Manager, Product Management

Mastercard is hiring a Manager, Product Management in Lisbon, Portugal. Level rates it ; you can apply on Mastercard.

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On Level's scale, this role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
Tools and skills the posting cites include product management, data analytics and strategy.
Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
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Manage portfolio optimization products and strategy using advanced analytics and cross-functional collaboration.

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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, Product Management

Overview

The Global Portfolio Optimization (GPO) team drives portfolio performance by leveraging advanced analytics, insights, and best practices to identify, prioritize, and accelerate opportunities at scale. By developing and scaling impactful portfolio optimization solutions, we enable customers to improve activation, usage, spend, and other key portfolio performance outcomes.

Our programmatic approach, combined with Mastercard’s data, insights, and capabilities, enables measurable and repeatable value delivery across markets and customer segments. We work across Product, Sales, Marketing, Services, and regional teams to identify opportunities, develop innovative solutions, and accelerate execution against portfolio performance priorities.

We are seeking a Manager, who will be responsible for:

• Supporting the development and execution of the Global Portfolio Optimization strategy, priorities, and roadmap, ensuring alignment across multiple initiatives, teams, and markets.
• Driving PMO activities across key GPO initiatives, including workplan development, milestone tracking, stakeholder coordination, identification of dependencies and risks, and preparation of management updates.
• Structuring complex business topics into clear, compelling narratives and executive-level presentations, translating data, insights, and multiple inputs into actionable recommendations and effective storytelling.
• Designing and developing new portfolio optimization solutions and approaches, identifying opportunities to improve customer portfolio performance and evolve GPO capabilities.
• Conducting opportunity assessments and supporting concept development, from initial problem definition and ideation through validation, business case development, and execution planning.
• Connecting insights across multiple disciplines and teams to understand business needs, identify opportunities for innovation, and translate ideas into scalable solutions.
• Collaborating cross-functionally with Product, Sales, Marketing, Services, regional teams, and other stakeholders to advance initiatives and enable execution.
• Developing clear communication materials for audiences at different levels of the organization, including senior and executive leadership.
• Monitoring initiative performance and progress, leveraging KPIs and business insights to identify gaps, opportunities, and areas requiring additional focus.
• Supporting the development of frameworks, methodologies, and best practices that can be leveraged across markets to drive a more consistent and scalable approach to Portfolio Optimization.
• Bringing structure to ambiguous and complex problems, connecting different perspectives and information to develop practical and actionable solutions.

All About You:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, management, economics, engineering, or other relevant areas.
• Experience in strategy, product management, consulting, PMO, or other roles requiring strong problem-solving and cross-functional execution capabilities.
• Strong project and program management skills, with demonstrated ability to manage multiple initiatives, stakeholders, priorities, and dependencies.
• Excellent storytelling and presentation skills, with the ability to structure complex information into clear, concise, and compelling executive-level narratives.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across different levels of the organization, including senior leadership.
• Strong business acumen and analytical capabilities, with the ability to translate data and insights into recommendations and solutions.
• Experience developing new concepts, solutions, or capabilities, with a demonstrated ability to move from ambiguity and ideation to structured execution.
• Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary and geographically distributed teams, connecting different areas of expertise to drive common outcomes.
• Strong problem-solving skills and intellectual curiosity, with the ability to quickly understand new topics and connect insights to identify opportunities for innovation.
• Proactive, highly organized, and self-motivated, with a proven track record of delivering results in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

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.

How we rate this

Manager, Product Management at Mastercard rates 10 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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Key facts

Manager, Product Management is an open job at Mastercard.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Lisbon, Portugal (DeHouse).
The job was posted on October 21, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Mastercard. Apply on Mastercard

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