Specialist, Product Management

MasterCard Data Services is seeking an accomplished Specialist, Product Manager to support the evolution of its Mastercard Intelligence Center products. These products are at the heart of a world-class analytics eco-system built on a universe of behavioral data. They help everyday business users to make smarter data-driven decisions which move the needle on business performance. Our Product Managers are listening to our customers and driving new innovations in self-service analytics and diagnostics.

Product Managers in Data Services at Mastercard:
Translate a deep understanding of our customers into products and solutions that drive significant customer value
Balance the long-term direction of a product with today s needs and constraints by fully understanding the technical, competitive, and commercial contexts of our products
Act as connectors to ensure the commercial success of our products by working with Sales and Marketing while ensuring technical success through close partnership with Technology teams
Drive globally-relevant solutions by understanding regional needs and tradeoffs, and build scalable products that serve an array of customer segments
Set product direction with coordination, not isolation taking into account how our products all work together to serve customer needs

Job Overview:

Major Accountabilities:
Leads data validations and customer operations efforts, with a heavy emphasis on data lineage, data democratization, and setting up robust data processes to support data integrity
Supports broader Mastercard data strategy efforts, including our data democratization efforts, analytic data lake, and other operational excellence efforts
Supports our analytics, developer and data science experience efforts
Supports global product usage data strategy, including usage tracking, KPI definition, and maintenance of our various product tracking systems

Education:
bachelors degree in business, data science, information technology, or equivalent work experience

Knowledge / Experience:
2-4 years related work experience, preferably in Financial Services
Experience in product management, product development, data science, data engineering, and/or project management desirable

Skills/ Abilities:
Experience with data analytics tools and big data (SQL, Hadoop, etc)
Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
Strong organizational, planning and follow-up skills
Strong analytical skills desirable
Business Acumen with the ability to provide solutions that drive positive results to the customer and MasterCard
Self motivated with a proven track record of delivering success while operating within a team