Mastercard · 1 day ago
Senior Specialist, Product Management - Commercial Connect API
Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. The role of Senior Specialist, Product Management focuses on executing the product vision for the Commercial Connect API, ensuring clarity and quality in product delivery through collaboration with engineering and various stakeholders.
FinanceFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologyPayments
Responsibilities
Translate leadership’s product direction into structured Epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, and workflow definitions
Ensure requirements are complete, technically sound, and aligned to intended business outcomes
Keep the backlog healthy, prioritized, and ready for development at all times
Work hand in hand with engineering to break down requirements, clarify edge cases, and support architectural feasibility
Participate in refinement, sprint planning, and delivery ceremonies to maintain alignment and unblock development
Validate delivered functionality through acceptance testing and close partnership with QA
Coordinate with commercialization, program managers, integrators, and customer facing teams to support testing, onboarding, and release activities
Provide internal stakeholders and delivery partners with clear product explanations, workflows, and API behavior guidance
Ensure documentation, change notes, and reference materials reflect current product capabilities
Help ensure releases meet expected quality, performance, and reliability standards
Identify risks, surface dependencies early, and support mitigation planning
Assist in readiness for MTF and production releases, working with engineering and operations teams
Qualification
Required
3+ years in product ownership, business analysis, or API-focused product delivery
Ability to translate complex workflows into clear, testable requirements
Comfortable partnering deeply with engineering in Agile environments
Strong analytical thinking, written clarity, and stakeholder communication skills
Preferred
Experience with APIs, data structures, or payments is a plus but not required
Benefits
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
56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time
Jury duty leave
On-site fitness facilities in some locations
Company
Mastercard
Mastercard is a financial network that processes payments between banks and cardholders.
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Funding
Current Stage
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