Specialist, Product Management

About the job

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 Specialist, Product Management Overview: Develops product strategies and roadmaps to execute to ensure maximum penetration of market segments. Manages and maintains existing product lines on an on-going basis, including partner management. Conducts opportunity assessments on new ideas and concepts. Provides design specifications for product enhancements to Product Development. Defines business and technical requirements, and manages the relationships of technical resources and the Global Technology Organization to maintain and build out platforms. Generates new and innovative product solutions that support organizational or product/segment strategy Owns the definition and delivery of strategic initiatives that articulate the product requirements and technical solutions required to enable this critical capability and change how commerce occurs online. Identifies and consolidates development needs from product management teams and regional stakeholders Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish product development directives and initiatives Performs assigned tasks in the product development life cycle, monitors project roadmaps for specific development projects and supports budget management Participates in development of functional specifications/requirements specific products, pilot product launches and in business awareness sessions/trainings Provides functional information to technical developers on translating product requirements into technical specifications Monitors the efficiency of development and implementation processes, and contributes to continuous improvement efforts Education: • Bachelor’s degree in business or equivalent work experience Knowledge / Experience: • experience, preferably in Financial Services • Experience in product management, product development, and project management desirable Skills/ Abilities: • Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills • Strong organizational, planning and follow-up skills • Strong analytical skills desirable • Business Acumen with the ability to provide solutions that drive positive results to the customer and MasterCard • Self motivated with a proven track record of delivering success while operating within a team 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.