Our PurposeMastercard 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 SummaryDirector, Product Management, API Consultancy and Standards - Mastercard DevelopersOverviewMastercard Developers is the single gateway for Mastercard partners to access a diverse range of payment, data, loyalty, and security APIs. The team is responsible for delivering an experience that ensures developers can quickly find the right API, assess its technical capabilities, and integrate it into new and innovative solutions.Your role will be to manage API governance. This role requires you to work across various product and engineering stakeholders to ensure our services are delivered with the highest quality and performance standards. Additionally, you will work with Mastercard's Product Managers on ways to improve the quality of their APIs for the developer community we serve.RoleDevelop and communicate the product vision and strategy for API governance, ensuring alignment with business goals and market trendsConduct market research to identify developer needs, industry trends, and competitive analysisJuggle the interests of multiple stakeholders, including developers, internal end-users, and business unit leadersPerform analysis on Mastercard's APIs, reviewing performance against our standards and identifying areas of improvement for product teamsIdentify areas for continuous improvement, including opportunities for automation, self-service or process efficiencyFacilitate regular sessions with all product teams to review API Governance objectives and improvementsProvide ad-hoc reporting for senior management regarding the status and quality of Mastercard's APIsIdentify opportunities, where possible, to sell/market our programs externallyAll About YouUnderstanding of APIs, programming languages, and software development principlesAbility to develop and implement long-term strategies for API governanceAbility to analyze data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisionsExcellent verbal and written communication to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholdersExperience in agile based product developmentTechnical competence in the areas of APIs and paymentsAbility to quickly understand, assess, simplify and articulate complex business and technical challenges/solutionsCorporate Security ResponsibilityAll activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks come 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 practicesEnsure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessedReport any suspected information security violation or breachComplete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines
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