Director, Product Development

Our Purpose

We work 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. We cultivate a

culture of inclusion

for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team - one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Title and Summary

Director, Product Development

Overview
- Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments sector. We power payments and provide products and services for individuals and industries all around the world. Our people, technology, data and brand provide the capabilities that drive our success. We believe in connecting people to priceless possibilities.

As a company, we know that our success is driven by the skills, experience, integrity and mindset of the talent we hire. By building an inclusive, world-class culture, our employees have once-in-a-career opportunities to be a part of teams that have a greater impact on our community and our world. We invite you to join our team to find out how you too can start something priceless.

We are a team of industry veterans and experts that is behind the technology of Mastercard payment solutions; we develop and deliver solutions that meet and exceed our customers’ expectations. We work with leading industry partners to deploy globally interoperable payment solutions that help to resolve our customers’ business problems and create new propositions.

Role
- You will create payment solutions through the full life cycle of development - from ideation, to proof of concept development, to ensure the design being technically proven and commercially viable. You will deliver design specifications and supporting documents that help our customers and partners to develop and deploy the technology and provide best-in-class payment solutions.
- You will be the expert on and the owner of your assigned area; you will be responsible for leading the activities and planning through the full life cycle of development.
- You will be an ambassador for our payment solutions and be ready to provide insight to other Mastercard teams.

All about you
- Passionate about technology and embracing this passion into work and hobbies.
- Possess skills to analyze complex or unstructured problems and design creative solutions for the global market. Capable in translating the technical solutions and technical knowledge to a level sufficient to engage in meaningful and productive discussions with various audience profiles, from senior management to software developers.
- Possess the mindsets of a software architect (to design), an analyst (to specify) and a developer (to prototype) and be comfortable in these different roles.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Professional experience (7+ years) with the full software development life cycle preferred, or the equivalent as demonstrated through relevant industry training programs or certifications.
- Knowledge and/or experience with network infrastructure and technology a plus.
- Preferably university degree in computer science/engineering or the equivalent through professional training and/or certification.
- Enjoy collaborating with a diverse and global team while working independently towards a goal.
- Enjoy solving technical challenges a must.

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.