Director, Product Management

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Title and Summary

Director, Product Management

Overview

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.

The AI Fraud Solutions team is looking for a Director, Product Development to support the product strategy and execution, from conception to launch and beyond. The ideal candidate will be adept at identifying market needs, translating them into product requirements, and driving cross-functional collaboration to ensure successful product delivery. They will also be responsible for managing the financial aspects of the product, including budgeting, forecasting, and pricing. In addition, the candidate will play a critical role in pre-sales support, customer engagement, and product health analysis to ensure continued product success and alignment with company strategy.

Role
Act as a product owner and lead strategic initiatives to enhance and expand our products
Develop and communicate product vision, roadmap, and strategy.
Responsible for business case creation, product and pricing strategy, product planning, product tracking, and reporting product performance (KPIs)
Experience in product management and Studio methodology
Pre-sale support for new customers, definition of use cases, and execution of pilots and POCs.
Identify market needs and translate them into product requirements, including AI/Machine Learning scoring solutions.
Define the strategy to capture and measure product value through customer feedback and create action plans to address customer expectations and concerns, partnering with the customer success team.
Serve as a contact for subject matter expertise with all cross-functional stakeholders.
Identify customer usage trends and revenue opportunities.
Perform annual product health check analysis to ensure product viability and strategy adherence.
Support the analysis and implementation of pricing initiatives for new or existing products and strategic initiatives.
Participate in planning, forecasting, and other financial management efforts.
Develop business cases for funding for significant platform enhancements.

All About You
The ideal candidate for this position should:
Demonstrates strategic thinking and the ability to implement plans effectively
Strong sense of personal accountability regarding decision-making and managing across functional teams
Ability to work with different teams and influence others to achieve objectives
Managerial experience applying analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
Strong skills in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Knowledge of the payments industry, payments processing, and issuer fraud solutions
Experience in fraud product management, strategy, or management is a plus
Solid communication skills, business acumen, and the ability to translate research results into high-level summaries.
Ability to prioritize multiple complex projects with a variety of stakeholders

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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 based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. 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 new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 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, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.

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