Owns technical product requirements for Mastercard transaction switching systems. Translates business needs into functional requirements, collaborates with product, project management, and engineering teams, supports design and delivery, and monitors requirements through testing, production, and post-production. The role also leads projects, manages multiple initiatives, applies Agile or waterfall methodologies, represents customer needs, and improves processes across the switching solutions team.
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
Product Manager- Technical II
Overview
The Switching Solutions team is looking for a passionate, collaborative and experienced Product Manager - Technical II that will provide innovative, secure, and reliable solutions for core Mastercard transaction switching systems.
Role
The ideal candidate is passionate about connecting business with technology, highly motivated, and an innovator who embraces, adopts and studies the latest technology trends.
In this position you will:• Be responsible for working with various product teams across Mastercard to understand their business needs and translate to business and functional requirements • Work cross-functionally with project managers and engineering teams to gather estimates, create designs and drive the delivery of business and functional requirements• Act as the voice of the customer when writing requirements, reviewing designs and contributing to technical and product documentation• Continuously monitor the delivery of requirements through their entire lifecycle (i.e. testing, production, post-production)
All About You:
The ideal candidate for this position should:• Have an understanding of how payments are processed (four-party model) and what role Mastercard plays• Experience of taking ideas from inception to production (i.e. requirements, design, testing, implementation, post-production monitoring)• Can deliver high-quality results in fast paced environment with shifting priorities• Comfortable building relationships, communicating and partnering with stakeholders across the organization including product, engineering and executives.• Demonstrated experience of leading projects: hosting calls, setting agenda, documenting notes, etc. • Possess ability to manage multiple projects at once that are in different stages• Follow Mastercard's PM-T best practices and contribute lessons learned to broader team• Experience working in agile or waterfall project methodology• Continuously think of new ways to solve problems and create efficiencies within the broader Switching Solutions team and the Mastercard core network• Possess the following skills: active listening, collaboration skills, quickly grasp new concepts, critical thinking, question the status quo and thinking outside the box, willing to wear 'multiple hats
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:
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
Product Manager- Technical II
Overview
The Switching Solutions team is looking for a passionate, collaborative and experienced Product Manager - Technical II that will provide innovative, secure, and reliable solutions for core Mastercard transaction switching systems.
Role
The ideal candidate is passionate about connecting business with technology, highly motivated, and an innovator who embraces, adopts and studies the latest technology trends.
In this position you will:• Be responsible for working with various product teams across Mastercard to understand their business needs and translate to business and functional requirements • Work cross-functionally with project managers and engineering teams to gather estimates, create designs and drive the delivery of business and functional requirements• Act as the voice of the customer when writing requirements, reviewing designs and contributing to technical and product documentation• Continuously monitor the delivery of requirements through their entire lifecycle (i.e. testing, production, post-production)
All About You:
The ideal candidate for this position should:• Have an understanding of how payments are processed (four-party model) and what role Mastercard plays• Experience of taking ideas from inception to production (i.e. requirements, design, testing, implementation, post-production monitoring)• Can deliver high-quality results in fast paced environment with shifting priorities• Comfortable building relationships, communicating and partnering with stakeholders across the organization including product, engineering and executives.• Demonstrated experience of leading projects: hosting calls, setting agenda, documenting notes, etc. • Possess ability to manage multiple projects at once that are in different stages• Follow Mastercard's PM-T best practices and contribute lessons learned to broader team• Experience working in agile or waterfall project methodology• Continuously think of new ways to solve problems and create efficiencies within the broader Switching Solutions team and the Mastercard core network• Possess the following skills: active listening, collaboration skills, quickly grasp new concepts, critical thinking, question the status quo and thinking outside the box, willing to wear 'multiple hats
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 security violation or breach, and
- Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.
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