Overview
The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting product development and management, analysis and reporting, and sharing best practices for Sustainability Solutions products, globally. In addition, the individual will play a critical role in future proofing our Sustainability Solutions strategy, including enhancements to the value proposition, driving scale, and supporting our customers in enabling a better consumer experience.
Responsibilities will include:
- Contributing to the management and go-to-market execution of Sustainability Solutions products
- Creating sales materials and other tools for internal and external audiences, to support product scaling
- Supporting the development of innovative and differentiated products to meet current and emerging needs of Mastercard customers and consumers
- Creating and maintaining a library of best practices and case studies on Sustainability Solutions products, to be shared with Product Sales, Account Teams and Customers
- Monitoring the landscape of competitive products and industry trends via desktop research or primary research engagements, understanding their implications on Sustainability Solutions, and making necessary adjustments to our product suite
- Supporting the deployment of product enhancements and new solutions to market including go-to-market activities and driving the product development roadmap
- Effectively communicating product enhancements and new capabilities to internal stakeholders and external customers
All about you
The ideal candidate should be intellectually curious, energetic, and able to operate with urgency. In addition, the role requires an individual who can demonstrate a disciplined approach to prioritization. Candidate must have strong communication skills with an ability to secure buy-in from executive leadership and experience in driving execution and alignment with regional and cross-functional teams.
Key attributes should include:
- Product Management and/or Product Development experience in relevant or related field; Experience in building solutions for credit card issuers a plus
- Self-starter and motivated to work independently and as an effective team member
- Multi-disciplinary knowledge, i.e., product management, consulting, marketing, business development
- Strong research and analytical skills – ability to turn qualitative and quantitative data and information analysis into actionable ‘insights’ that can influence decision making
- Ability to support the development of business requirements, for communication to Engineering teams as part of roadmap planning and execution
- Understanding of technical concepts like APIs, databases, and payment processing
- Ability to comfortably lead strategic product conversations with senior internal stakeholders
- Excellent presentation (oral and written) skills, tailored to the needs of different audiences at varying levels
- Experience leading projects through all phases of the project / product development lifecycle
- Ability to work with multiple stakeholders and projects in parallel, from initiation to completion
- Bachelors degree required. MBA preferred
- Excellent interpersonal skills, negotiation, conflict resolution and project management skills
- Understanding of competitive offerings and industry trends
- Intermediate technical/operations experience within financial payments industry
- Strong analytical and organizational skills – ability to identify process/efficiency enhancements and attention to detail
