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Director, Products and Solutions

AT Mastercard
Mastercard

Director, Products and Solutions

Pasay, Philippines

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, Products and Solutions

The Southeast Product & Innovation function focuses on driving overall transaction volume, digital acceleration, and profitable revenue growth for Mastercard's portfolios. This group actively collaborates with internal teams across Mastercard, and external parties including customers (the Issuers), merchants, and new strategic alliance partners to build innovative market specific product solutions focused on capturing current and future electronic payments spending volume.

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The successful candidate will have accountability for developing the go-to-market strategy and implementing the roadmap. The individual will also be responsible for managing the product life cycle programs and for supporting markets with presentations and customized product development requests. The individual will work closely with product counterparts and sales across the Southeast Asia division to ensure alignment with the customer-focused strategy.

Major Accountabilities

• Develop Go-To-Market product and digital strategies and roadmaps; accelerating digitization across banking partners and seeking new payment flows
• Monitoring the landscape of competitive products and industry trends, understanding their implications for Mastercard and suggesting proactive measures as required
• Utilize local research develop up to date communication strategies with consumers to engage them in successful acquisition, activation, usage campaigns
• Develop best practice material for issuers including
• Develop a 'Life Cycle Management' approach to constantly enhance/ modify/ upgrade products & benefits in line with market/ issuer/ segment needs to ensure maximum profitability to Mastercard through usage and retention
• Collaborate with relevant internal teams to support the launch of programs & benefits
• Develop presentations to proactively highlight white space opportunities to issuers, market trends, and how Mastercard's solutions and advancements can drive product innovation
Support market and issuers in the creation of value propositions that leverage key features of existing and / or new product platforms
• Support Markets with customized product development requests
• Must demonstrate strong influencing and negotiation skills
• Demonstrate proven ability to develop and successfully implement, quantifiable business plans
• Industry knowledge and networking
• Comfortable working on multiple tasks
• Analytical thinking
• Customer focus with extensive knowledge of customer profitability drivers and consumer usage drivers

Key Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required

Experience/Skills Required:
• Experience with strategic and business planning
• Understanding of competitive offerings and industry trends
• Ability to oversee multiple projects and initiatives concurrently
• Proven experience working collaboratively in a cross-functional role
• Consultative selling experience with good negotiation skills
• Team player and achievement oriented
• Excellent stakeholder management
• Outstanding communication/presentation skills
• Strong skills in MS PowerPoint, Word and Excel; Presentation deck writing and proposal 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.

Client-provided location(s): Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines
Job ID: Mastercard-22331_R-236608
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)
  • 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)
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program