Mastercard
payments
BusinessStrategist
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“Business Strategist at Mastercard. Skills: Product Strategy, Business Case Development, Go-To-Market Support, data driven product, API/data product experience, stakeholder management. Support the Global Product Manager in crafting the product strategy from feature to go-to-market and maintain accurate product backlog. Build comprehensive business cases tailored to different geographies and use cases, supporting strategic decision-making”
What You'll Achieve.
ties models to strategic outcomes and measurable KPIs
Industry & Context.
Always look for potential solutions to solve problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
API/data product experience (real‑time decisioning, authorization flows), Comfort with complex ability to operate in a global matrix, Data quality, security‑minded design, Stakeholder communication and executive crisp narrative skills, communication and stakeholder management skills, Experience in business case development and reporting, Ability to work cross-functionally with technical and business teams, Familiarity with innovation processes and GTM strategies and execution, Can translate complex technical concepts into crisp narratives, executive summaries, and board‑ready slide-writing and data storytelling, Proven ability to align and influence diverse stakeholders (Tech, Product, Finance, Sales, Corp Comms) and manage expectations across geographies, Builds robust multi‑scenario business cases (TAM/SAM/SOM, cost‑benefit, sensitivity analysis) and ties models to strategic outcomes and measurable KPIs, Comfortable running cadences (standups, steering committees), driving decision logs, risks/assumptions tracking, and keeping initiatives on time, Always look for potential solutions to solve problems, Experience in roles like Product/Program Manager, Business Operations, Strategic Communications, GTM/Enablement, or Management Consulting, Advanced and structured storytelling, ability to craft narratives with visuals and data (pivot tables, scenario analysis), familiarity with financial modeling principles
Nice to Have
Payment ecosystem, Data privacy/compliance awareness, GenAI model deployment and maintenance cycle
What You'll Do.
Support the Global Product Manager in crafting the product strategy from feature to go-to-market and maintain accurate product backlog
Build comprehensive business cases tailored to different geographies and use cases
supporting strategic decision-making
Assist with GTM initiatives
including internal and external discussions
and communication strategies
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Ensure smooth and transparent collaboration across various team (Tech, UX/UI, Legal, Privacy, BD, …), particularly around solution development discussions; Ability to work cross-functionally with technical and business teams; Proven ability to align and influence diverse stakeholders (Tech, Product, Finance, Sales, Corp Comms) and manage expectations across geographies
Communication Scope
Stakeholder communication and executive crisp narrative skills; communication and stakeholder management skills; Internal Communication; Develop and manage internal communication channels, including newsletters, email updates, and alignment with the corporate communications team to maintain high engagement on the initiative; Executive Reporting; Deliver frequent and accurate reports to executive stakeholders, providing clear insights and progress updates; Go-To-Market Support; Assist with GTM initiatives, including internal and external discussions, document preparation, pitch presentations, and communication strategies; Can translate complex technical concepts into crisp narratives, executive summaries, and board‑ready slide-writing and data storytelling; Proven ability to align and influence diverse stakeholders (Tech, Product, Finance, Sales, Corp Comms) and manage expectations across geographies; Advanced and structured storytelling, ability to craft narratives with visuals and data (pivot tables, scenario analysis), familiarity with financial modeling principles
Process & Methodology
maintain accurate product backlog, Comfortable running cadences (standups, steering committees), driving decision logs, risks/assumptions tracking, and keeping initiatives on time
Full Job Description
**Our Purpose** _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._ **Title and Summary** ### Business Strategist ### Mastercard Internal Title: Senior Specialist, Product Management Overview 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 Business & Market Insights team is looking for a Senior Specialist to support building top knoch data driven product leveraging Mastercard and third parties data assets. The ideal candidate spent time crafting data products in Big Tech, Retail & Commerce or Fintech, is highly motivated, intellectually curious, analytical, and possesses an entrepreneurial mindset. Role Key Responsibilities • Product Strategy: Support the Global Product Manager in crafting the product strategy from feature to go-to-market and maintain accurate product backlog • Business Case Development: Build comprehensive business cases tailored to different geographies and use cases, supporting strat
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