Director, Product Management – DCP

Job Description: • Define and own the product vision and long-term strategy for 1-2 domains of Mastercard’s Data and AI platform, ensuring alignment with business objectives. • Establish domain roadmap(s) that supports critical business areas and platform capabilities including: • Connectivity/Usage - Templates, CLIs, APIs, portals • Data Access, Privacy & regulatory controls • Metadata & lineage integration • Audit & evidence generation • Influence and collaborate with stakeholders across engineering, product management, and operations to align platform strategy with business goals. • Advocate for and implement modern data architecture principles (data lakes, data warehouses, data meshes) to drive innovation and scalability. • Partner closely with engineering counterparts, participating in technical discussions and leading requirement workshops. Requirements: • Experience leading product development in the Data & AI space within enterprise environments, ideally in a matrix organization. • Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or arenaflex Cloud, and familiarity with AI/ML platforms such as Databricks and Snowflake. • Deep understanding of core building blocks and run time services needed to build a Data and AI platform is critical. • Deep understanding of the Data and AI platform landscape, architectural patterns, and emerging technologies. • Previous experience as a data engineer or data scientist is a strong advantage, especially in building AI/ML solutions for B2B. • Ability to foster a product-driven culture and champion best practices across the organization. • Proven experience building and leading cross-functional teams (product, design, data/software engineering, security, etc.) but also act as a subject matter expert as needed. • Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels. • Entrepreneurial mindset with agility and a bias for action in a fast-paced environment. Benefits: • insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance) • flexible spending account and health savings account • paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave) • 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time • 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire • 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays • 401k with a best-in-class company match • deferred compensation for eligible roles • fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities • eligibility for tuition reimbursement Apply tot his job

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