is an independent organization separate from the company, with offices in Toronto, Kigali, Accra, Nairobi, Kampala, Lagos, Dakar, and Addis Ababa. Its policies, operations, and program decisions are determined by the Foundations Board of Directors and leadership. Learn More The Foundation operates within the Indigenous communities in Canada to deliver on our EleV strategy and bold goal of enabling 100,000 Indigenous youth to complete their education, access economic opportunities and drive meaningful change in their communities by 2030. Across Africa, the Foundations Young Africa Works strategy aims to spur systemic change to enable young people the opportunity to find meaningful work that is dignified and fulfilling. The Young Africa Works strategy sets out an ambitious goal for the next decade: by 2030, our work will enable 30 million young people in Africa, especially young women, to secure employment they see as dignified and fulfilling. These programs are in partnership with the relevant government entities, communities, institutions, and individuals ensuring that the Foundation delivers on its mission of collaboration and co-creation with those whose voices need to be heard the most, and can be change agents for themselves, their families, and communities. Mastercard Foundation seeks a world where everyone has the opportunity to learn and prosper. We are ambitious and driven. Our values transcend and rise above everything else as our guide. We encourage you to bring your bold ideas, curiosity, and expertise to your work. We laugh at ourselves and with each other. We are a team. Our journey together makes our impact even more meaningful. Learn More