Manager, Strategy and Commercialization (Open Finance)

Mastercard is hiring a Manager, Strategy and Commercialization (Open Finance) in New York, United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on Mastercard.

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Tools and skills the posting cites include strategic planning, market intelligence and commercialization.
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Manager leading global Open Finance strategy, commercialization, market analysis, and product growth initiatives.

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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, Strategy and Commercialization (Open Finance)

Overview

The Global Open Finance & Developer Experience (OFDE) team is responsible for developing and scaling the future of Open Finance through innovative products, ecosystem partnerships, data-driven insights, and a developer-first approach that accelerates innovation across Mastercard's multi-rail network.

We are seeking a Manager, Open Finance Strategy & Commercialization to help shape the future growth of Mastercard's Open Finance business globally. This individual will work at the intersection of strategy, commercialization, product, partnerships, and analytics to identify growth opportunities, build business cases, develop go-to-market plans, and support strategic initiatives that drive adoption, revenue growth, and enterprise value.

Role

The Manager will serve as an internal consultant and strategic leader supporting key growth priorities across the Open Finance & Developer Experience portfolio.

Strategy & Market Intelligence
- Lead strategic initiatives focused on growth, market expansion, product positioning, and competitive differentiation.
- Monitor industry trends, competitive dynamics, fintech innovation, and emerging technologies to identify opportunities and risks.
- Develop executive-ready recommendations and presentations that support business and product decision-making.
- Bring competitive and ecosystem insights to identify future product and commercialization opportunities.

Commercialization & Business Growth
- Partner with Product Owners and business leaders to develop and refine product business cases throughout the product lifecycle.
- Build market sizing analyses, revenue forecasts, pricing strategies, and commercialization plans.
- Define and optimize go-to-market strategies that maximize customer adoption and commercial performance.
- Support sales, partnership, and product teams on strategic opportunities, commercial constructs, and pricing recommendations.
- Identify and evaluate strategic investment, partnership, and acquisition opportunities.

Business Performance & Analytics
- Develop KPI frameworks and executive reporting to track product and business performance.
- Lead quantitative analyses that support strategic decision-making and prioritization.
- Conduct financial modeling and scenario analysis to evaluate growth opportunities and investments.
- Translate complex data into actionable business recommendations.

Business Operations & Execution
- Support annual planning, quarterly business reviews, portfolio prioritization, budget management, and strategic operating rhythms.
- Drive alignment across Product, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Operations, and regional teams.
- Identify key issues, evaluate alternatives, and develop structured action plans that drive measurable outcomes.
- Help ensure strategic initiatives move efficiently from concept through execution.

All About You

- Be a strong strategic thinker, have analytical rigor, utilize commercial acumen, and executive communication skills to help accelerate Mastercard's expansion across Open Finance, data, API, and emerging digital commerce opportunities.
- Previous commercializations background working in payments, Open Finance and/or in Finance
- Experience defining and Go-to-market plans, revenue forecasting and commercial strategic opportunities for a B2B product

Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

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.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, 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, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations. THIS POSTING RELECTS ONE OR MORE CURRENT VACANCIES ON OUR TEAM, AND MASTERCARD INTENDS TO FILL THIS POSITION BY 01/12/2027. If the fill date has passed, Mastercard intends to fill this position as soon as possible.

Pay Ranges

New York City, New York: $156,000 - $265,000 USD

How we rate this

Manager, Strategy and Commercialization (Open Finance) at Mastercard rates 0 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.

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Key facts

Manager, Strategy and Commercialization (Open Finance) is an open job at Mastercard.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in New York City, New York.
The job was posted on October 14, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Mastercard. Apply on Mastercard

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