Specialist Product Management (12 month Maternity Leave cover)

at  MasterCard

Our Purpose
We work 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. We cultivate a
culture of inclusion
for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.
Title and Summary
Specialist Product Management (12 month Maternity Leave cover)
Develops product strategies and roadmaps to execute to ensure maximum penetration of market segments - the focus lies on Commercial Card propositions for card issuers and the SME segment. Manages and maintains existing product lines on an on-going basis, including partner management. Conducts opportunity assessments on new ideas and concepts with account managers and be their first contact for product related queries.
Provides design specifications for product enhancements to Product Development in the commercial card space.
Manages performance tracking and segment planning with DWH tools.
Further, several special projects will be assigned.

Major Accountabilities:

• Solicit input from customer teams, customers and third parties regarding development of new solutions and possible enhancements of product offerings
• Compile market research and support opportunity assessments on new concepts and ideas
• Development of business cases and requirements for new solutions
• Participate in bringing solutions to market
• Interface with customer relationship managers to test concepts and monitor issuer pilots
• Transition new products into maintenance mode

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or equivalent work experience

Knowledge / Experience:

• A first relevant work experience, preferably in financial services
• Experience in product management, product development, and project management

Desirable Skills/ Abilities:

• Fluent/Native in German is a must
• Solid English is a must
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational, planning and follow-up skills
• Ability to manage work on several projects concurrently
• Strong analytical skills. Detail oriented focus
• 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 work

Conditions:

• 12 month maternity replacement; possibly opportunity for extension

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.

• 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