Mastercard
Purchase, New York
+ 6 other locations
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.
Manager, Product Development - Adtech
Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is 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. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
Overview
The Commerce Media team is looking for a Manager, Product Development to drive delivery of innovative and sustainable Advertiser solutions that yield significant in year revenue and strategic long-term differentiation for Mastercard.
The role:
Contribute to the development of product concepts, prototypes, and features; independently owning and delivering key workstreams.
Work with engineering and CX&D teams on a day-to-day basis to translate strategy into tangible development plans by writing product requirements, prioritizing key milestones and tracking progress with Engineering, TPMs and tech leads.
Lead the strategy and roadmap for a wide range of capabilities, including technical components. Includes the delivery of new features as well as improvements to existing features.
Purview for this role will includes, but isn’t limited to features that enable creative decisioning, automation of campaign creation, Offers creation & optimization workflows, as well as specific workstreams to support evolution into ads.
Support GTM efforts by providing key data points to assist with the creation of collateral that highlights our value proposition.
Act as a liaison between business units and technical teams, ensuring clarity and alignment throughout the product lifecycle.
Navigate a matrixed & globally distributed organization to influence stakeholders and drive outcomes within tight timelines.
Establish a network within the organization by building key relationships with Publisher team counterparts and various stakeholders across Sales, Ops, Legal, Privacy, Strategy, leadership, etc.
Mentor, develop, and foster the skills of junior product managers.
Support the creation of business cases and strategic planning for individual product initiatives.
Drive ideation for new-to-market product features and solutions through extensive internal/external research and workshops.
All About You
Extensive experience in product development, including partnering with Engineering teams, rapid opportunity assessment, concept creation, business model innovation, and global in-market testing.
Deeply disciplined in product management process & tools including; discovery, planning, user journey mappings, prioritization, milestone creation/management, backlog/roadmap management, collaboration with CX & design, KPI measurement, optimization.
Proven ability to effectively define MVP for new product features while also elevating products from MVP to maturity for existing product features.
Natural problem solver: analytical, curious, and fact-driven approach to product development.
Collaborative team player: proven track record in collaborating with multiple cross-functional (both internal and external) teams across multiple locations; facilitating challenging conversations and managing ambiguity.
Exceptional analytical, verbal, and written communication skills.
Strong background in translating stakeholder needs into functional specifications, user journeys and process flows.
Strategic thinker with strong technical acumen and hands-on experience collaborating with technical teams.
Ability to manage priorities and delegate tasks effectively in a fast-paced environment.
Familiarity with ML/AI concepts, particularly in working with model‑generated outputs (e.g., optimization models, predictive scoring, or automated decisioning systems). Ability to partner effectively with Data Science teams to interpret model behavior, dependencies, and implications for product design.
Preferred Skills
Prior experience in a PM role, or similar, working in agile environments.
Background in AdTech or MarTech strongly preferred .
Ideal candidates will be subject matter experts in Programmatic, Social or Digital buy or sell-side technologies and solutions.
Must possess a deep understanding of Advertiser campaign objectives and translate those into specific product requirements and workflows across mediums such as Ads and/or Card Linked Offers. Experience and deep knowledge building audiences and identity resolution capabilities.
CTV and Video experience is a plus.
Knowledge of tools like Jira and Monday.com.
Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.
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:
In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, 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, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.
Purchase, New York: $150,000 - $254,000 USD
Remote - Connecticut: $130,000 - $221,000 USD
Remote - Illinois: $130,000 - $221,000 USD
Remote - Massachusetts: $130,000 - $221,000 USD
Remote - New York: $130,000 - $221,000 USD
Remote - North Carolina: $130,000 - $221,000 USD
Remote - Pennsylvania: $130,000 - $221,000 USD
Posting windows may change based on the volume of applications received and business necessity. Candidates are encouraged to apply expeditiously.