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
Manager, Product Management, Identity Verification
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
Mastercard Security Solutions Organisation (SSO) is responsible for safeguarding trust in payments, both now and in future. The Identity solutions team in Europe is looking for an experienced Product Manager, Identity Verification to support the development of Mastercard’s identity verification strategy in Europe & UKI, and drive adoption of identity verification products.
This is a unique opportunity to drive innovative identity verification solutions that will keep millions of people across Europe & UKI safe. The ideal candidate is highly motivated, analytical, and possesses an entrepreneurial mindset.
In this position, you will be responsible for:
• Market & Regulatory Analysis: closely follows and documents eIDAS 2.0
and DIATF developments, digital identity trends, and the competitive
landscape.
• Product Strategy & Vision: Support the development of building and
executing the regional identity verification product strategy .
• Roadmap Development: Partners with market-facing teams to gather
customer feedback in the region and support the development of product
roadmap as well as delivery of product features.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Be the intermediary between global product
development and local teams in Europe in product to shape a global
proposition to European needs.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with regulatory bodies, industry
consortia, and key partners to ensure compliance and foster adoption of
digital identity standards.
• Go-to-Market Execution: Define and support a go-to-market plan for
Account Protection Bundles in alignment with regional stakeholders
• Performance Tracking: Establish reporting of identity verification product
suit KPIs to regional and global teams and accountable for ensuring that
established sales revenue targets are met
• Identify and execute on new synergy and market growth opportunities
within existing Mastercard products & services (e.g.: C2P, BNPL, Digital
First…).
Qualification and experience |
• Proven experience as a Product Manager in digital identity, cybersecurity,
authentication, or regulatory technology.
• Strong understanding of eIDAS 2.0, DIATF, electronic identity wallets,
qualified signatures and digital trust service.
• Experience in managing product roadmaps, from concept to launch.
• Familiarity with identity verification standards (e.g. biometrics, document
checks, knowledge-based authentication, two-factor authentication)
• Ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into actionable
product features.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Experience working in an agile development environment
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., ideally Computer
Science, Business, Cybersecurity)
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:
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Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
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Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
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Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
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Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.
