Vice President, Product Development

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 Development Mastercard Prepaid Management Services (MPMS) Overview 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 (DQ) drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. Mastercard Prepaid Management Services (MPMS) delivers end-to-end prepaid program management and platform capabilities across multiple geographies and regions. MPMS operates and evolves scalable prepaid platforms that enable innovative consumer and commercial use cases across travel, gifting, everyday spend, and other verticals, serving both traditional and non-traditional clients. The Vice President, Product Management – Product is a senior leadership role within MPMS, accountable for defining and executing product strategy and overseeing the ongoing evolution of MPMS prepaid products. As a key member of the MPMS leadership team, this role acts as the Product Head, responsible for driving product growth, enabling new customer opportunities, and ensuring disciplined product delivery across markets. Role • Lead the Product Management function for MPMS technology platforms, acting as the Lead of Product Managers and partnering closely with business stakeholders to define and evolve the product roadmap. • Own the overall product vision across product lines, ensuring alignment with business growth targets. • Define and execute product strategies that drive sustainable growth across existing and new customers, markets, and use cases. • Identify, evaluate, and prioritize product enhancements and development opportunities to support both short and long-term business objectives. • Own the commercial performance of MPMS products, including contribution to revenue growth, cost efficiency, investment prioritization, and value realization, in partnership with Finance and Commercial leadership. • Partner closely with regional product leads ensuring alignment in strategy, roadmap, and emerging trends. • Champion the customer and client voice within MPMS product decision‑making, incorporating direct feedback, market insight, and client needs into roadmap prioritization and product evolution. • Partner with cross-functional teams including architecture, engineering, and business analysis to ensure high-quality and timely delivery across the full Software Development Lifecycle. • Proactively manage cross‑functional dependencies and trade‑offs across Technology, Operations, Risk, Legal, Compliance, and Commercial teams to ensure timely and well‑governed delivery. • Own the end-to-end process from Ideation to Product Readiness, in close coordination with product development, ensuring all operational, commercial, and risk considerations are addressed prior to customer delivery. • Serve as the product subject-matter expert, supporting complex technical discussions with internal stakeholders and external clients. • Define and map the key building blocks for prioritized opportunities, including target operating models, product propositions, and implementation requirements. • Manage the product roadmap and align with Product bac ... (truncated, view full listing at source)