VP, Client Solutions Product Architecture, Open Banking 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: Embrace New Networks with Open Banking
With Mastercard Open Banking, we empower people and businesses to access accounts securely and conveniently for enabling new financial services and providing payment choice. This unlocks opportunities to extend financial access and inclusion with account opening, lending, payments and open banking for business.

The VP, Client Solutions Product Architect, is responsible for deepening product engagement with global banks, Fintechs and digital players to prioritize key use cases, execute joint product roadmaps and support commercialization plans for scale. The VP will partner with clients to define priorities and streamline Open Banking engagement across product lines and markets. As a new function within the Open Banking Payments & Platform Services team, the VP will also be responsible for designing a scalable model and team structure to deliver best-in-class experiences with large, global clients in close partnership with teams, including Product, Solutions Engineering, Sales, Account Management.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with clients to understand business needs, objectives, and prioritized use cases for Open Banking.
• Create value with innovative solutions that can help clients achieve their goals.
• Drive execution of new revenue opportunities to deliver success for clients and Mastercard.
• Grow together to establish long-term joint product roadmaps with clients.
• Inform Mastercard Open Banking product development roadmap and strategy for scale, incorporating client feedback.
• Move fast to test, learn, iterate and scale.
• Create (jointly with regions) partnerships with key strategic clients to deliver commercially viable solutions.
• Work closely with internal teams to ensure successful product development, launch, and scalability including sales, product, markets, legal and compliance, engineering, and marketing.
• Maintain a pulse on industry dynamics and competitive moves to operate as a thought leader in client engagements.

All About You

• Solid understanding of our clients’ top use cases spanning payments and lending.
• Creative problem solving that brings in different perspectives connecting client needs with Mastercard strategy.
• Deep experience in global payments and/or financial technology with understanding of open banking and the regulatory landscape.
• Ability to understand complex technology, interpret requirements and explain it simply – internally and externally.
• Proven product management or product development experience within the financial technology.
• Strong ability to execute initiatives with partners, driving for excellence in quality and timeliness.
• Emulate and drive the Mastercard Way through their behavior, coaching, and employee engagement.
• Demonstrated success at team development and management.
• Strength in connecting people and ideas; ability to operate in a matrix environment and establish effective working relationships across the business and geographies.
• Ability to communicate across teams and levels to represent the customer point of view.
• Effective listener and influencer to create build strong partnerships and deliver on client needs.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• A bachelor's degree in business, technology, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.
• Preferred locations are New York City, Salt Lake City or Bay Area – but open to other locations.

Corporate Security Responsibility
Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position 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.
• Complete all periodic mandatory security training in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

In the US, Mastercard is an inclusive Equal Employment 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. If you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application 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.

• 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.

NYC Salary Range: $184,000 - $285,000