Vice President, Digital Assets & Blockchain Consulting Products

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, Digital Assets & Blockchain Consulting Products Vice President, Digital Assets & Blockchain Consulting Products Consulting & Digital Labs (Business & Market Insights) About us Innovation Products is a capability within the Consulting & Digital Labs product organisation. The team supports our customers with digital innovation/labs, strategy & transformation and digital assets & blockchain consulting solutions. The flagship Innovation products are customer centric and deliver a range of innovation solutions that have been tailored to solve complex business challenges for our customers. The product team supports customers across their entire innovation journey with a focus on: - Design Thinking & UX Design Consulting (Launchpads, Sparks , UX/UI diagnostics/design) - Digital Strategy & Transformation Consulting on specific topics: digital wallets, bank of the future strategy & design (digital first, neobanks, super Apps, emerging tech), digital operating model design, sustainability & inclusion - Digital Assets & Blockchain Consulting – Digital Asset advisory (Stablecoins, crypto & crypto cards, CBDC, other digital currencies, tokenized deposits, real world assets etc The Role • This Global VP role will lead the Digital Assets & Blockchain Consulting portfolio. The role holder will be responsible for refining existing consulting products and shaping new consulting products that solve customer challenges as it relates to digital assets with a strategic focus on stablecoin. • The role holder will support B&MI revenue objectives and ambition to build repeatable, scalable products which can be delivered at efficient margins. • This is a multifaceted role and requires extensive senior stakeholder engagement of both internal and external key customers. It requires a confident, experienced leader with a deep understanding and experience of commercial blockchain technology, stablecoin, digital currencies, crypto, real world assets (RWA), DEFI, CBDCs and tokenized deposits • Strong global experience in digital assets & stablecoin strategy, design and product development • Operational & Commercial experience of working with a VASP (Virtual Asset Service Provider) either as an operator or senior -level management consultant with a focus payments use cases. • Deep understanding of current and future stablecoin regulations and their commercial implications for both traditional Fis and VASPs (GENIUS Act, MiCA, VARA guidelines etc) • Practical experience of stablecoin products, regulation and use cases across multiple segments (e.g. treasury management, B2B, cross-border payments & remittances) • The individual will also be adept at driving the “big picture” of building end to end digital asset & stablecoin solutions across the overall B&MI organisation in a collaborative and “One Mastercard” mindset • The role holder must be client-focused with a revenue/sales enablement mindset when positioning products within the organisation. The role requires creativity and idea generation that can also deliver revenue returns for Mastercard and our customers. The individual needs to form close trusted relationships with a wide range of stakeholders – including the blockchain & digital assets core product team & commercialization teams, regional services product leads, practice leads, Advisors Client Services, Customer Solutions Centre leads, country teams and services sales leads. Other key stakeholders include finance, lega ... (truncated, view full listing at source)