MANAGER, PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

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 Manager, Product Management Overview.
Mastercard is a global technology company.
Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making payment and data transactions safe, simple, smart, and successful.
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.
The Digital Transformation and Optimization team is part of Consumer Solutions.
We are responsible for optimizing eCommerce solutions and for driving transaction authorization improvement for digital transactions globally.
We do this by being consumer centric for our products and services and being relevant in all consumer money flows.
Role.
An ideal candidate is passionate about learning new products and solutions, has a strong understanding of the drivers of digital commerce, leverages data insights to recommend actions and drive decisions, has strong storytelling skills and can liaise with key stakeholders—internally and externally—to commercialize, and scale solutions.
The Manager will own and support the commercialization of products and solutions partnering across the organization and engaging with our global customers.
The individual will analyze and track the customer adoption and performance of Authorization Optimizer across all regions.
This includes gathering data-driven insights and engaging directly with key stakeholders to understand barriers and deliver recommendations.
Key responsibilities.
• Develop regional go-to-market strategies and lead execution to ensure maximum penetration of product and value delivered to customers.
This includes aligning with regional and market level teams and supporting customer facing teams with go-to-market plans, material, pricing, and training • Create quantitative analysis, ad-hoc reports, and models to identify trends related to digital commerce transactions globally and support the adoption of products and solutions • Leverage data and market insights to create recommendations that will drive penetration, adoption, and development of new and existing strategic solutions • Create and maintain material in support of new and existing strategic solutions.
business cases, market needs, product roadmaps, customer feedback, success metrics, marketing and sales material, guides, etc.
• Lead development of internal presentations, external thought leadership, training, and sales materials • Ability to work in a matrix organization and influence various teams at the global and local level; key stakeholders include Finance, Market Development, Account Management, Customer Experience, Marketing, and C&I We are looking for candidates based in Lisbon, Portugal.
ALL ABOUT YOU • 5-7 years of business experience • Foundational background in product management and/or development • Passion for all things digital and intrinsic curiosity to understand new technology • Foundational background in product management or business development and experience with bringing products to market • Relationship management expertise and a customer centric mindset; ability to lead and drive customer meetings.
Can build and nurture meaningful relationships at all levels including with senior-level executives.
• Strong analytical skills with track record of translating data to derive market assessments and draw compelling insights • Excellent communication & influencing skills to work with internal and external stakeholders; ability to articulate problem statements, opportunity areas, and complex data models • Excellent project management and execution skills, with strong problem solving, highly analytical, quantitative communication and organizational skills.
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.
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.