Vice President, Products and Solutions (Core Products)

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

Vice President, Products and Solutions (Core Products)

Job Overview:
- Ensure positive cardholder experience by working with Issuers and Partners.
- Develop product strategies and roadmaps to execute to ensure maximum penetration of market segments.
- Manage and maintain existing product lines on an on-going basis, including vendor management.
- Conduct opportunity assessments on new ideas and concepts.
- Provide design specifications for product enhancements to Product Development.
- Define business and technical requirements, and manage the relationships of technical resources and the Global Technology Organization to maintain and build out platforms.

Major Accountabilities:
• Work with Issuers and Partners to create positive experiences for cardholders • GDV growth of Product and support new and increased issuance
• Identify strategic business-building opportunities in products and solutions that can be offered to customers
• Be an industry expert to determine new needs and innovations that MasterCard may want to investigate
• Monitor performance, provide feedback, define & approve change control processes, and manage partner relationships
• Overall responsibility for idea generation; concept validation; and business case development for existing products
• Develop and implement programs and initiatives using the Go-To-Market process to increase card issuance in both established and emerging markets
• Responsible for evaluating and applying market research and directing opportunity assessments on new ideas and concepts and communicating them to Product Development
• Direct coordination with Product Development, customers and third parties to develop strategy and enhancements of product offerings
• Oversee the planning, development and design of product marketing strategy from product decision through end of life cycle
• Build relationships with product groups to garner feedback for development of MasterCard products
• Oversee the execution of advertising, promotional, and sales programs to meet unit objectives
• Work with regional/line staff to ensure maximum penetration of market segments.
• Drive strategic and financial planning efforts and oversee management of the department
• Ensure appropriate staffing levels are maintained for current needs as well as anticipated growth and/or changes
• Lead department in development and completion of objectives and assess management staff against established measures
• Ensure that department objectives are aligned with the overall Business strategy and that individual team members are evaluated

• 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.