Senior Technical Product Manager, Open Finance Connectivity

Mastercard

About The Position

Mastercard is a global technology company focused on enabling safe, simple, smart, and accessible payment and data transactions for all. Through secure networks, partnerships, and innovation, we support individuals, institutions, governments, and businesses in reaching their full potential. Guided by our decency quotient (DQ), we operate in over 210 countries and territories, promoting an inclusive digital economy and sustainability worldwide. Empowering Consumers and Businesses to harness the power of their data through Open Finance At Mastercard, we are partnering across the global financial ecosystem to enable innovative use cases powered by Open Finance. By securely connecting consumers and businesses to access financial data, we are powering innovative, new, and improved experiences that make a positive impact. Our network helps us scale our services, differentiate our solutions, and the ecosystem benefits from smarter, more secure, and more personal commerce that is fit for a changing world. Open Finance Connectivity We are seeking a Senior Product Manager Technical, Open Finance Connectivity. The candidate will own Mastercard’s connectivity across a number of European countries and aim to become a champion and in-house expert in open banking connectivity. They will be become part of a team that is blending the agility of a fintech scale-up with the strength and resources of a leading global technology company.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree is required; an analytical or technical degree from a top-tier institution is preferred
Extensive experience in product development and/or product management is essential.
Excellent English is required; French language skills are strongly preferred.
Thorough understanding of APIs, Open Banking, Open Finance, developer ecosystems, and financial services is expected.
Outstanding analytical and problem-solving abilities, coupled with strong business acumen; adept at identifying key issues and navigating ambiguity effectively.
Strong collaboration across teams and outcomes's influence through clarity, expertise, and good communication.
Expertise in structuring complex or ambiguous challenges and translating them into actionable steps.
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.

Nice To Haves

French language skills are strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Be responsible for Mastercard’s open banking connectivity across a portfolio of European countries and all banks within those markets.
Manage and prioritise the roadmap for bank connections, including new integrations, new API endpoints, mandated bank updates, and fixes from internal testing or client issues.
Perform deep analysis of bank connections end‑to‑end — covering bank‑specific nuances and data normalisation — and proactively use logs, traces, and error patterns to identify gaps, diagnose issues, and drive resolution with Engineering.
Use tools to create, run, and maintain test scenarios, reproduce issues, and validate fixes
Partner closely with Engineering teams to ensure timely delivery of new capabilities and high‑quality fixes.
Identify when banks expose new open finance or commercial APIs and collaborate with Engineering to assess integration opportunities.
Support organisation as the subject‑matter expert for connectivity topics
Build and maintain a network of bank contacts and connections to accelerate troubleshooting and updates.
Identify and suggest improvements to connectivity product management processes, tools, and workflows.

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