Manager, Sustainability Solutions-1 at Mastercard

Role

• The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting product development and management, analysis and reporting, and sharing best practices for Sustainability Solutions products, globally. In addition, the individual will play a critical role in future proofing our Sustainability Solutions strategy, including enhancements to the value proposition, driving scale, and supporting our customers in enabling a better consumer experience.

Responsibilities will include:

• Contributing to the management and go-to-market execution of Sustainability Solutions products
• Creating sales materials and other tools for internal and external audiences, to support product scaling
• Supporting the development of innovative and differentiated products to meet current and emerging needs of Mastercard customers and consumers
• Creating and maintaining a library of best practices and case studies on Sustainability Solutions products, to be shared with Product Sales, Account Teams and Customers
• Monitoring the landscape of competitive products and industry trends via desktop research or primary research engagements, understanding their implications on Sustainability Solutions, and making necessary adjustments to our product suite.
• Supporting the deployment of product enhancements and new solutions to market including go-to-market activities and driving the product development roadmap.
• Effectively communicating product enhancements and new capabilities to internal stakeholders and external customers

All About You

• The ideal candidate should be intellectually curious, energetic, and able to operate with urgency. In addition, the role requires an individual who can demonstrate a disciplined approach to prioritization. Candidate must have strong communication skills with an ability to secure buy-in from executive leadership and experience in driving execution and alignment with regional and cross-functional teams.

Key attributes should include:

• Product Management and/or Product Development experience in relevant or related field; Experience in building solutions for credit card issuers a plus
• Self-starter and motivated to work independently and as an effective team member
• Multi-disciplinary knowledge, i.e., product management, consulting, marketing, business development
• Strong research and analytical skills - ability to turn qualitative and quantitative data and information analysis into actionable 'insights' that can influence decision making
• Ability to support the development of business requirements, for communication to Engineering teams as part of roadmap planning and execution
• Understanding of technical concepts like APIs, databases, and payment processing
• Ability to comfortably lead strategic product conversations with senior internal stakeholders
• Excellent presentation (oral and written) skills, tailored to the needs of different audiences at varying levels
• Experience leading projects through all phases of the project / product development lifecycle
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders and projects in parallel, from initiation to completion
• Excellent interpersonal skills, negotiation, conflict resolution and project management skills
• Understanding of competitive offerings and industry trends
• Intermediate technical/operations experience within financial payments industry
• Strong analytical and organizational skills – ability to identify process/efficiency enhancements and attention to detail

Required Skills:

• Bachelors degree required. MBA preferred.
• Corporate Security Responsibility