Manager, Product Innovation & Strategy, Foundry
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About the Role
Mastercard is seeking a Manager, Product Innovation & Strategy for its Foundry innovation engine, to lead execution of new product initiatives across Business & Market Insights and Open Finance groups.
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Responsibilities
- Engage in idea generation for new, data and analytics focused products and solutions including workshop facilitation and collateral development
- Contribute to developing product concepts and prototypes and independently own and deliver key tasks
- Conduct customer discovery activities, including customer interviews, feedback sessions, and market testing to validate product concepts
- Partner with Product & Engineering partners and Customer Experience & Design on concept validation and market testing
- Contribute/own business case development and planning for individual products
- Own and deliver high quality collateral materials to facilitate internal decision making
- Lead cross functional workshops and manage follow up actions to completion
- Work within a matrixed organization to influence and drive outcomes within tight timelines
Requirements
- Proven experience building and validating new products
- Strong analytical, verbal and written communication skills — background in AI a plus
- Strong product development and management experience, including rapid opportunity identification, concept development, business model innovation, and in market testing of global products (preferred)
- In depth understanding of payment ecosystem or previous experience working in Payment's innovation space delivering new to market value propositions (preferred)
- Critical thinker that is comfortable with technical details, and experience working with R&D teams
- Experience in product strategy, innovation, venture building, or management consulting (a plus)
- Flair in connecting people and ideas; ability to operate in a matrix environment
Full Job Posting
Overview
- Mastercard Foundry is the innovation engine of Mastercard and a hub for new product development.
- The Manager, Product Innovation & Strategy will lead the execution of new product initiatives across Mastercard's Business & Market Insights and Open Finance groups.
- This role combines product innovation, customer discovery, market testing, and business case development.
Role
- Engage in idea generation for new, data and analytics focused products and solutions including workshop facilitation and collateral development.
- Contribute to developing product concepts and prototypes and independently own and deliver key tasks.
- Conduct customer discovery activities, including customer interviews, feedback sessions, and market testing.
- Partner with Product & Engineering partners and Customer Experience & Design on concept validation and market testing.
- Contribute/own business case development and planning for individual products.
- Own and deliver high quality collateral materials to facilitate internal decision making.
- Lead cross functional workshops and manage follow up actions to completion.
- Work within a matrixed organization to influence and drive outcomes within tight timelines.
All About You
- Proven experience building and validating new products.
- Strong analytical, verbal and written communication skills — background in AI a plus.
- Strong product development and management experience, including rapid opportunity identification, concept development, business model innovation, and in market testing of global products is preferred.
- In depth understanding of payment ecosystem or previous experience working in Payment's innovation space delivering new to market value propositions.
- Critical thinker that is comfortable with technical details, and experience working with R&D teams.
- Experience in product strategy, innovation, venture building, or management consulting is a plus.
- Flair in connecting people and ideas; ability to operate in a matrix environment.
Pay Ranges
- Toronto, Canada: CAD 121,000 CAD 169,000 CAD.
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