Our Purpose
Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build asustainableeconomy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactionssecure, 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
Manager, Product OperationsWho 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.
Services within Mastercard is responsible for acquiring, engaging, and retaining customers by managing fraud and risk, enhancing cybersecurity, and improving the digital payments experience. We provide value-added services and leverage expertise, data-driven insights, and execution.
Overview
The Open Finance Data Access team is looking for a Data Access Product Manager to help scale and strengthen Mastercard’s consumer-permissioned data network. This is a critical role that combines operational ownership with strategic initiative leadership, directly influencing the reliability, availability, and future growth of our open finance ecosystem. The ideal candidate is passionate about building infrastructure that enables innovation, is comfortable navigating ambiguity, and is eager to engage with internal and external stakeholders to deliver high-impact results.
Role
In this externally-facing and cross-functional position, you will:
• Own and manage day-to-day support and engagement with financial institutions that power Mastercard’s data access infrastructure.
• Resolve connectivity issues and ensure seamless support for legacy connections, which continue to contribute a significant volume of access traffic and connected institutions.
• Partner with product, engineering, analytics, and legal teams to ensure successful onboarding, prioritization, and troubleshooting of both existing and new data access points.
• Drive strategic initiatives, such as third-party contracting, sprint planning, and reporting enhancements that improve network scalability and reliability.
• Represent Mastercard with data providers and external industry groups, contributing to a positive brand reputation and trusted partnerships.
• Develop and maintain reporting processes that track team performance, partner engagement, and strategic progress.
• Serve as a key contributor to the sustainability of our platform and a driver of Mastercard’s broader open finance vision.
All About You
The ideal candidate for this position should:
• Possess strong communication and relationship management skills with the ability to engage senior stakeholders at financial institutions and within Mastercard.
• Be a systems thinker who can operate at both the strategic and tactical levelable to zoom out to drive cross-functional initiatives and zoom in to resolve individual connectivity issues.
• Be proactive, highly organized, and skilled at driving outcomes across multiple workstreams, including operational support and long-range planning.
• Have a working understanding of digital financial services and the importance of data access infrastructure in consumer experiences.
• Be confident managing project timelines, issue escalation, and execution against value-driven business targets.
• Be fluent in building performance tracking frameworks that support team transparency, reporting, and decision-making.
Additional capabilities that are a plus:
• Experience working with or for financial institutions, fintechs, aggregators, or technology partners in the open finance ecosystem.
• Familiarity with data connectivity protocols, API infrastructure, or data governance principles.
• Demonstrated success in a highly cross-functional, stakeholder-heavy environment.Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. 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 any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.
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.
In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that 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. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: 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; and many more.
Pay Ranges
Salt Lake City, Utah: $119,000 - $190,000 USDPurchase, New York: $137,000 - $219,000 USD