Director, Product Management, Global Open Banking

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, Global Open Banking

Overview

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.

Services within Mastercard is responsible for acquiring, engaging, and retaining customers by improving the digital payments experience and beyond. We provide value-added services by leveraging the team’s expertise, data-driven insights, and laser-focused execution.

The Mastercard Global Open Finance product team brings to life our vision of empowering consumers and small businesses to benefit from their financial data. Trusted by leading organizations, our Open Finance platform enables some of the industry’s most transformative services.

Role

We’re seeking a collaborative and results-oriented product manager who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. You are passionate about empowering consumers, leveraging cutting-edge technologies, and delivering impactful solutions. As a natural leader and team player, you excel in building relationships and driving strategic outcomes with energy, creativity, and accountability.

As a Product Manager, you will help deliver on our Global Open Finance product strategy by identifying ways to enhance Mastercard’s services and products via our Open Finance business– identifying synergies, uncovering opportunities to drive unique services and programs, and dissecting product constructs across Mastercard to realize new opportunities. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build and enhance products that deliver on strategic objectives, leveraging user insights, market trends, and emerging technologies to shape our roadmap and achieve measurable outcomes.

In this role, you will:

• Identify and evaluate opportunities for product and services optimization across markets, the broader Mastercard business, and at global scale.
• Engage global and regional teams including product managers, designers, engineers, strategy, compliance, and legal to deliver scalable solutions.
• Serve as a key liaison between business stakeholders, developers, and end-users to ensure alignment on priorities and expectations.
• Craft and present compelling business cases and project plans to stakeholders to secure buy-in and prioritize work within a competitive environment.
• Communicate product progress, performance, risk and opportunities to key internal stakeholders, ensuring alignment and transparency across the Mastercard business.
• Design, develop, and drive workshops, working groups and sessions to ensure alignment, capture action items, and progress against joint team initiatives.
• Own product roadmap execution, including translating strategic priorities into clear requirements, epics, features, success metrics, and delivery milestones
• Partner with engineering and cross-functional teams through planning cycles to track progress against objectives and KPIs.
• Stay informed on Open Finance industry trends, regulations, and the competitive landscape to refine product positioning.

All About You

• Proactive in identifying, analyzing, and scoping opportunities; challenges the status quo to drive innovation and uncover new solutions.
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional product initiatives from opportunity assessment through execution, including roadmap definition, requirements, delivery planning, and KPI management.
• Strong data acumen, leveraging customer, market, product, and financial data to inform decisions, identify opportunities, and measure business impact.
• Extensive experience with customers and external partners to problem solve and develop products that provide value and address their needs.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, navigate ambiguity, and align product, engineering, strategy, legal, compliance, regional, and commercial teams.
• Thrives in fast-paced, cross-functional environments, setting clear priorities and milestones to deliver tangible outcomes with urgency.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with a track record of building relationships across teams while operating independently.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, analyze complex issues, and translate opportunities into actionable plans.
• Familiarity with Open Finance practices, regulations, and standards strongly preferred.

Mastercard is a merit-based, 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. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] 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 and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. 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 of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 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; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.

Pay Ranges

Purchase, New York: $179,000 - $305,000 USD