Director, Products and Solutions - Mastercard Payment Gateway

MasterCard; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Director for Products and Solutions at Mastercard Payment Gateway. The role involves driving commercialization, leveraging market knowledge, and enhancing product strategies within Southern Africa's eCommerce sector.

Qualifications

• Strong product management background with proven track record.
• Excellent knowledge of merchant payment acceptance solutions.

Responsibilities

• Driving commercialization of the MPGS solution in Southern Africa.
• Building strong working relationships with partners and suppliers.
• Monitoring product's key performance metrics.

Skills

Product Management

Market Knowledge

Business Development

Job description

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, 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, Products and Solutions - Mastercard Payment Gateway Overview

Mastercard Payment Gateway Services provides an end-to-end Omni-Channel gateway solution for merchants, payment facilitators, and acquiring banks.

This Product Manager role will be responsible for developing, commercially rolling out, and scaling Mastercard Payment Gateway Services capability within Southern Africa.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

1. Driving commercialization of the MPGS solution within Southern Africa markets
2. Leveraging knowledge of the local market and regulation to develop go-to-market plans and identify new revenue or business development opportunities
3. Being the subject matter expert/business owner and championing product enhancements by building compelling business cases and required product development features
4. Using market knowledge to influence product strategy, product roadmaps, and priorities
5. Building strong working relationships with partners and suppliers required to offer the MPGS proposition
6. Selecting and monitoring a product's key performance metrics
7. Being responsible for in-market product financial performance
8. Working closely with Account Teams, Customer Delivery, and Marketing to help define and drive execution of go-to-market strategies
9. Supporting business development through relevant customer meetings, RFP response support, and translating deal-specific needs into product requirements (where applicable)

Experiences

• Strong product management background with a proven track record of defining product strategies and launching new products in the eCommerce domain, gained through working with Tier 1 merchants, acquiring banks, or Payment technology providers.
• Excellent knowledge of merchant payment acceptance solutions and Omni-Channel payments across key merchant industries such as retail, transit, and hospitality.
• Strong knowledge of merchant point-of-sale systems, payment terminal infrastructure, and integration models required to build end-to-end solutions.
• Extensive experience working on product launches in multiple markets.
• Experience in independently developing a

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks come with an inherent risk to the organization. Therefore, 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.