Director, Digital Payments Product Lead

Mastercard; Paris; Sur place; EUR 180 000 - 230 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Mastercard in Paris seeks a Director, Digital Payments Product Lead to drive adoption of Mastercard Digital Solutions in France. You will shape strategy for Click to Pay, Tokenization, Wallets and related initiatives, coordinating with issuing banks and fintechs to accelerate market impact.

You will lead client engagements, define solution designs, and partner with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, revenue-generating deployments in a fast-evolving payments landscape.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing senior client relationships (C-level).
• Strong commercial acumen with deal and partnerships experience.
• Strategic mindset combined with hands-on execution.

Responsabilités

• Partner with Account Managers to identify customer needs and gaps.
• Lead product discovery, solution design and engagements with banks and fintechs.
• Support sales cycles from opportunity to deal closure and negotiations.
• Own Digital Solutions like Click to Pay, Tokenization, Wallets for France.
• Coordinate with European teams to prioritize market requests.
• Monitor payments trends, competition, and regulatory developments.
• Design scalable deployment models and adoption strategies with customers.

Connaissances

Client facing

Payments expertise

Strategic thinking

Formation

Master’s degree or MBA

Description du poste

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, Digital Payments Product Lead

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, Digital Payments Product Lead

Overview

We are looking for a Digital Payments Product Leader to drive the adoption and evolution of Mastercard’s Digital Solutions portfolio in France. This role sits at the intersection of Product Management, Market Strategy and Customer Engagement. The successful candidate will act as the France market expert for Click to Pay, Tokenization, Digital Wallets and Payment Credentials, influencing product strategy, supporting customer implementations and shaping Mastercard’s digital payments roadmap

Role

In This Client-facing Leadership Position, You Will

• Partner with Account Managers to identify customer needs and market gaps to influence Mastercard's Digital Solutions roadmap in France by positioning Mastercard Digital Solutions effectively with clients and prospects
• Lead product discovery, solution design and strategic product engagements with issuing banks and fintechs.
• Support Account managers, Service & Marketing teams on the whole sales cycles, from opportunity identification through to deal closure, legal negotiation and commercialization
• Act as the owner Digital Solutions such as Click to Pay, SCOF, Wallets and other Tokenization initiatives for issuers and acquirers in France, ensuring alignment with the Acceptance strategy
• Coordinate with European Product team to ensure priorization of market requests and education of the French market on the Mastercard Digital roadmap
• Serve as the France market owner for Click to Pay, Tokenization, Wallets and Agentic initiatives.
• Monitor competitors, fintech innovation trends and regulatory developments impacting digital payments.
• Work with customers to design scalable deployment models and adoption strategies.

All About You

The ideal candidate will bring a strong mix of product & sales leadership, payments expertise, and strategic thinking:

• Demonstrated success in managing and influencing senior client relationships (C-level)
• Strong commercial acumen, with experience structuring complex deals and partnerships
• Strategic mindset combined with hands‑on execution capability

Experience And Other Requirements

• Strong Client facing experience
• Deep understanding of payment ecosystems, including issuers, acquirers
• High level of autonomy, proactivity, and a strong results-driven mindset
• Fluency in French and English (additional European languages are a plus)
• Master’s degree (Engineering, Business School, or MBA preferred)

Why this role matters

This role sits at the heart of Mastercard’s strategic ambition to lead the evolution of digital payments in France. By combining commercial leadership, product expertise, and ecosystem engagement, the Specialist Sales Director will directly contribute to accelerating adoption of next-generation payment experiences and strengthening Mastercard’s market leadership.

Location

Paris

Corporate Security Responsibility

• 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.