Specialist, Product Management

Mastercard; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a Specialist, Product Management to lead analytics-oriented development. You will partner with engineering, data science, UX, and business stakeholders to shape and deliver end-to-end product solutions for global clients.

You will translate user needs into features, balance business value with technical feasibility, and evangelize the product across the sales organization. This role demands strong collaboration and strategic thinking.

Qualifications

• Strong technical aptitude to understand complex concepts.
• Ability to collaborate with engineers, designers, sales, and users.
• Quick learner capable of multi-tasking in a team.
• Familiarity with data science concepts and ML basics.

Responsibilities

• Drive development of new analytics platform functionality for global clients.
• Develop product strategy from user research, market trends, and commercial priorities.
• Translate user insights into concrete products and features with data-informed decisions.
• Own end-to-end feature development: identify problems, write requirements, support testing, measure impact.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to bring ideas to life from problem to deployment.
• Work with UX designers, engineers, and data science to deliver valuable enhancements.

Skills

Technical aptitude

Cross-functional collaboration

Product management experience

Data science concepts

Education

Relevant field experience

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

Specialist, Product Management

Overview

The Services team is a key differentiator for Mastercard, providing cutting-edge products and services that help our customers. Focused on thinking big and scaling quickly around the globe, this agile team is responsible for end-to-end solutions for a diverse global customer base including issuers, acquirers, and merchants. Centered on data-driven technologies and innovation, these services include payments-focused consulting, loyalty and marketing programs, business experimentation (Test & Learn), and data-driven information and risk management services.

Test & Learn

As a member of the Test & Learn Product Management team, you will build industry-leading experimentation software which brings sophisticated analytic techniques to businesses and users around the world. We are rapidly building new products, improving existing products, and expanding the ways we deliver Test & Learn to our clients. We are looking for innovators who can execute and evolve our product strategy, tackling the big challenges of the future.

In this role, you will be responsible for being the product lead on an analytics-oriented development team. Partnering closely with cross-functional collaborators like engineering and data science teams to understand software capabilities, UX designers and users to understand use cases and design solutions, and additional business stakeholders to understand commercial value and development priorities.

Position Responsibilities:

• Drive the development of new functionality within an analytics platform used by the world’s largest organizations to make critical, multi-million-dollar decisions.
• Develop product strategy derived from user research, market trends, customer pain points, and commercial priorities.
• Translate a deep understanding of our users into specific products and features, leveraging user research, market research, sales and marketing knowledge, and usage data to inform decisions.
• Own end-to-end feature development. Identify and prioritize problems, define use cases, design solutions, write requirements, support development and testing, and measure impact to inform future decisions.
• Work hand-in-hand with cross-functional product teams to bring ideas to life, from problem identification to solution design, requirements development, testing, deployment, and performance measurement.
• Work together with UX designers, engineers, and data science teams to deliver feature ideas and concepts to users. Executing strong technical, analytical, and design skills in order to build valuable enhancements and features to the software platform.
• Act as a product evangelist, partnering with the sales team to deeply understand customer needs and effectively communicate the value proposition of the analytics

All About You:

• Strong technical aptitude and ability to understand complex technical concepts.
• Can work closely with cross-functional partners like engineers, designers, sales, marketing, and users.
• A quick learner with the ability to multi-task in a team environment, not afraid to ask questions and make decisions. Enthusiastic, effective team member and mentor.
• Familiarity with data science concepts, machine learning algorithms and techniques, and software development approaches
• Broad strategic thinking skills, adept in translating product vision/strategy into an actionable roadmap.
• Creative problem-solver, can balance competing needs and prioritize thoughtfully.
• Passion for delivering high-quality products that meet customer needs and drive business success.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong professional presence. Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Professional experience in product management, data science, analytics, technology, economics, and/or similar fields.

Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact [e-mail] and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

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.

Pay Ranges

Arlington, Virginia: $95,000 - $158,000 USD