Manager, Sustainability Products, Consumer Products & Processing, Core Products Job Listing at Mastercard in Lisbon, Lisbon (Job ID R-267484)

Description

Our Purpose

Mastercard 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 Summary

Manager, Sustainability Products, Consumer Products & Processing, Core Products Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. We connect consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments, digital partners, businesses and other organizations worldwide by enabling electronic payments and making those payment transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible.
Our company's aspiration is to power economies and empower people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers. Every day, our dedicated teams around the world are focused on addressing real needs and building toward this goal. They bring their creativity, their knowledge and their unique perspectives to drive innovation and our business in meaningful ways.
Our network, services and partnerships drive our commitment of doing well by doing good. We know that we can only prosper when the world prospers. That comes when growth is sustainable and inclusive and when prosperity is shared.

Overview
Increasingly, companies and consumers are taking action against the impacts of climate change. At Mastercard, we have an opportunity to leverage our technology to make it simple and convenient for them to do so.
There is increasingly strong sentiment in society to take action against the impacts of climate change, and we must leverage our technology to make it simple and convenient for individuals to do so. Through existing and emerging products, we can inform consumers about the carbon footprint of their purchases to make mindful spending choices. Our Carbon Calculator solution, powered by Doconomy's Aland Index, offers consumers such a way to approach environmentally friendly spending by supplying them with actionable climate information and support. Our capabilities also support the successful progress of our flagship forest reforestation program - the Priceless Planet Coalition (PPC). Mastercard is also exploring the evolving landscape of carbon markets, in alignment with its own corporate sustainability strategy

We continue to enhance and scale our Sustainability Solutions assets, identifying and developing differentiating features to maintain our competitive advantage, with a focus on what will drive value for our customers and partners.

Role

The successful candidate will support the development and commercialization of innovative sustainability solutions, with a primary focus on carbon credit products and services for Mastercard customers and partners.

This role will be pivotal in shaping Mastercard's next-generation sustainability offerings, driving scale, and ensuring alignment with climate goals. The individual will work cross-functionally to define product strategy, manage execution, and deliver impactful solutions that empower customers to take meaningful climate action.

Responsibilities include:
• Define and advance the program roadmap for carbon credit solutions, from concept through launch, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with Mastercard's sustainability strategy.
• Support development of business cases and value propositions for carbon credit products, leveraging market research, customer insights, and regulatory trends.
• Collaborate with internal teams (Engineering, Sustainability Innovation Lab, Regional Champions, marketing, legal) and external partners (issuers, merchants, carbon registries) to design and implement scalable solutions.
• Support go-to-market strategy, including research, pricing, positioning, and sales enablement for carbon credit offerings.
• Create compelling sales and educational materials for internal and external audiences to support adoption and growth.
• Monitor and analyze product performance, providing actionable insights to optimize features and enhance customer experience.
• Ensure compliance and integrity of carbon credit solutions by working with trusted registries and adhering to global standards.
• Build expertise in carbon credit markets, regulations and trends. Represent Mastercard in sustainability forums and industry discussions, positioning the company as a leader in climate innovation.

All About You
The ideal candidate should be intellectually curious, energetic, and able to operate with urgency. In addition, the role requires an individual who can demonstrate a disciplined approach to prioritization. Candidate must have strong communication skills with an ability to secure buy-in from executive leadership and experience in driving execution and alignment with regional and cross-functional teams.

Key attributes:
• A strong understanding of carbon markets , climate-related financial products, and global sustainability standards (ensuring compliance and integrity of solutions) is essential.
• Experience in Product Management and/or Product Development field, with experience in sustainability and/or carbon markets preferred.
• Proven ability to develop and commercialize innovative products, from concept through launch, with a focus on emerging sustainability solutions such as carbon credits.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate sustainability goals into actionable product roadmaps and go-to-market strategies.
• Analytical mindset, adept at turning qualitative and quantitative data into insights that influence decision-making and optimize product performance.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, capable of tailoring messages for diverse audiences, including senior leadership and external partners.
• Collaborative and influential, skilled at working across multiple internal teams and external stakeholders to co-develop solutions.
• Self-starter and motivated to work independently and as an effective team member
• Ability to manage multiple projects in parallel and deliver on time, scope, and budget.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, negotiation, conflict resolution and project management skills
• Understanding of competitive offerings and industry trends

Required Skills:
• Bachelors degree required. MBA preferred.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes 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 practices;

• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.

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