Principal Product Manager - Technical - MasterCard

Our Purpose We work 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. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results. Title and Summary Principal Product Manager - Technical Overview: AI and Decision Product Enablement is a sophisticated, industry-leading intelligence platform with a range of capabilities that structure and apply complex business logic across the payment journey and beyond to inform and accelerate decisions at scale. The Principal Product Manager Technical will be responsible for driving strategy and roadmapping for program-level initiatives and collaborating with stakeholders to drive prioritization. Role: • Create vision, objectives, metrics, and goals for program initiatives and influence the roadmap of technical products that are part of the program. • Continuously monitor and analyze key performance indicators on the organization’s scorecard and move them in a positive direction. • Develop a prioritization framework and apply a data-driven methodology to drive prioritization, risk management, and roadmaps. • Use runtime metrics of their services in the market as a feedback loop into the backlog and balance the priorities against new feature requests. • Engage with market-facing product teams, architects, and engineering leaders to identify key platform product issues; solicit feedback on the platform product roadmap. • Mentor a team of high-performing technical product managers, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence. • Monitor industry trends and advancements to ensure the platform remains at the forefront of technology and intelligence. • Communicate effectively with senior leadership and other stakeholders to provide updates on progress and gather feedback. Role Qualifications: • Extensive experience in technical product management. Experience in AI/ML products preferred. • Excellent strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities. • Ability to collaborate effectively with global cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders. • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the payments industry or related fields. • Advanced degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Business). • Experience in AI/ML products #LI-TE1 Mastercard is an inclusive equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly. 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. In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: 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 and many more. Everyone wants easier ways to pay; we invent them. Checkout lines are slow; we speed them along. Merchants want more sales; we give them data and insights. People need financial access; we connect them. Corporate purchasing is complicated; we make it simple. Commuters are busy; we speed them on their way. Governments need greater efficiencies; we help create them. Small businesses are virtual; we give them access to a world of buyers. Retailers want to fight fraud; we provide the tools.