About the position
Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. As a Product Manager, you will help deliver on our Open Banking payments product strategy through various Account-to-Account (A2A) initiatives globally, driving optimization, growth, and market readiness. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build and enhance payment products that deliver on strategic objectives, leveraging user insights, market trends, and emerging technologies to shape our roadmap and achieve measurable outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Support our A2A product vision and strategic initiatives for Open Banking globally.
- Engage global and regional teams including product managers, designers, engineers, compliance, and legal to deliver scalable solutions.
- Identify and evaluate opportunities for product optimization across markets.
- Build and manage relationships with strategic third-party partners, supporting contract negotiations, deal modeling, and implementations.
- Stay informed on Open Banking industry trends, regulations, and the competitive landscape to refine product positioning.
- Communicate product progress and performance to executive and non-executive stakeholders ensuring alignment and transparency.
Requirements
- Familiarity with the Open Banking industry; global experience is a strong plus.
- Product Manager experience with a demonstrated ability to define a product roadmap, document requirements, and define / monitor KPIs.
- Experience with A2A payments, platforms and operators (e.g. ACH, RTP, FedNOW, SEPA).
- Experience working directly with partners and customers (e.g. large and emerging Financial Institutions, Service Providers, Processors, and/or digital platform partners on A2A payments and/or Open Banking).
- Ability to analyze complex issues, identify opportunities, and develop actionable plans.
- Demonstrated success in building relationships across cross-functional teams and working independently in fast-paced environments.
- Strong written and verbal skills, including the ability to present ideas effectively to diverse audiences.
- Excellent multitasking abilities, with the capacity to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Benefits
- 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
