Vice President, Product Development, Digital Commerce Services
About The Position
The Vice President, Product Development, Digital Commerce Services leads strategic partner engagements and solution development across emerging commerce initiatives, including biometric checkout, connected device payments, EV charging experiences, and other next-generation commerce opportunities. The role also owns the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of the Acceptance Accelerator Platform, enabling Mastercard capabilities to be integrated, scaled, and commercialized across a broad partner ecosystem. Working within the Digital Commerce Services organization in Digital Payments, this leader collaborates with global technology companies, merchants, payment platforms, OEMs, and mobility ecosystem participants. The role connects external partners with internal product, engineering, and commercialization teams to understand market needs, design solutions embedding Mastercard capabilities in partner experiences, influence product roadmaps, and accelerate adoption of digital payment solutions. The role partners across market development, account management, engineering, legal, franchise, and customer experience teams to implement and commercialize solutions. Mastercard describes the position as eligible for a competitive base salary and potentially an annual bonus or commissions, depending on the role. The position is intended to be filled by 01/19/2027, or as soon as possible if that date has passed.
Requirements
- Deep understanding of digital payments, ecommerce, authentication, tokenization, and emerging commerce technologies.
- Experience building and managing strategic partnerships with technology companies, merchants, payment platforms, fintechs, OEMs, or mobility ecosystem participants.
- Demonstrated success translating customer needs and partner requirements into scalable product and platform solutions.
- Strong product management and solution development experience, including defining requirements and influencing product roadmaps.
- Ability to engage effectively with technical and business stakeholders and drive alignment across complex partner ecosystems.
- Experience working across Product, Engineering, Business Development, Legal, and Customer Experience teams.
- Strong commercial acumen, including the ability to evaluate business opportunities, develop value propositions, and support go-to-market efforts.
- Ability to operate independently, influence without authority, and manage multiple strategic initiatives simultaneously.
- Comply with Mastercard security policies and practices, protect the confidentiality and integrity of accessed information, report suspected security violations or breaches, and complete mandatory security training.
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage strategic relationships with technology companies, merchants, payment platforms, OEMs, EV manufacturers, charging point operators, and other ecosystem partners.
- Work with organizations such as Amazon, PayPal, Microsoft, and emerging commerce providers to identify opportunities to embed Mastercard capabilities in partner platforms, devices, and customer experiences.
- Support biometric checkout initiatives by designing and scaling authentication and payment experiences with external partners.
- Translate partner needs, customer feedback, and market trends into product requirements, business cases, and roadmap recommendations.
- Drive solution design that balances customer experience, technical feasibility, scalability, and commercial value.
- Own the strategy, roadmap, and ongoing evolution of the Acceptance Accelerator Platform.
- Partner with Product and Engineering teams to prioritize platform enhancements that improve partner onboarding, integration capabilities, and scalability.
- Ensure platform capabilities align with emerging market opportunities and Mastercard's broader digital commerce objectives.
- Define success metrics and monitor platform adoption, partner engagement, and business outcomes.
- Partner with market development, account management, engineering, legal, franchise, and customer experience teams to implement and commercialize solutions.
- Identify opportunities to accelerate customer adoption and expand Mastercard's presence in emerging commerce ecosystems.
- Monitor competitive developments, technology trends, and customer demands to inform partner strategy and platform investments.
- Represent Mastercard in partner discussions, industry forums, and customer engagements related to emerging commerce and digital payment innovation.
Benefits
- Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
- Flexible spending account and health savings account
- Paid leaves, including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave
- 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time
- 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, prorated based on hire date
- 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays
- 401(k) with company match
- Deferred compensation for eligible roles
- Fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities
- Tuition reimbursement eligibility
- Potential annual bonus or commissions, depending on the role
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
No Education Listed
