About the Role
Mastercard Foundry is the innovation engine of Mastercard, focusing on new product development in emerging technologies and interfaces. This role will lead the execution of new product initiatives, combining product innovation, customer discovery, market testing, and business case development to bring concepts from idea to commercialization.
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 associated with it.
- Conduct customer discovery activities, including customer interviews, feedback sessions, and market testing to validate product concepts and inform product development decisions.
- Partner with Product & Engineering partners and our Customer Experience & Design on concept validation and market testing and deliver key tasks associated with it.
- 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.
- 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.
Skills
- AI a plus
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Manager
Salary/Compensations
- CAD $121,000 - $169,000
About the Company
- Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide.
- 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.
- Everyone wants easier ways to pay; we invent them.
- Checkout lines are slow; we speed them along.
- Merchants want more sales; we give them data and insights.
- People need financial access; we connect them.
- Corporate purchasing is complicated; we make it simple.
- Commuters are busy; we speed them on their way.
- Governments need greater efficiencies; we help create them.
- Small businesses are virtual; we give them access to a world of buyers.
- Retailers want to fight fraud; we provide the tools.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
