Product Management & Go‑to‑Market Manager – Payment Optimization

About the role

Mastercard’s Optimization team, part of the Core Payments organization, is looking for a Product Management & Go‑to‑Market Manager to drive new authorization‑improvement solutions. You will shape products that increase digital payment approval rates and improve conversion for merchants, acquirers and payment service providers.

Key responsibilities

• Define and contribute to the go‑to‑market (GTM) strategy for new authorization‑improvement products.
• Gather customer insights, test hypotheses and validate product concepts directly with merchants and partners.
• Collaborate with product development teams, engineers, data analysts, regional product managers and other customer‑facing groups to bring solutions to market.
• Lead tactical engagements with key partners to identify holistic opportunities that boost approval rates.
• Drive the launch of innovative products, services and capabilities that enhance digital authorization performance.

Required profile

• Strong analytical and creative problem‑solving abilities.
• Experience working in cross‑functional product teams within the payments or digital‑transactions space.
• Ability to translate customer insights into actionable product and GTM plans.
• Excellent communication skills for collaboration with engineers, data analysts and partner teams.

Required skills

What we offer

• Opportunity to shape the future of digital payments at a global technology leader.
• Collaborative environment with diverse teams across more than 200 countries.
• Impactful work that directly improves consumer experiences worldwide.