Senior Specialist, Product Management

MasterCard; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Specialist in Product Management to lead the lifecycle of cybersecurity standards. This role emphasizes product vision, strategy, and execution, requiring a data-driven approach to enhance product offerings. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure the delivery of market-leading products while navigating the complexities of the cybersecurity landscape. If you are passionate about payments and customer experience, this opportunity allows you to make a significant impact in a rapidly evolving field.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in product management, particularly in software development.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, threats, and technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full product lifecycle for cybersecurity standards.
• Drive ideation and assist with the commercialization of solutions.

Skills

Product Management

Cybersecurity Principles

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving

Customer Focus

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Agile Methodologies

Data Analysis Tools

Job description

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Senior Specialist, Product Management

Apply locations Toronto, Canada | time type Full time | posted on Posted 30+ Days Ago | job requisition id R-244578

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, innovation, partnerships, and networks combine to deliver unique products and services that help people, businesses, and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary

Senior Specialist, Product Management

Who is Mastercard?

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships, and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.

Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Services within Mastercard are responsible for acquiring, engaging, and retaining customers by managing fraud and risk, enhancing cybersecurity, and improving the digital payments experience. We provide value-added services and leverage expertise, data-driven insights, and execution.

As Sr. Specialist, Product Management, you will lead the full product lifecycle for cybersecurity standards, emphasizing product vision, strategy, and execution. You will help define product roadmaps, drive ideation, and assist with the commercialization of solutions that address critical regulatory and compliance needs.

Your product management expertise will ensure effective collaboration with internal stakeholders to deliver profitable, market-leading products. You'll oversee go-to-market strategies, optimize resources, implement continuous improvements, and manage P&L. Leveraging your deep knowledge of frameworks like PCI DSS and ISO 27001, you will ensure the products remain relevant and secure in a rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape.

This role requires a curious, thoughtful, and analytical person with drive and passion for payments, fraud, and customer experience:

• Take part in the rapid evolution of your products and ensure that our rich value proposition is fully delivered
• Take a data-driven approach to product enhancements, identifying opportunity areas and contributing to the product roadmap, prioritizing work to deliver against key areas of focus
• Understand the Software Development Lifecycle and surface any barriers or obstacles to deliver capabilities on time and budget
• Leverage data & dashboards to quickly identify Product performance challenges, making recommendations on proposed action plans
• Establish and maintain strong two-way communications with our go-to-market teams, customers, and partners
• Support the evaluation, piloting, and launch of new capabilities for your products
• Monitor and assess risk of both existing and emerging competitive solutions, seeking to differentiate core capabilities, features, and functions to ensure consistent competitive advantage in the marketplace
• Incorporate an understanding of the broader payments ecosystem into ongoing product management (e.g., regulatory, legal, technology, competitive, technological environment, etc.)

All About You

• Technical Expertise: A solid understanding of cybersecurity principles, threats, and technologies is ideal.
• Industry Knowledge: Familiarity with the cybersecurity industry, including current trends, regulatory requirements, and best practices. This helps in making informed decisions and staying ahead of emerging threats.
• Product Development Experience: Proven experience in product management, particularly in software development. This includes skills in product lifecycle management, agile methodologies, and cross-functional team collaboration.
• Analytical Skills: Ability to analyze market data, customer feedback, and competitive landscape to identify opportunities and make data-driven decisions.
• Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and collaborate with various teams.
• Problem-Solving Abilities: Aptitude for identifying problems, developing solutions, and implementing them efficiently. This is crucial in addressing security vulnerabilities and improving product performance.
• Customer Focus: Understanding customer needs and pain points related to cybersecurity. Ability to translate these insights into product features that enhance security and user experience.
• Project Management Skills: Competence in working on multiple projects simultaneously, prioritizing tasks, and ensuring timely delivery of product milestones.
• Continuous Learning: Commitment to staying updated with the latest cybersecurity developments and continuously improving skills and knowledge.

#securitysolutions Mastercard is an inclusive, merit-based employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disability, or veteran status. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance during the application or recruitment process, please contact [e-mail].

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks come with inherent risks. Every employee must:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
• Ensure confidentiality and integrity of accessed information;
• Report suspected security violations or breaches;
• Complete mandatory security trainings.

About Us

Everyone wants easier ways to pay; we invent them. Checkout lines are slow; we speed them up. Merchants want more sales; we provide data and insights. People need financial access; we connect them. Corporate purchasing is complicated; we simplify it. Commuters are busy; we speed them on their way. We help create new solutions for a connected world.