Director, Blockchain and Crypto
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As Director of Blockchain and Crypto at Mastercard, you lead product management for the company's crypto roadmap within the Core Payments division. You drive the development of compliant crypto solutions, including stablecoins and related use cases on Mastercard's network, working across multi-functional teams worldwide to align with Mastercard's multi-rail strategy and commitment to consumer choice.
What you'll do
- Work closely with customers, Mastercard global and regional teams and sales colleagues to engage in concept validation, business case development, financial modeling and planning for new products or enhancements
- Engage with treasury, franchise, legal, regulatory teams and external partners to build and launch capabilities and services for crypto transactions and settlement
- Partner with platform and engineering teams by providing a clear product vision, well-defined product roadmap and initiatives; define and prioritize product features
- Provide support to sales and customer-facing teams with communication and training on product functionality and enhancements
- Support other product and commercialization areas on the team as needed
What you bring
- Strong interest in the blockchain and crypto space
- Experience in the payments industry with the ability to adapt new technologies to existing use cases
- Experience in product development and product management, including concept definition and validation, and business requirements definition
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to communicate your vision and roadmap effectively to a wide variety of stakeholders
- An entrepreneurial attitude and self-starter mentality; ability to work independently
- Strong analytical skills and problem-solving ability with the capacity to take thoughtful risks
Nice to have
- Prior knowledge of payment networks and processing
- Knowledge of the card authorization, clearing and settlement process and systems
What we offer
- Competitive base salary and eligibility for an annual bonus
- Comprehensive benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability and 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 annually
- 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays
- 401k with company match
- Fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities
- Eligibility for tuition reimbursement
About Mastercard
Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories, supporting a wide range of digital payments choices and helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. The Blockchain and Crypto team, part of Mastercard's global Core Payments division, focuses on the rapidly evolving blockchain technology and stablecoins, related ecosystems and their impacts to consumers, merchants and other market participants.
Context for this role
From the live jobs we track on CryptoJobsHQ, updated daily.
Mastercard has 12 open roles on CryptoJobsHQ: 5 in Engineering, 3 in Legal & Compliance and 2 in Product. All are on-site or hybrid, mostly in the US and the UK. 3 were posted in the last 7 days.
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