Manager, Payment Strategy and Execution – Latin America and the Caribbean

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 Manager, Payment Strategy and Execution – Latin America and the Caribbean Overview: The Manager, Payment Strategy and Execution will support and manage the strategic planning and execution of the Transaction Stream platform migration initiative across Latin America and the Caribbean region. The role will be driving product strategy, roadmap, prioritization, and execution of the migration. The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of switching capabilities, and platform infrastructure to drive successful transitions from the Classic to Transaction Stream platform. Role • Be the point of contact across the region, technical, and cross-functional stakeholders, ensuring alignment on execution plans and success metrics. • Drive proactive internal and external communications of the Transaction Stream value proposition. • Partner with global and technical teams to evaluate the Classic platform setup in the region and define migration strategies to Stream for market level nuances (e.g., installments). • Provide in-depth leadership on strategic markets • Drive execution for all markets in LAC, partner with global and regional product and tech teams to support roadmap execution. • Partner with cross functional business units and local markets to communicate the strategy and provide updates on the migration. • Own the relationship with market leads to ensure alignment and transparency regarding platform priorities and trade-offs • Provide input into and influence the global product development and prioritization based on regional needs and priorities • Develop and maintain a strong point of view on regional market landscape, customer needs, competitor strategies. • The role is an individual contributor role All About You • Prior experience in payments and knowledge of authorization, settlement and clearing required • Product management or technical experience in a Latin America regional role preferred • Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills • Self-starter and quick learner with ability to work independently as team may be across different markets • Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments; flexibility to handle rapidly changing scenarios • Ability to work with ambiguity and manage complex projects; successfully manage multiple responsibilities and tasks • Superior communication, presentation and interpersonal skills • Project management skills – strong organization and task management is expected • Strong collaborator, ability to work cross-functionally • Build and leverage relationships within the organization to drive results • Interact with varying levels across the organization and with internal and external clients • Availability to work in a hybrid model, being in office 3x per week. 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.