Global Product Manager

Our Purpose
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.
*Title And Summary*
Global Product Manager

Mastercard Internal Title: Senior Specialist, Product Management (Data Network)

Overview
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.

Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Overview
The Business & Market Insights team is looking for a Senior Specialist to support building top knoch data driven product leveraging Mastercard and third parties data assets. The ideal candidate spent time crafting data products in Big Tech, Retail & Commerce or Finance, is highly motivated, intellectually curious, analytical, and possesses an entrepreneurial mindset.

Role

Key Responsibilities

• Product Strategy: Support the Global Product Manager in crafting the product strategy from feature to go-to-market and maintain accurate product backlog
• Business Case Development: Build comprehensive business cases tailored to different geographies and use cases, supporting strategic decision-making.
• Sparring partner: Ensure smooth and transparent collaboration across various team (Tech, UX/UI, Legal, Privacy, BD,…), particularly around solution development discussions.
• Internal Communication: Develop and manage internal communication channels, including newsletters, email updates, and alignment with the corporate communications team to maintain high engagement on the initiative
• Executive Reporting: Deliver frequent and accurate reports to executive stakeholders, providing clear insights and progress updates.
• Go-To-Market Support: Assist with GTM initiatives, including internal and external discussions, document preparation, pitch presentations, and communication strategies.

Qualifications

• API/data product experience (real‑time decisioning, authorization flows)
• Comfort with complex ecosystems; ability to operate in a global matrix
• Data quality, security‑minded design
• Stakeholder communication and executive updates; crisp narrative skills
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in business case development and reporting.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with technical and business teams.
• Familiarity with GTM strategies and execution.

Knowledge Which Would Be a Plus For This Role:

• Payment ecosystem
• Cashier system/POS vendors ecosystem
• CMS/Ecommerce stack ecosystem
• Data privacy/compliance awareness
• GenAI model deployment and maintenance cycle

All About You
The ideal candidate for this position should have a mix of capabilities:

• Can translate complex technical concepts into crisp narratives, executive summaries, and board‑ready updates; strong slide-writing and data storytelling.
• Proven ability to align and influence diverse stakeholders (Tech, Product, Finance, Sales, Corp Comms) and manage expectations across geographies.
• Builds robust multi‑scenario business cases (TAM/SAM/SOM, cost‑benefit, sensitivity analysis) and ties models to strategic outcomes and measurable KPIs.
• Comfortable running cadences (standups, steering committees), driving decision logs, risks/assumptions tracking, and keeping initiatives on time.
• Always look for potential solutions to solve problems
• Experience in roles like Product/Program Manager, Business Operations, Strategic Communications, GTM/Enablement, or Management Consulting.
• Advanced and structured storytelling, ability to craft narratives with visuals and data (pivot tables, scenario analysis), familiarity with financial modeling principles.

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.