Director Product Management, Technical

Mastercard

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Work type
On-site
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$187,000–$318,000 / yr
Posted
4 days ago
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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $220k
This role $252k
$155k most similar roles pay here $335k

This role pays more than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $182,143–$258,100 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $252k versus about $220k for comparable roles.

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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 128 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $122,000–$207,000 across 114 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Director Product Management, Technical

Director Product Management - Technical serves as a senior individual contributor leading product strategy and execution for global, real-time switching and authorization platforms. The role involves owning the vision, roadmap, and delivery of mission-critical transaction processing capabilities that require high availability, low latency, and extreme resiliency. You will define technical requirements, manage multi-year roadmaps, and collaborate with engineering and architecture teams to ensure operational readiness and scalability. Key responsibilities include translating complex ecosystem needs into actionable features while balancing risk and performance metrics. The role requires expertise in distributed systems, APIs, and modern software delivery practices. Preferred skills include experience with payment cryptographic services, EMV flows, ARQC/ARPC, account authentication, PIN-based services, and tokenization. This position addresses the technical challenge of processing billions of transactions to ensure secure, reliable payment experiences within a high-scale global commerce environment.

What you'll do

  • Define and own the long-term product vision and strategy for global switching and authorization platforms.
  • Translate complex customer and business needs into clear product roadmaps and prioritized features.
  • Serve as the technical authority for real-time transaction processing systems to ensure high availability and low latency.
  • Partner with engineering and architecture teams to influence design decisions and define non-functional requirements.
  • Manage multi-year roadmaps including near-term delivery, modernization initiatives, and risk assessments.
  • Define epics, features, and user stories with clear success metrics for technical product development.
  • Use performance data and platform metrics to continuously refine priorities and improve transaction reliability.
  • Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both executive and non-technical stakeholders across the organization.

What we're looking for

  • Significant experience in Technical Product Management for large-scale, distributed, high-availability systems.
  • Strong understanding of real-time platforms, APIs, integration patterns, and modern software delivery practices.
  • Proven ability to lead complex initiatives and influence senior stakeholders across a matrixed organization.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience or familiarity with payment cryptographic and security services (preferred).
  • Knowledge of EMV and authorization cryptographic flows, such as ARQC and ARPC (preferred).
  • Familiarity with Account Authentication Value, PIN-based services, and tokenization services (preferred).
  • Working knowledge of how cryptographic services integrate with authorization and switching platforms in a real-time payment environment (preferred).

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