Vice President, Product Data Platform (Economic Intelligence)

Title and Summary

Vice President, Product Data Platform (Economic Intelligence)

Overview

Mastercard Economic Intelligence (EI) is looking for a strategic and execution‑oriented Vice President, Product Ecosystem & Growth to own the vision, strategy, and delivery of our future platform while also leading new innovation initiatives. This leader will operate at the intersection of technology, customer needs, and business strategy—scaling our foundational platform capabilities to unify the EI product suite while incubating and launching new products that unlock future growth.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the long‑term platform vision for EI
• Partner with Engineering leadership on architecture, delivery sequencing, and technical trade‑offs to drive scalable growth
• Drive strategy around platform vs. product thinking, enabling reuse of capabilities and acceleration
• Establish a clear roadmap balancing scalability, reliability, extensibility, and speed
• Lead discovery and incubation of new product concepts, translating market opportunities into validated product hypotheses
• Run structured experimentation cycles (MVPs, pilots, beta programs) and transition validated innovations into scaled products
• Foster a culture of experimentation, accountability, and customer‑centric thinking
• Establish clear product development processes from discovery through scale

Qualifications

• Seasoned product management skillset, with experience collaborating with Engineering to deliver products
• Strong understanding of modern tech stacks, with ability to influence technical direction (e.g., API strategy, build vs. buy, scalability vs. speed vs. customization)
• Proven ability to build alignment across cross‑functional teams via collaboration and a low‑ego leadership style
• Demonstrated success leading new product launches from 0 to 1
• Comfort using both structure and creativity to break down complex problems
• Ability to communicate ideas with eloquence and authenticity

Pay Ranges

• Boston, Massachusetts: $235,000-375,000 USD
• Arlington, Virginia: $235,000-375,000 USD
• Purchase, New York: $235,000-375,000 USD

Benefits

Mastercard benefits for full‑time employees include medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance; flexible spending and health savings accounts; 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, and 5 personal days; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401(k) with company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on‑site fitness facilities; tuition reimbursement; and many other benefits.