Vice President, Product Management

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 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 Vice President, Product Management Who is Mastercard? Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all. Overview The Real-Time Payments (RTP) team is seeking an experienced Product Manager (VP) to lead the A2A services portfolio. The role is accountable for defining and executing a coherent product strategy, driving scalable and revenue‑generating offerings, and ensuring disciplined delivery, governance, and commercial performance across global markets. Role In this strategic position, you will: Set the strategic direction for A2A Services, defining a clear product vision and roadmap, including: consumer protection, fraud prevention, claims capabilities, and other A2A ancillary service opportunities in close partnership with cross functional product and market teams. Lead coordinated execution across a shared ownership model, aligning multiple teams on priorities, milestones, and outcomes through strong orchestration and influence. Own portfolio governance and commercial discipline, including business cases, budget asks, and cost allocation. Shape go to market strategy and adoption, working with Business Development and regional market teams to ensure services are well positioned, scalable, and market relevant. Drive consistent product management practices, embedding Studio framework, agile delivery, quality, and readiness across Technology, Delivery, Operations, and GTM. Build and develop high‑performing, matrixed teams, fostering trust, role clarity, and strong cross‑organizational collaboration through influence. All About You The ideal candidate for this position should: VP‑level product leader with a proven ability to set direction, drive outcomes, and operate effectively in complex, matrixed organizations. Demonstrated success leading through influence, aligning multiple teams and stakeholders in shared‑ownership environments. Strong experience defining and scaling services or platform capabilities in regulated, multi‑party ecosystems. Commercially minded leader with a track record in business cases, investment prioritization, and financial discipline. Excellent communicator and influencer, effective from executive and board level through to product, delivery, and technical teams. Proven people leader who builds high‑performing, trust‑based teams and fosters clarity, accountability, and collaboration across organizational boundaries. 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 secu ... (truncated, view full listing at source)