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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
Mastercard currently has
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Listed pay typically runs
$122,000–$207,000
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The Director, Product Management leads a team responsible for high-priority Open Finance payment solutions and an AI/ML-powered payment risk suite. This role involves building new-to-market capabilities from 0–1 while managing scaled solutions to predict and prevent ACH returns and fraud. Key responsibilities include defining portfolio strategy, leading product managers, and guiding products through the full lifecycle from innovation to commercialization. The successful candidate will partner with Data Science and Engineering teams to develop predictive risk models and decisioning experiences. Required skills include experience with cloud-based or API-enabled products, Agile methodologies, and tools like Confluence and JIRA. The role requires deep domain knowledge in payments, fintech, open banking, fraud, and security to translate complex technical concepts into measurable customer outcomes for financial institutions and merchants.
Define and execute the vision, strategy, roadmap, and investment priorities for the Open Finance payment portfolio.
Lead and develop a team of product managers by establishing clear ownership, priorities, and operating rhythms.
Guide products from 0–1 concept development through iterative delivery, launch, and large-scale commercialization.
Partner with Data Science and Engineering to develop and scale predictive AI/ML payment risk and fraud models.
Engage directly with financial institutions and fintechs to validate value propositions and translate market needs into the roadmap.
Develop product positioning, pricing, business cases, and go-to-market plans to drive revenue and adoption.
Communicate the product vision to executive leadership and align stakeholders across engineering, legal, and sales functions.
Establish success metrics and use data to continuously optimize product and model performance.
What we're looking for
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, preferably in payments, fintech, open banking, fraud, or risk (preferred).
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 to translate model capabilities into customer value.
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, go-to-market planning, and product profitability.
Excellent executive communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills to create alignment across complex global organizations.
Experience operating in Agile product development environments using tools such as Confluence and JIRA.
Product Strategy
Requirement Analysis
Process Development
Beta-site Testing
Product Positioning
Hardware Improvements
Process Specifications
Customized Process Development