Description
Mastercard is seeking a strategic, execution-oriented Director of Product Management to lead a team responsible for high-priority Open Finance payment solutions. This leader will shape portfolio strategy, translate customer and market needs into differentiated products, and guide solutions across the full product lifecycle.
Responsibilities:
- Define and execute the vision, strategy, roadmap, and investment priorities across the portfolio
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of product managers
- Guide products from 0–1 concept development through iterative delivery, launch, and scale
- Partner closely with Data Science and Engineering to develop, optimize, and scale predictive payment risk models
- Engage directly with financial institutions, fintechs, merchants, and partners to validate value propositions
- Develop product positioning, pricing, business cases, and go-to-market plans
- Communicate a compelling product vision to executive leadership and align stakeholders
- Establish clear success metrics, evaluate product and model performance, and use data and customer feedback to continuously improve outcomes
Requirements:
- Solid product management experience, including experience leading product managers or multidisciplinary product teams
- Demonstrated success defining strategy and launching and scaling cloud-based or API-enabled products
- Experience taking products from 0–1 while also managing established products with revenue, customer, reliability, and performance commitments
- Strong understanding of AI/ML product development and experience partnering with Data Science teams
- Ability to navigate technical concepts, data-driven products, APIs, payment flows, risk decisioning, and platform dependencies
- Proven commercial judgment, including experience with market analysis, pricing, business cases, and product profitability
- Excellent executive communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills
Benefits:
- 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
- 401k with a best-in-class company match
- Deferred compensation for eligible roles
- Fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities
- Eligibility for tuition reimbursement