VP, Publisher Experience and Platform, Commerce Media

Mastercard; New York (NY); On-site; USD 245,000 - 391,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401k with company match

Paid leaves and vacation

Tuition reimbursement

Fitness reimbursement

Job summary

A leading financial technology company in New York City is seeking a VP, Publisher Experience and Platform. This role encompasses ownership of a new digital media network focused on personalized advertising. The ideal candidate will leverage their extensive Ad Tech experience to define product strategies, ensure integration of AI capabilities, and lead a high-performing team. Offering a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, this is an opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Solid Ad Tech platform experience required.
• Background in commerce media or real-time platforms preferred.
• Proven leadership in AI product strategies.
• Excellent executive communication skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end platform vision for the Commerce Media platform.
• Set strategy for the publisher's experience involving all core elements.
• Drive an API-first product approach for integrations.
• Lead and mentor a high-performing team of product leaders.

Skills

Ad Tech platform experience

Experience in commerce media

Leadership skills

AI product strategy

Excellent communication skills

Judgment in high throughput environments

Job description

Overview

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

VP, Publisher Experience and Platform, Commerce Media Role Overview

We are seeking a VP of Publisher Experience and Platform Mastercard Commerce Media, a newly established digital media network, where advertisers can reach consumers with highly personalized, targeted ads and offers on premium publishing channels. This leader will be responsible for the new platform for publishers, inclusive of front end, back end, decision engine, reporting, onboarding, and overall publisher experience to display ads and offers.

Responsibilities

• Product Strategy & Vision • Own the end to end platform vision and multi year roadmap for the Commerce Media platform.
• Product Strategy • Set strategy for publisher experience to include platform front end, back end, adapters (Pre-Bid, SDK, JS, VAST), core decisioning, monetization, reporting and billing, and streamlined onboarding.
• Decision making • Make tradeoffs balancing customer value, revenue growth, platform scalability, and operational reliability.
• Product Execution & Delivery • Translate publisher needs and current processes into clear product priorities and outcomes to deliver scaled platform by Q3 2026.
• API & Integration • Drive an API first product approach that enables extensibility, partner integrations, and internal reuse.
• Collaboration • Partner closely with Engineering to ensure product requirements align with architectural and operational constraints.
• Data Strategy & Privacy • Work closely with cross functional partners on data strategy, privacy to integrate identify graph into platform.
• AI & Product Strategy • Champion responsible, AI first product strategies to improve decision quality, automation, and speed to market.
• AI Opportunities • Identify and prioritize AI driven opportunities across product experiences, experimentation, and analytics.
• AI Guardrails • Establish product level guardrails for AI use in performance and correctness critical environments.
• Leadership • Act as a senior partner to Engineering, Data Science, Sales, Marketing, Legal, and Operations.
• Communication • Communicate complex product strategies and tradeoffs clearly to executives, customers and non technical stakeholders.
• Representation • Represent the product portfolio in executive discussions, customer engagements, and strategic partnerships.
• Team & Culture • Build, lead, and mentor a high performing team of senior product leaders and managers.
• Decision Making • Foster a culture of ownership, clarity, and customer centric decision making.
• Team Execution • Lead distributed teams across time zones with alignment and accountability.

Qualifications

• Solid Ad Tech platform experience
• Background in commerce media, marketplaces, or real time platforms
• Platform owner of a commerce media business, have either built from the ground up or intimately familiar with existing platforms
• Proven experience leading platform or infrastructure adjacent solutions at enterprise scale.
• Strong judgment in complex, high throughput, real time or decisioning driven environments.
• Demonstrated success partnering deeply with Engineering on technically sophisticated products.
• People leader, talent developer
• Experience driving AI enabled product strategies with a focus on responsible adoption.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder influence skills.

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.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.

Pay Ranges

New York City, New York: $245,000 - $391,000 USD