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Senior Product Strategist - Business Intelligence (Global)

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Mastercard

Senior Product Strategist - Business Intelligence (Global)

Lisbon, Portugal

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

Senior Product Strategist - Business Intelligence (Global)

Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard powers an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere. We make transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible through secure data, trusted networks, and strong partnerships.

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Driven by our Decency Quotient (DQ), we cultivate a culture of inclusion, respect, and collaboration-believing that our differences make us stronger and lead to better decisions, innovation, and business outcomes.

Overview
The Mastercard Business Intelligence (MBI) Platform is a global gateway to business insights, thought leadership, and data visualization tools-leveraging clients' portfolio data. It unifies access to over 30 Mastercard Services solutions through a seamless, personalized user experience. Like a marketplace, users can explore, subscribe to, and interact with services available in their region via a single access point.

The Role
As a Senior Specialist, you will help shape the strategic direction, operations, and continual enhancement of the MBI Platform. You'll lead product assessments, optimize platform offerings, and align internal stakeholders to ensure MBI evolves with Mastercard's priorities and client needs.
The role within our Business Intelligence global team involves close collaboration with global teams and regional teams, from different business units.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Assessment & Prioritization
Evaluate new product and expansion requests for strategic alignment and value creation. Recommend prioritization to maximize business impact.

• Offering Management & Opportunity Identification
Oversee the platform's product offering across segments (issuer, acquirer, emerging clients). Identify market gaps, overlaps, and opportunities for enhancement or innovation.

• Distribution & Visibility Strategy
Support development of MBI's go-to-market and monetization strategies. Help define incentive models to support scalable, sustainable growth.

• Operational Excellence & Quality
Design and improve processes for efficient operations and high service standards. Conduct audits of platform content, UX, and performance. Drive continuous quality improvements.

• Enablement & Strategic Communication
Create and maintain collateral such as onboarding tools, sales decks, and use cases. Develop presentations and briefings tailored to senior stakeholders.

• Stakeholder Engagement & Alignment
Collaborate across teams-product, business, and technical-to ensure alignment and drive internal engagement through clear, consistent communication.

About You

• 3-6 years of relevant work experience, ideally in consulting, with a proven ability to distill complex problems, develop structured solutions, and deliver actionable insights.
• Strong project management skills-able to juggle competing priorities, meet deadlines, and manage ambiguity.
• Experienced in managing global and cross-functional initiatives, with a track record of driving impact across diverse teams.
• Understanding payment technologies, financial services, or business intelligence platforms is a plus.
• A strategic communicator who can bridge business and technical teams, influencing decisions at all levels.
• Skilled in storytelling, presentation tools, and emerging AI productivity platforms.
• Excellent at building relationships and aligning stakeholders across functions and regions.
• Strong commitment to the Mastercard Way values, embracing a collaborative mindset and fostering a true One Team spirit across all interactions.

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.

Client-provided location(s): Lisbon, Portugal
Job ID: Mastercard-22331_R-251184
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • On-Site Gym
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
    • Health Reimbursement Account
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
    • On-site/Nearby Childcare
    • Adoption Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Company Outings
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
    • Some Meals Provided
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Financial Counseling
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • 401(K)
    • Company Equity
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Internship Program
    • Work Visa Sponsorship
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)