Vice President, Product Management, Authentication Products, EEMEA

About This Role

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, Product Management, Authentication Products, EEMEA Summary:

Mastercard’s Digital team is responsible for Mastercard’s authentication suite of products to protect the integrity of the electronic payment system as well as ensure digital payments are convenient yet secure. The Digital products are focused on enabling penetration of digital products across all payment channels and payment ecosystem and stakeholders.

The candidate will be working on deploying and managing Mastercard Authentication solutions and products in EEMEA, focusing mainly on Identity Verification & Digital Identity solutions. The key responsibilities include ongoing management and enhancement of recently acquired identity verification services, analysis and evaluation of performance and insight generation, marketing and distribution of products and interacting with key customers and stakeholders (issuers, acquirers, processors, government entities, etc.)

Key Responsibilities:

• Regional lead and primary product point of contact in market for identity verification services recently acquired and broader market strategy for identity verification business.
• Responsible for development of and execution of go-to-market for identity verification services recently acquired.
• Responsible for development of and execution of go-to-market for of integrated solutions. Identity verification services includes 3DS, Passkey, ABU, Biometric checkout and similar product areas that drives more seamless and secure digital tokens with a focus on card-on-file, e-commerce transactions, wallet tokens and other strategic digital use cases.
• Responsible for working with digital commercialization solution sales specialists to establish an integrated sales plan across prioritized markets and segments.
• Accountable for ensuring that established sales revenue targets are met for recently acquired identity verification services and synergy solutions.
• Establishes process and runs reporting of KPIs for acquisition and identity verification business to regional and global senior management teams.
• Captures customer feedback on product and emerging needs and communicates feedback to regional and global Identity Verification product teams.
• Identifies new opportunities and defines market growth strategy for identity verification business
• Build overall understanding of Authentication Solutions offerings and broader Mastercard products and services to leverage synergies within the organization to maximize value delivered to customers

All About You:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, data analytics, business, or equivalent degree
• Extensive prior related work experience
• Knowledge of digital payments industry, digital identity / identity verification domain and products is highly preferrable. Experience from a top-rated consulting firm is a plus
• Effective problem solver, identifying and mitigating risks, solving and / or escalating issues as appropriate
• Excellent analytical skills with an ability to conduct structured analysis and synthesize large amounts of data. Advanced Excel skills
• Demonstrated success in product management and product development
• Ability in devising and presenting compelling product propositions & strategic visions.
• Ability to work on a team or independently
• Strong interpersonal skills to influence and build credibility, and be collaborative and flexible

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.