Vice President, Products and Solutions, Consumer

Vice President, Products and Solutions, Consumer MasterCard

Title and Summary

The Vice President, Products and Solutions, Consumer, UAE, Qatar & Kuwait will be responsible for managing the product strategies and implementation plans across all Digital Payment & Labs product suites, including developing the go-to-market strategies to commercialize Digital Payment products in the market. He/She will also manage the in-region relationship with all the Global Digital wallet operators and jointly track the roll-out plans. He/She will work in alignment with the regional & global product development organization, market account management, and market development teams to derive issuer, acquirer, merchant, and consumer needs and issues.

Role

1. The candidate will be the Digital Payments & Labs Market lead for UAE, Qatar and Kuwait.
2. Work with regional and global product teams to develop converged product strategies and implementation plans across all Digital payment product suites.
3. Develop go-to-market strategies for commercializing Digital Payment products leveraging global partnerships and forging local partnerships including the fintech community.
4. Identify and develop local partnerships to help accelerate the delivery of Digital payment solutions in the market.
5. Manage the in-region relationship with all the Global Digital wallet operators and jointly track the roll-out plans.
6. Manage the in-region relationship with all the Global MasterCard Accounts and jointly track the roll-out plans.
7. Lead the Mobile Payment ecosystem build in UAE with UAE Banking Federation (UBF).
8. Work closely with Global Product Development, local account teams, Expert Sales, and other colleagues to understand MasterCard, issuer, merchant, and consumer needs and issues and lead market-level solutioning based on these needs.
9. Collaborate with Account Management, Expert Sales, and others to ensure understanding of market strategies and drive alignment to the regional and global strategy.
10. Support Account management and market development teams to drive Digital Roadmap discussions with key stakeholders in the market: Issuers, Acquirers, Merchants.
11. Support Expert Sales and Account teams as needed, meeting with clients and communicating mobile strategy, product innovation, business building strategies, and overall market direction.
12. Assess and understand the mobile payments market, competition, market direction, and trends.
13. Effectively engage Consumer and Customer Marketing, Communications, and other colleagues to support the launch of new products, features, and functionality.
14. Lead cross-functional projects, identifying and including appropriate resources, budgets, departments, and customers in the creation and implementation of new mobile payment products, policies, and features within the assigned markets.