Director, Innovation

Director, Innovation & Customer Solutions Director, Innovation & Customer Solutions at Mastercard Overview Mastercard Foundry Asia Pacific is part of the Global Services organization, focused on bringing the best and most relevant technologies, solutions, and innovations to our customers across the region. Our proven digital and innovation capabilities enable us to generate new breakthrough success for our customers by combining a variety of capabilities and fast-tracking the in-market deployment of these solutions. Role In This Role, Your Day-to-day Responsibilities Will Include Developing Bundled Consumer Or Stakeholder Oriented Pitches For Mastercard’s Foundry Team In Asia Pacific And Establish Mastercard’s Unique Point Of View On How Emerging Technologies Like AI, Quantum, IoT Etc Will Help Solve The Most Pressing Problems Our Customers Face Today: You will partner internally across product groups within Mastercard Asia Pacific from Core payments to Services to Commercial & New Payment Flows and bring a consultative approach incorporating voice of the consumers and business acumen to explore, identify and define value propositions that best position Mastercard’s brand promise and capture areas of potential growth. You will work collaboratively with other subject matter experts, e.g. Sales, Marketing & communication teams, and be responsible for executing the creation of sales and innovation narratives, implementation guides and playbooks to amplify the product & innovation capabilities for Mastercard to external and internal stakeholders. You will bring the "outside-in” and identify external opportunities to move faster, explore with emerging technologies and capabilities for customer engagement You will differentiate Mastercard with our customers through innovation forums and events, leadership meetings, Experience Centers and media You will amplify thought leadership internally and externally and represent Mastercard externally as a thought leader on relevant emerging tech and trends at customer events. You will work with cross-functional teams to create engaging and innovative product demo experiences for industry conferences. You will identify and activate opportunities for enterprise capabilities to support regional initiatives. You will manage internal events and communications that engage all employees in the region (beyond just regional hubs) to embed a culture of innovation across Mastercard. Tasks For This Individual Contributor Role Include Crafting thought leadership position papers for target audiences around identified customer problem statements Providing creative thinking, foresight, and planning for product & solution launches, events, and initiatives Defining bundled consumer or stakeholder-oriented pitches in B2B, B2C, and B2G payments and commerce that will impact our existing and new customer segments Creating new sales collateral/narratives, and combined implementation and user guides Identifying & unlocking distribution channels, influencers, and other internal stakeholders to amplify messaging Building collaborative partnerships to support the development of solutions All About You The right person for this position is comfortable with defining and identifying new areas or opportunities for growth and challenging the organization to optimize Mastercard’s external impact with customers. You will demonstrate a high level of creativity and problem-solving, curiosity, ability to thrive under pressure, a focus on execution, details and organization, and have the ability to operate globally and locally. All candidates must have strong understanding of payments and financial services as well as excellent oral and written communication skills. Qualified individuals will be able to identify with the following: I am a strategic doer, unafraid to roll up sleeves and get things done I have the ability to connect the dots, strong strategic mindset, and an excellent understanding of the payments and financial services ecosystem I have excellent storytelling, oral, and writing skills I demonstrate strong interpersonal, collaboration skills and ability to impact and influence large groups I have the ability to manage cross-functional teams/projects as appropriate I am self-motivated with a track record of delivering success while operating within a fast-paced, team environment I have experience in a broad range of disciplines, ideally including marketing, communications, corporate innovation, startups, emerging technologies, payments products, and strategy 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. Seniority level Director Employment type Full-time Job function Product Management and Marketing Industries Financial Services, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Technology, Information and Internet Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Mastercard by 2x Get notified about new Director of Innovation jobs in Singapore, Singapore. We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI. #J-18808-Ljbffr