Vice President, Products and Solutions
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- Shanghai
- Permanent
- Full-time
- The individual is accountable for MasterCard's competitive positioning and differentiation in product innovation within the consumer credit in the clusters and develop product benefits/ solutions which would be core to the affluent products to deliver a superior edge to MasterCard Products in the clusters. Will have responsibility for cost management and delivery of these benefits with quantified metrics tied to customer plans
- Accountable for incorporating customer planning as well as the requirements for innovation and competitive positioning into the cluster prioritization of product initiatives
- Coordinate with the global product team to identify best practices and manage a balance between global product standards and local requirements
- Monitor the landscape of competitive products and industry trends, understanding their implications for MasterCard and suggest action steps as required
- Ensure the development of innovative and differentiated product benefits to meet current and emerging needs of MasterCard customers
- Develop a 'Life Cycle Management' approach to constantly enhance/ modify/ upgrade products & benefits in line with market/ issuer/ segment needs to ensure maximum profitability to MasterCard through usage and retention
- Collaborate with Consumer and Customer Marketing leadership to support the launch of programs & benefits within the clusters as well as work with the Marketing team in development of any collateral as required by the clusters
- Create and maintain a library of best practices and case studies on product development to be shared with Product Sales, Account Teams and Customers
- Develop presentations to proactively update & sell to issuers product opportunities/ innovations, market trends, & MC advancements in product innovation
- Support Product Sales and Account Teams in the creation of value propositions that leverage key features of existing and / or new product platforms from MC
- Support Sales Teams with customized product development requests
- Must demonstrate strong influencing and negotiation skills
- Demonstrate proven ability to develop and successfully implement, quantifiable business plans
- Industry knowledge and networking especially in merchant relationships/ commerce development
- Have an entrepreneurial approach and vision
- Analytical thinking
- Must have a MCW product & profitability focus
- Customer focus with extensive knowledge of customer profitability drivers and consumer usage drivers
- Outstanding communication skills from a written, verbal and presentation perspective
- Demonstrate multi-disciplinary knowledge, i.e. marketing, operations, acquiring and emerging technologies.
- Knowledge of MasterCard credit products and services
- 15 years + experience in successfully developing and launching new products targeting the premium/affluent market
- Understanding of competitive offerings and industry trends
- Ability to oversee multiple projects and initiatives concurrently
- Experience with strategic and business planning
- Negotiating skills
- Proven experience working collaboratively in a cross-functional role
- Team player with the ability to clearly articulate strategy
- Outstanding and expert level of communication/presentation skills
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent required. MBA preferred