Manager, Authentication Product Management

About the role

Mastercard is seeking an experienced Product Manager to drive the development and adoption of digital payment credential solutions across Europe, with a focus on the European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet) ecosystem.

Key responsibilities

• Support regional product strategies for digital payment credentials and digital wallet solutions within the European Digital Identity Wallet ecosystem.
• Lead Mastercard's participation in strategic European digital identity and credential initiatives, delivering innovative payment and authentication use cases.
• Act as primary contact for internal and external stakeholders on digital credential initiatives across Europe.
• Coordinate multi‑stakeholder programs involving financial institutions, wallet providers, merchants, technology partners, regulators and industry bodies.
• Define project scope, requirements, success criteria, implementation plans, testing activities and delivery milestones.
• Manage partner onboarding, readiness assessments, implementation support and ongoing stakeholder engagement.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, architecture, authentication and UX teams to deliver high‑quality, user‑centric solutions.
• Track risks, issues, dependencies and key decisions, escalating where necessary.
• Monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, standards and regulatory developments to inform product direction.
• Support go‑to‑market strategy through thought leadership, educational materials and market‑facing content.

Required profile

• Strong interest in digital identity, digital credentials, authentication technologies and payments.
• Experience in product or program management within payments, banking, fintech, technology or digital identity ecosystems.
• Ability to discuss technical concepts with engineering, architecture and solution teams.
• Proven stakeholder management skills in complex, multi‑stakeholder environments.
• Leadership, influencing and senior‑executive engagement experience.
• Analytical and problem‑solving abilities to structure ambiguity and drive outcomes.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills for both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Understanding of European regulatory landscape (eIDAS 2.0, PSD2, PSD3, PSR) and its impact on digital identity and payments.
• Master’s degree in engineering, computer science, business administration, economics or related field.
• Fluency in English; additional European languages are an asset.

Required skills

• eIDAS 2.0
• PSD2
• PSD3
• PSR
• EMV 3DS
• Tokenization