
Senior Technical Product Manager, Open Finance Connectivity (French Required)
Mastercard · Paris, Île-de-France, France
- On site
- Full-time
- $150,000 / year
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
Job highlights
- Manage open banking connectivity across Europe.
- Prioritize bank connection roadmap and updates.
- Analyze bank data and resolve technical issues.
- Collaborate with engineering for timely delivery.
- Become expert in open finance connectivity.
About the role
About Mastercard's 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 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: Senior Technical Product Manager, Open Finance Connectivity
Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company focused on enabling safe, simple, smart, and accessible payment and data transactions for all. Through secure networks, partnerships, and innovation, we support individuals, institutions, governments, and businesses in reaching their full potential. Guided by our decency quotient (DQ), we operate in over 210 countries and territories, promoting an inclusive digital economy and sustainability worldwide.
Empowering Consumers and Businesses to harness the power of their data through Open Finance
At Mastercard, we are partnering across the global financial ecosystem to enable innovative use cases powered by Open Finance. By securely connecting consumers and businesses to access financial data, we are powering innovative, new, and improved experiences that make a positive impact. Our network helps us scale our services, differentiate our solutions, and the ecosystem benefits from smarter, more secure, and more personal commerce that is fit for a changing world.
Open Finance Connectivity
We are seeking a Senior Product Manager Technical, Open Finance Connectivity. The candidate will own Mastercard’s connectivity across a number of European countries and aim to become a champion and in-house expert in open banking connectivity. They will be become part of a team that is blending the agility of a fintech scale-up with the strength and resources of a leading global technology company.
Responsibilities
- Be responsible for Mastercard’s open banking connectivity across a portfolio of European countries and all banks within those markets.
- Manage and prioritise the roadmap for bank connections, including new integrations, new API endpoints, mandated bank updates, and fixes from internal testing or client issues.
- Perform deep analysis of bank connections end‑to‑end — covering bank‑specific nuances and data normalisation — and proactively use logs, traces, and error patterns to identify gaps, diagnose issues, and drive resolution with Engineering.
- Use tools to create, run, and maintain test scenarios, reproduce issues, and validate fixes.
- Partner closely with Engineering teams to ensure timely delivery of new capabilities and high‑quality fixes.
- Identify when banks expose new open finance or commercial APIs and collaborate with Engineering to assess integration opportunities.
- Support organisation as the subject‑matter expert for connectivity topics.
- Build and maintain a network of bank contacts and connections to accelerate troubleshooting and updates.
- Identify and suggest improvements to connectivity product management processes, tools, and workflows.
All About You
- Bachelor's degree is required; an analytical or technical degree from a top-tier institution is preferred.
- Extensive experience in product development and/or product management is essential.
- Excellent English is required; French language skills are strongly preferred.
- Thorough understanding of APIs, Open Banking, Open Finance, developer ecosystems, and financial services is expected.
- Outstanding analytical and problem-solving abilities, coupled with strong business acumen; adept at identifying key issues and navigating ambiguity effectively.
- Strong collaboration across teams and outcomes's influence through clarity, expertise, and good communication.
- Expertise in structuring complex or ambiguous challenges and translating them into actionable steps.
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
- Senior Technical Product Manager
- Open Finance
- Open Banking
- API Integration
- Financial Services
- Product Roadmap
- Problem Solving
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Technical Analysis
- European Markets
Skills & topics
- Senior Technical Product Manager
- Open Finance
- Open Banking
- API
- Financial Services
- Product Management
- Connectivity
- Europe
- Technical Product Manager
- Mastercard
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight product management, API, and Open Finance experience.
- Showcase French skills: Emphasize your fluency in French for European connectivity.
- Demonstrate technical depth: Detail your analytical problem-solving and API expertise.
- Prepare for interviews: Practice explaining complex technical challenges and solutions.
- Understand Mastercard's mission: Align your experience with their open finance goals.
Technical preparation
Behavioral questions
Frequently asked questions
- What is Mastercard's approach to Open Finance Connectivity?
- Mastercard is actively partnering within the global financial ecosystem to enable innovative use cases through Open Finance. They focus on securely connecting consumers and businesses to financial data to power new and improved experiences.
- What are the key responsibilities of the Senior Technical Product Manager, Open Finance Connectivity?
- The role involves owning Mastercard's open banking connectivity across European countries, managing the roadmap for bank connections, analyzing bank data, collaborating with engineering, and acting as a subject-matter expert for connectivity topics.
- Is French language proficiency a strict requirement for this role at Mastercard?
- Excellent English is required, and French language skills are strongly preferred. Proficiency in French will be a significant asset for managing connectivity across European markets.
- What kind of technical background is preferred for this Senior Technical Product Manager position?
- A Bachelor's degree, particularly in an analytical or technical field from a top-tier institution, is preferred. Extensive experience in product development/management with a thorough understanding of APIs, Open Banking, and financial services is essential.
- How does Mastercard blend fintech agility with global resources?
- The role is part of a team that combines the agility of a fintech scale-up with the robust strength and resources of Mastercard, a leading global technology company, offering a unique work environment.
- What are the expectations regarding problem-solving and analytical skills for this role?
- Outstanding analytical and problem-solving abilities are expected, coupled with strong business acumen. Candidates should be adept at identifying key issues, navigating ambiguity, and structuring complex challenges into actionable steps.