Director Product Management - AML Solutions

Our Purpose

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Title and Summary

Director Product Management - AML Solutions

Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.
Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Overview
Mastercard’s Financial Crime Solutions team is looking for a Director, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Solutions Product Management, to help drive the delivery of our product roadmaps. The ideal candidate is passionate about helping our customers reduce financial crime, highly motivated, intellectually curious, analytical, and possesses an entrepreneurial mindset.

Financial Crime Solutions (FCS) is a cross-functional team within the Services division of Mastercard, overseeing solutions that are dedicated to safeguarding businesses and consumers from various financial crimes. Made up of our product management; data science, operations and technology partners, we have launched solutions that aid in the detection of financial crime, with advanced technologies, data analysis techniques and industry best practices to identify suspicious patterns, behaviors, and transactions on a global scale.
Role
• Report to the VP, AML Solutions Product Manager and work closely with global and regional
leads to drive product strategy, strategic development and launch of new products within AML
Solutions.

• Acts as a subject matter expert, outline business requirements and lead the data science, CX,
and development teams through the definition, and launch of new products for our customers
and in support of AML solutions objectives.
• Leverage Mastercard’s product management framework to manage the delivery of ongoing
innovation and enhancements to Financial Crime Solutions products from concept to
commercialization.
• Assist with business case definition, go-to-market plans, and data analysis for new product
concepts and framing for AML Solutions.
• Assessment and development of expansion plans with clear value to address key customers
and market needs.
• Develop deep understanding of customer behavior and market trends by analyzing relevant data
to inform product strategies and forecasting.
• Understand the Software Development Lifecycle and surface any barriers or obstacles to deliver
new product opportunities on time and on budget.

All about you
We are looking for a proficient agile person with interest and passion for payments and/or fintech, banking, financial services, and anti-money laundering.
• Experience in the Payments ecosystem, especially in Money Laundering detection, is an advantage.
• Experience with Machine Learning, working closely with Data Science teams.
• Understanding of financial crime and the broader payments ecosystem into ongoing product
management (e.g. regulatory, legal, technology, competitive, technology environment etc.)
• Have curiosity, agility, creativity, and a team player attitude.
• Lead by example with hands-on approaches to demonstrate product management excellence
and share best practices.
• Be eager to learn, develop and get involved, be ready to roll up your sleeves.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an ability to identify key issues, structure
analysis and synthesize large amounts of data, and provide recommendations effectively.
• Enjoy working and building relationships in multicultural matrix organization.
• Have strong written and verbal communication skills in order to clearly articulate and simplify
complex topics.
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuous learning by leveraging the learning & d