Innovation Manager

Mastercard Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard Inc. in London seeks an Innovation Manager to drive new product concepts for the Commercial and New Payment Flows portfolio, partnering with Foundry, research, and design teams to move ideas toward pilots and commercialization.

You will own roadmaps, pilot-launch plans and business cases, building relationships across Global Products and Foundry teams to support delivery of new products. Experience in developing and commercializing new products, a data-driven approach, and the ability

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and commercializing new products.
• Understanding of product development concepts and practices across the product development life cycle.
• Experience in overseeing rapid prototyping for global/multi-region products.
• Demonstrated ability to generate, structure, evaluate, and promote innovative ideas.

Responsibilities

• Help drive the generation and analysis of new concepts and solutions for CNPF, interfacing with product teams, customers, and end-users.
• Own the development of concepts into commercial products from concept through pilot, incubation and commercialization.
• Develop and own product roadmaps, pilot launch plans and business cases.

Skills

Product development

Data-driven

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Title and Summary

Innovation Manager Overview At Mastercard, we believe that the future of our business depends on our ability to define and differentiate new products and solutions that drive value for our customers. Mastercard Foundry builds next-generation offerings that engineer the future of commerce. Across our interdisciplinary teams and five global R&D Labs, we create differentiated product experiences for our customers and partners leveraging actionable insights, design expertise, and advanced technologies. Through our innovation portfolios, we partner with the program teams to define key focus areas where we co invest with them to create, incubate and scale new products and services. The Innovation Manager role is a key part of the Commercial and New Payment Flows (CNPF) portfolio, focused on building new innovative solutions to address small business pain points.

Role

• Help drive the generation and analysis of new concepts and solutions for CNPF, interfacing with internal product teams, customers, and end-users
• Own the development of concepts into commercial products, from concept through pilot, incubation and commercialization, leveraging the Foundry Engineering, Customer Research, and Experience Design teams
• Develop and own product roadmaps, pilot launch plans and business cases throughout the product development process
• Build relationships across the Global Products teams and Foundry teams to support the delivery of new products.
• Support the ideation and development of a strong pipeline of Foundry projects leveraging internal and external relationships
• Uses a data-driven approach to assess market opportunities and to build business cases incorporating accurate representations of future revenues and expense bases.

All About You

• Experience in developing and commercializing new products
• Understanding of product development concepts and practices across the product development life cycle.
• Experience in overseeing the rapid prototyping process for global/ multi-region products
• Demonstrated success in generating, structuring, evaluating, and promoting innovative ideas within an organization
• Able to build relationships and delivering results with global, multi-cultural and remote project teams
• Strong communication skills, able to articulate and where necessary simplify concepts and details.
• A strong interest and understanding of the payments industry and/or working in a B2B2C ecosystem.

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.

Everyone wants easier ways to pay; we invent them. Checkout lines are slow; we speed them along. Merchants want more sales; we give them data and insights. People need financial access; we connect them. Corporate purchasing is complicated; we make it simple. Commuters are busy; we speed them on their way. Governments need greater efficiencies; we help create them. Small businesses are virtual; we give them access to a world of buyers. Retailers want to fight fraud; we provide the tools.