Title and Summary

Manager, Product Management - Fraud - Cyber & Intelligence

The Cyber & Intelligence solutions (C&I) team is responsible for MasterCard's safety and security related product management efforts to protect the integrity of the electronic payment system as well as ensure payments are convenient yet secure. The C&I products are focused on enabling authentication, fraud prevention, risk mitigation and dispute resolution across all payment channels as well as all stakeholders; issuers, acquirers, merchants, processors and consumers.

Overview of Accountabilities:

C&I has a very wide product portfolio. The Manager, Market Product Management, will have the responsibility for Security & Decision products, and Authentication & Identity Solutions Products

The Manager will work closely with VP - C&I MEA Region, as well as the regional management and account management teams to determine market needs and define product solutions. He/she will leverage opportunities to utilize MasterCard risk solutions and strategies to differentiate the Mastercard offering and support local market process and brand initiatives.

The position will report to the Director, Market Product Management, Cyber & Intelligence solutions - MEA and will own the product P&L, and marketing & distribution responsibilities of the suite of C&I security products identified above.

Can you develop and articulate, to internal and external audiences including our issuer, merchant and acquirer partners, thought leadership on current fraud trends in customer needs, best practices, implications for product rollouts, and future product opportunities?

Do you have a proven track record of executing strategy success fully against measurable objectives?

Can you work in in a diverse cross functional environment with limited support?

Role

Assist the C&I team in the MEA Region to create and implement the regional strategies, including deep analysis of all market drivers and development of a fully syndicated set of achievable recommendations for next 3-5 years.

Working closely with regional teams to identify and execute product enhancements and new product constructs to drive additional revenue opportunities. These efforts include ideation, concept validation, business case development, creation of associated pricing and other market readiness activities

Demonstrate thought-leadership, product/technology development expertise and strong project management skills in the integration of technology into new product and service solutions.

Foster and maintain a close partnership with region sales teams to drive the commercialization of new benefits and services for issuers, acquirers and merchants to create the integrated marketing and sales approach.

Understand the required product functionality and features, and commercialization of products in consultation with internal stakeholders (i.e., product sales, customer delivery, relationship managers, Operations & Technology, Legal, Franchise, etc.) external customers and third parties.

Build relationships with other MasterCard product teams, MasterCard Advisors, regional sales teams, account leads and key customers to garner feedback and drive ongoing development and associated revenue opportunities of fraud processing products.

Manage performance of MasterCard's Risk solutions, and identify "Leading with Services" (LWS) opportunities with issuers, acquirers and merchants, delivered through the C&I team or MasterCard Advisors.

Understand the required product functionality and features, and commercialization of products in consultation with internal stakeholders (i.e., product sales, customer delivery, relationship managers, O&T, Legal, Franchise, etc.) external customers and third parties.

Ensure accurate and timely budget tracking and forecasting.

Monitor and evaluate product performance; ability to locate and use relevant data to support performance measurement, tracking, and product insights. Assist with the implementation of a new product management excellence (PME) discipline.

All About You

This position requires a highly collaborative individual who will need to manage relationships across multiple functional areas, regions and executives.

Cross-functional team leadership experience managing multiple, complex projects concurrently and delivering timely results under tight timelines

Knowledge of processing industry, fraud and authentication products and the broader ecosystem understanding of competitive landscape and industry trends a plus

Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with an ability to identify key issues, structure analysis and synthesize large amounts of data, and provide recommendations effectively

Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to influence and build credibility; team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible

Personal presence and ability to clearly communicate compelling messages to senior management and business partners

Technology savvy; close collaboration with Operations and Technology and future processing businesses

Ability to embrace complexity, but deliver/articulate simplicity

Advanced degree helpful.

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.