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About Mastercard
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry, processing transactions between financial institutions and merchants using its extensive network of credit, debit, and prepaid card products. Industry: Payments Technology & Financial Services
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Director, New Product Development – Digital Assets & Stablecoin Payments joins the Mastercard Foundry team as a critical driver of product strategy across the Core Payments portfolio. This role focuses on identifying new digital products, services, and solutions to differentiate and grow the business. The Director leads the development of digital assets, cryptocurrency, and stablecoin capabilities by translating emerging blockchain technologies into scalable, compliant payment solutions. Day-to-day responsibilities include defining product visions, managing roadmaps, designing production-grade infrastructure, and collaborating with engineering, security, and compliance teams to ensure regulatory alignment. The role requires expertise in blockchain infrastructure, stablecoin models, wallets, settlement flows, and on/off-ramp architectures. The position involves building business cases, conducting market tests, and engaging with external partners like VASPs and fintechs to integrate crypto solutions into the existing payment ecosystem.
Lead the development of digital asset, cryptocurrency, and stablecoin products from initial concept through pilot and launch.
Define and own the product vision, roadmap, and specific use cases for crypto and stablecoin solutions.
Translate blockchain technologies into clear product requirements, technical trade-offs, and executable delivery plans.
Partner with engineering and architecture teams to design production-grade, scalable blockchain-based payment solutions.
Collaborate with legal, risk, and compliance teams to ensure all products meet regulatory requirements and internal rules.
Engage with external partners like VASPs and fintechs to co-develop and integrate crypto solutions into the Mastercard ecosystem.
Execute proofs-of-concept and market tests to gather data for product iterations and commercialization decisions.
Build business cases and success metrics to demonstrate customer value and commercial viability of new products.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree required.
Advanced degree (preferred).
Proven experience leading product development for cryptocurrency, stablecoin, or blockchain-based solutions in a regulated financial services environment.
Strong understanding of blockchain infrastructure, stablecoin models, wallets, settlement flows, and on/off-ramp architectures.
Demonstrated ability to partner with engineering, security, legal, compliance, and risk teams to deliver production-grade solutions.
Track record of taking new products from concept to launch while managing requirements and trade-offs.
Strong problem solving, research, analytical, and quantitative skills to build business cases for commercial value.
Prior consulting, banking, or emerging payments experience (preferred).
Blockchain
Tokenization
Digital Assets
Wallet Infrastructure
Technology Architecture
Governance
Capital Markets
Vendor Strategy
Product Innovation
Business Development