Senior Specialist, Product Management – Emerging Payment Methods

Mastercard; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 90.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading financial services firm in Spain is looking for a Senior Specialist in Product Management focused on Emerging Payment Methods. This role is crucial in shaping core payments in Europe by driving innovations like Alternative Payment Methods, stablecoins, and Central Bank Digital Currencies. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in product management within the payments domain, excellent analytical skills, and strong stakeholder engagement ability. Fluency in English is required, along with a willingness to travel across Europe.

Formación

• Experience in product management, strategy, or fintech roles, ideally within payments.
• Understanding of the European payments landscape and regulatory frameworks.
• Familiarity with blockchain-based assets and CBDCs.

Responsabilidades

• Support product strategies for APMs, stablecoins, and CBDCs.
• Collaborate with product teams to ensure alignment and compliance.
• Translate regulatory developments into product requirements.

Conocimientos

Product management

Analytical skills

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Problem-solving

Agile environment experience

Fluency in English

Descripción del empleo

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build asustainableeconomy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactionssecure, 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

Senior Specialist, Product Management – Emerging Payment Methods Overview

The Senior Product Specialist will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of consumer core payments in Europe. This role focuses on emerging payment innovations, including Alternative Payment Methods (APMs), Stablecoins, and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). The ideal candidate will combine product execution skills with strategic curiosity, helping translate complex market dynamics into actionable product initiatives. You will work closely with cross‑functional teams to define, build and optimize next‑generation payment solutions that meet evolving consumer needs.

Role

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of product strategies for APMs, stablecoins and CBDCs across European markets
• Collaborate with global and regional product teams to ensure alignment, scalability and regulatory compliance
• Translate emerging trends and regulatory developments into product requirements and business opportunities
• Partner with internal stakeholders (e.g., Engineering, Compliance, Risk, Sales) and external entities (e.g., fintechs, financial institutions, regulators) to drive product commercialization
• Monitor performance metrics and customer feedback to inform continuous product improvement

Job Requirements

• Consolidate experience in product management, strategy or fintech roles, ideally within payments or digital assets
• Solid understanding of the European payments landscape, including APMs, blockchain‑based assets and CBDCs
• Familiarity with relevant regulatory frameworks (e.g., PSD2, MiCA, ECB Digital Euro initiatives)
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and complexity
• Experience working in cross‑functional teams and agile environments
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Fluent in English; additional European languages are a plus
• Willingness to travel across Europe as needed

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.