Director, Product Management

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

Director, Product Management

Overview

As the Commercialization and Go-to-market Director, you will be responsible for developing and executing go-to-market strategies that drive the adoption and growth of Mastercard's Real-time payments solutions. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including strategy, product management, sales, marketing and communications, to ensure that our products meet the needs of our customers and stand out in the market.

Key Responsibilities:
· Be the business face off to the functional teams and coordinate with all internal product stakeholders for implementation of go-to-market strategies and initiatives, product and customer involvement in events, to drive product awareness and adoption.
· Define and help implement social media presence to amplify go-to market of products defined as ready for sale.
· Produce content for Social Media presence for Real-Time Payments
· Define and manage the presence for Real-Time Payments at internal events and external industry events.
· Define and identify customer proof points and testimonials, product research and product competitor intelligence.
· Supports go-to-market planning through customer research, competitive analysis, and insight-driven recommendations.
· Collaborate with product management to use product features to define benefits, and unique selling points.
· Work with the sales team to develop sales enablement materials and client facing presentations.
· Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, partners, and industry influencers.
· Support RFP and RFI response developments for new business opportunities
· Support the RTP Product & Commercial team with thought leadership and industry research
· Leads the analysis of Go to market and sales enablement in partnership with marketing that translates product capabilities into plans that executable to generate long term business results

Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in business, or a related field; MBA preferred.
• Proven experience and technical skills in product commercialisation and go-to-market, preferably in the technology or financial services industry.
• Strong understanding of product commercialisation principles, including market research, product positioning, and digital go to market.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data and make data-driven decisions.
• Creative thinker with a passion for innovation and problem-solving.

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.