Vice President of Product Management; Stablecoins

Requirements

• The ideal candidate is a strong leader and people manager, who combines in-depth knowledge of the payments landscape with strong product development experience, business acumen, and a genuine passion for the digital asset space
• Experience in treasury services or transaction banking is highly valued
• Blockchain and digital assets knowledge:
  Strong knowledge of and interest in the blockchain, crypto, and digital asset space. Experience building and contributing to well‑known blockchain or crypto projects is desirable
• Payments expertise:
  Experience in the payments industry with in-depth understanding of payment solutions across a variety of market segments, including familiarity with relevant industry standards and regulatory requirements. Treasury and transaction banking experience a plus
• Product development:
  Experience in bringing new products to market, including concept definition and validation, business requirements definition, and comfort working in cross‑functional teams, in line with established product development processes
• Commercial acumen:
  Good commercial insight with experience building value propositions for all participants in a payments ecosystem, including Mastercard, our customers, and partners
• Communication skills:
  Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to simplify and describe complex concepts and technologies to audiences of varied knowledge, and to communicate vision and roadmap effectively to a wide variety of stakeholders
• Entrepreneurial mindset: A strong entrepreneurial attitude with the ability to learn quickly, adapt to a changing market landscape, challenge the status quo, and work independently
• Analytical rigor:
  Strong analytical skills and sound judgment with the ability to digest complex problems and take thoughtful risks
• People leadership:
  Strong track record of leading and developing talent

• Mastercard's Blockchain and Digital Assets group drives Mastercard’s business and product strategy in the digital currency payment space
• The team's mission is to build the world's leading interoperability network for tokenized and fiat money transactions, leveraging Mastercard's decades of financial network experience to bridge traditional and on‑chain finance
• The team is at the heart of making Mastercard the trusted access layer that lets regulated institutions and their customers enable real‑time payments and smart money movement through stable coins, tokenized deposits and other forms of tokenized value
• We are looking for a Vice President, Product Management to lead the design, development, and implementation of innovative blockchain and digital asset solutions, with a primary focus on onboarding, enabling and operationalizing multiple stable coins onto Mastercard’s suite of products through direct relationships and integrations with stablecoin issuers
• The role has global responsibilities, overseeing stablecoin issuer integrations across all regions and supporting the execution of Mastercard's broader crypto and blockchain product roadmap
• Internally, the VP and his/her team will work with a cross‑functional team comprising Product and Engineering, Franchise, Compliance, Legal, Regulatory, Treasury, and regional teams to deliver the end‑to‑end product lifecycle
• Direct the development and expansion of the Mastercard Stablecoin Issuer Program, including productizing and automating the contractual, onboarding and enablement processes across stablecoin issuers, currencies and regions. Oversee all work streams such as contract standardization, product and technical integration, pricing / economics, etc
• Lead negotiations with Stablecoin Issuers and issuers of other tokenized forms of money globally to ensure alignment, commercial viability and enablement of existing and new Mastercard products and services such as remittances, payouts, and B2B payments
• Drive on‑ and off‑ramping integrations with Stablecoin Issuers including automation of minting, redeeming and burning of stable coins to enable domestic and cross‑currency payments
• Lead the development and implementation of franchise rules and standards for stablecoin issuers onboarded onto…