Director, Product Management, Open Finance Brazil

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary

Director, Product Management, Open Finance Brazil

Overview
The Product team is part of Mastercard’s Open Finance division and brings to life our vision of empowering consumers to benefit from their own financial data. We are passionate about creating solutions that unlock FinTech innovation and streamline everyday consumer experiences. Many leading organizations are already using the Mastercard Open Finance platform to deliver some of the industry’s most compelling services. Open Finance is a fast-growing area of Mastercard's business, and this team is a key driver of new capabilities and a very exciting place to work

Role
We are seeking a strategic and results-driven Director, Product Management to join our Open Finance product management team. This role is a pivotal in Mastercard’s execution of its go-to-market strategy for its open finance solution in Brazil. The key aspect of this role are:
(1) Driving the overall GTM strategy for our Open Finance solutions and partnerships in Brazil
(2) Identify opportunities and localization requirements to bring selected global Open Finance services, capabilities and expertise into the Brazil market
(3) Identify Product GTM synergies with existing Mastercard Product & Services in Brazil

In the process, the individual will work closely with, and where appropriate influence/persuade:
• Brazil Sales, BD and Product teams
• Global Open Finance product and engineering teams
• Local market partners
• Mastercard’s distribution channels and partners as to craft and/or customize solutions to the needs of local customers and partners (financial institutions, fintechs, markeplaces and participants of the open finance ecosystem).
• Technology teams that will drive product localization, as well as Customer Delivery and Legal on setting up new relevant onboarding processes and contract minutes and partnership models needed.

The individual will be an expert on the relevant features, benefits, and the needs of current and future customers and will become a key member of the Mastercard Open Banking Global and Local Product team responsible for defining and executing the product strategy for the overall product portfolio.

In this role, you will:
• Define and execute the product vision and strategy for partner-integrated offerings, ensuring alignment with broader business objectives.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across engineering, legal, compliance, marketing, and sales to ensure seamless integration and go-to-market execution.
• Translate customer needs into product requirements, leveraging partner capabilities to deliver differentiated value.
• Monitor product performance, customer adoption, and partner SLAs; identify opportunities for optimization and growth.
• Ensure all partner engagements meet internal standards for data privacy, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Actively support the commercial teams and partners in engaging potential customers, and drive the process of reflecting their needs in the local deployment of the relevant open banking products.
• Be an internal expert on open banking / open finance as a whole, staying engaged with key ongoing market developments, regulatory interventions, competitor activity, events and conferences if needed.
• Work with third party companies throughout the sourcing, contracting and deployment phase to drive execution of our strategy.

All About You
Skills and experience required for this role are:
• Relevant experience on banking, payments, FinTechs and/or consulting.
• Knowledge of Open Finance practices, regulations, and standards in Brazil and beyond
• Successful B2B product development and/or management experience.
• Experience in engaging with external customers (in a supporting a sales or relationship management role).
• Strong analytical skills and financial literacy.
• Self-starter with strong ability to work in a fast-paced global team environment without hands-on local direction.
• Ability to plan and organize effectively and deliver against deadlines.
• An attention to detail, a ‘right first time’ approach.
• Able to build new relationships on one’s own, and communicate at all levels within the business, clearly and concisely.
• The ability to work in a cross-functional team and in a matrix organization.
• Fluent in Portuguese and English
Role is expected to require some travel to customer engagements, events etc.

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.

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