A2A Risk Solutions - Product Director

MasterCard; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a passionate Director of Product Management for its Financial Crime Solutions team. This role focuses on developing innovative strategies to reduce fraud while collaborating with stakeholders to enhance product offerings within a rapidly evolving landscape. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in payments and financial crime, with a strong commitment to security and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Significant background in payments and financial crime preferred.
• Experience with UK banks desired.
• Demonstrated multitasking abilities.

Responsibilities

• Drive product vision and strategy for A2A Risk Solutions.
• Collaborate with teams to develop business requirements.
• Ensure timely delivery of products.

Skills

Market knowledge

Fraud prevention

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Project management

Education

Background in payments or financial services

Job description

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

A2A Risk Solutions - Product Director Overview
The Financial Crime Solutions team is looking for a Director of Product Management, to help drive delivery of existing and new products, product road-map and strategy by consistently innovating and problem-solving. The ideal candidate is passionate about helping our customers to reduce fraud/scams, highly motivated, intellectually curious, analytical, and possesses an entrepreneurial mindset.

This role presents a unique opportunity to contribute to the ongoing success of our solutions in the UK and globally, by providing valuable support, and help shape the next phase of customer development and deployment. Through collaboration, strategic analysis and innovative thinking, this role will help strengthen our position in the market and provide unique learnings in an ever-evolving landscape.

Role
• Ensure A2A Risk Solutions remains the primary service offering in the UK and Globally.
• Develop and deliver pre- sales product vision, strategy and roadmap for the products and customer our services support, clearly communicating it to key stakeholders on an ongoing basis
• Collaborate with internal partners and engage directly with customers to gain deep understanding of needs - use customer research, feedback and data to build iteratively and test/ experiment innovative concepts and features.
• Take accountability for the delivery of key products and enhancements
• Understand the Software Development Lifecycle and surface any barriers or obstacles to deliver capabilities on time and budget. Proactively communicate situation and proposed solutions to senior management
• Participate with stakeholders in cross-functional teams (e.g. Data Science, Engineering, Product Operations) in the development of business requirements to achieve Product objectives
• Drive institutionalized knowledge through the use of consistent product documentation (e.g., support documents) across the Studio framework
• Understand regulations and localization needs impacting our business, establish foundational global implementations. Stay ahead of market trends and understanding to ensure we can deliver the best possible portfolio of products.

All About You
• Take a market knowledge approach to product enhancements, identifying opportunity areas and contributing to the Product roadmap, prioritizing work to deliver against key areas of focus
• Significant background in payments, financial crime, financial services, and specific experience working in fraud strongly preferred
• Experience / understanding of working with UK Banks / industry is desired.
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task and prioritize in order to meet project constraints (budget, deadlines, etc.)
• Incorporate and understanding of the broader payments ecosystem into ongoing product management (e.g. regulatory, legal, technology, competitive, technology environment etc.)
• Leverage working knowledge of Mastercard business, systems, products and customer requirements in making fact-based business and product decisions
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuous learning by leveraging the learning & development curriculum to augment existing knowledge, skills and experiences
• Lead by example with hands-on approaches to demonstrate product management excellence and share best practices
• Demonstrate and drive Mastercard Way behaviours through their behaviour, (e.g. customer and stakeholder interactions)

Corporate Security Responsibility
Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position 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 training in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

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.