Manager, Product Management

Manager, Product Management at Mastercard

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 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.

Company Overview: Mastercard

Mastercard is a global technology leader in the payments industry, operating in over 210 countries and territories. Its mission is to power an inclusive, digital economy by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. The company leverages secure data, networks, and partnerships to drive innovation and enable individuals, businesses, and governments to reach their full potential. Mastercard’s culture is guided by its Decency Quotient (DQ), promoting integrity and sustainability in everything it does.

Team: Optimization Solutions

This team is focused on enhancing digital payment performance across products and regions. Key responsibilities include:

• Monitoring digital performance metrics.
• Delivering data-driven insights and business recommendations.
• Collaborating with external stakeholders to implement optimization solutions.
• Partnering across the organization to ensure alignment and action.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain advanced reporting and data visualization tools.
• Build and deploy machine learning models to support product optimization and enablement.
• Design AI systems and automate predictive models.
• Perform data ingestion and processing on large-scale datasets.
• Innovate with new tools and techniques to solve business problems.
• Ensure AI solutions comply with data privacy and quality standards.
• Collaborate with global stakeholders and technical teams to deploy solutions.
• Promote scalable AI through reusable models and microservices.

Candidate Profile

Experience & Skills

• 8+ years in Data Science with a focus on AI strategy and solution development.
• Strong background in: Deep learning algorithms and statistical tools (Python, R, SQL). Big data platforms (Hadoop, Hive, Spark). Machine learning techniques (Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, PCA, Time Series). Deep learning frameworks (TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, XGBoost).
• Familiarity with cybersecurity, fraud, and risk solutions is a plus.
• Experience with collaboration tools (Confluence, Bitbucket, ALM).
• Knowledge of the payments industry and SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) is advantageous.

Core Competencies

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and project management abilities.
• Ability to simplify complex AI concepts for stakeholders.
• Passion for continuous learning and innovation.

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.

Key skills/competency

• Data Science
• AI Strategy
• Machine Learning
• Deep Learning
• Python
• SQL
• Big Data Platforms
• Product Optimization
• Data Visualization
• Stakeholder Collaboration