Overview
Director, Product Development, Online Checkout – Mastercard Checkout Services focuses on making payments simpler, more efficient, and more secure. We are building highly scalable digital payment experiences through our products such as Click to Pay, Secure Card on File Tokenization, and Token Authentication Service. Our vision is to enable secure and seamless checkout experiences by eliminating manual card entry online. This Director of Product Development will shape the strategic roadmap and bring innovative solutions to life to scale Mastercard Checkout Services.
We are looking for a top performer with an entrepreneurial spirit and experience in executing complex strategic and technology projects across multiple product teams, working with exceptional colleagues around the globe. This is a high-impact role at the intersection of product strategy, innovation, and solution design. If you’re passionate about shaping the future of digital payments through smart, scalable architecture and creative solutioning, join us.
Role
- Lead solutioning for product discovery initiatives, exploring new product features, use cases, trends, and market opportunities that will contribute to the evolution of long‑term product strategy.
- Support pre-sales and partnership engagements by providing feasibility assessments, solution design, and work in a co-innovation model.
- Act as the technical bridge between external partners and internal product development teams—balancing user experience, feasibility, and system constraints.
- Translate customer and partner needs into scalable product capabilities and architectural designs across a variety of use cases.
- Define and document technical requirements in collaboration with Product Managers, Engineering, UX, and Legal & Privacy teams.
- Stay current on industry trends, security protocols, and emerging technologies relevant to digital payments and authentication.
All About You
- 9+ years in product strategy, product development, or solution architecture roles – digital payments experience is a plus.
- Familiarity with online checkout, tokenization, authentication, and PCI-related topics.
- Strong understanding of web technologies, APIs, cloud-native architecture, and service-oriented design.
- Proven experience translating abstract product goals into concrete architecture and system behavior. Hands-on experience with developer documentation, wireframes, or prototypes is a plus.
- Proven record of cross-functional collaboration with a strong focus on working across business, engineering, UX, and research teams.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to interact with, build consensus, and influence a variety of internal and external partners and customers.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
- Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment, meet deadlines, and collaborate effectively across teams.
- Bachelor’s degree required; Advanced degree preferred.
Total Base Pay Range
178,000.00 - 284,000.00
Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disability, or veteran status. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting; do not include medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond promptly.
Corporate Security Responsibility
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks come with an inherent risk to the organization. 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.
In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full-time employees generally include health insurance, flexible spending accounts or health savings accounts, paid leaves, holidays, 401(k) match, tuition reimbursement, and more. Mastercard benefits for interns vary by location.
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