Vice President, Product Management, Alternative Payment Methods, LAC

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*
Vice President, Product Management, Alternative Payment Methods, LAC

• Overview:

As the APM Vice President, you will be responsible for the development and execution of Mastercard's APM strategy in Latin America & the Caribbean (LAC). This role will be pivotal to ensure we remain at the forefront of the evolving payments landscape by driving the adoption and integration of emerging payment technologies identifying and delivering innovative solutions. You will drive this strategy and execution in close partnerships with CSCs and local Consumer Product teams in alignment and collaboration with global stakeholders and regional stakeholders (i.e. Market Development and Acceptance teams).

Responsibilities:
Drive the expansion of APM solutions in LAC, tailoring strategies to meet the unique needs of the region.

• Support the deployment of APM solutions acting as a liaison between local and global teams to ensure timely execution and readiness of key workstreams including product value proposition, go to market, and commercialization strategies.
• Partner with regional market development team to drive engagements with regional players.
• Regional SME to work in partnership with regional Debit/Prepaid team and CSC/local teams to identify opportunities to replicate, customize, and scale disruptive and innovative solutions/models.
• Provide support and propose solutions to complex technical subjects, supporting the implementation and customer-facing teams.
• Champion our Labs and Innovation practices and help identify opportunities for these services to drive incremental revenue.
• Create team-wide presentations, strategy documents, and executive updates to be shared with Sr Management and regional counterparts.
• Take ownership of ad-hoc requests to support local engagements (e.g. branding, CVP, stakeholder narratives / value articulation, etc.).

All About You:
Experience in the Payments, Ecommerce, Financial Services and/or Technology sectors – business strategy consulting background highly desirable

• Vision and passion for our business, with high energy, intelligence and self-driven motivation.
• Strategic, analytical, and systematic thinker who constructively challenges the status quo and the team to drive continuous innovation.
• Adapt quickly and take an action-oriented approach to execution that delivers measurable results.
• Strong and efficient communication and networking skills across relevant stakeholder groups with the ability to listen and influence to effectively advance people and business opportunities.
• Solid product management experience with a proven ability to drive collaboration, influence, and motivate others to achieve objectives
• Good understanding of APM regional ecosystem, new payment flows, as well as relevant consumer, industry, and market trends
• Demonstrated ability to develop product implementation and go-to-market plans
• Business acumen and thought leadership that delivers solutions-oriented results to customers and consumers
• Strong communications skills; ability to package clear communication for senior stakeholders
• Learning agility, ability to work in a high-paced environment, and excellent time management skills are crucial for success in this role
• Fluency in English AND Spanish or Portuguese.

Corporate Security Responsibility
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:

• 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.