Manager Product Experience & Design (IC)

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 Experience & Design (IC)

About the Team:

Our Global SME (Small Medium Enterprise) Team is a world-class team united by our desire to discover and unlock the next generation of business intelligence technology.

You’ll join our pioneering CX&D Squad in the Global SME division at Mastercard to design new User Experiences, drive innovation and conceptualize design thinking within our Mastercard products.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create impactful experiences that resonate with our target audience.

As a member of the CX&D Squad, you’ll join us in our missions to accelerate the adoption of global SME product solutions, so millions of businesses can scale, grow and drive value to their customers.

We’re building the future for Small Medium Businesses at Mastercard.


About the role:

We are looking for an experienced & dynamic Product Experience & Design Manager (IC) to join our Global SME Team at Mastercard.

You will play a critical role in designing the next generation of Mastercard's business solutions and data-driven products. Our UX team integrates behavioral science, data, design & technology to create future conceptual designs, iterate design systems, and develop new product solutions that elevate existing features.

If you're passionate about Design Systems and components, live in Figma, are driven by user-centric solutions, and are interested in learning advanced product design skills then we'd love to hear from you.💫


About Product Experience Design:

As a Product Experience Designer, you’ll work closely with UX Research, Product Designers, Product Managers, Engineers, and more.

In addition to contributing to our Design System, you'll be creating & building new experiences to increase conversion rates by creating reusable components via high-fidelity design tokens, UI Kits that address technical challenges, and applying advanced interaction design prototypes.

As an empathetic user advocate, you strive to turn complexity into simple beautiful solution that meet customers’ needs. You love building great products by applying best practices and standards to create innovative products.

We're always evolving and learning, it's a place where you'll grow as a professional, both individually and as a team. You’ll help us to design the best Customer Experience for a range of even more innovative things we can’t talk about yet!

As a Mastercard's CX&Design community member, you'd have access to our internal Guild of hundreds of designers, researchers, and strategists, training, and professional development.


What you’ll be doing:

-Contribute to our design system between Design, Product and Engineering.

-Ensure that our User Experience optimizes business objectives and user engagement, working closely with Product Design partners & Product Managers.

-Ideate and conceptualize new features aligned with product strategies.

-Rapid prototyping of Proof-of-Concepts and MVPs using human-centered design principles.

-Create new visual designs, reusable components via high-fidelity assets, user flows, journey maps, and beyond, to achieve the best Customer Experience.

-Adapting & iterate Proof-of-Concept components onto our Design System.

-Continuously improve efficiency in the design process and the overall product experience by using atomic design principles.


Skills you should hold:

-Over 6 years of UX/UI design experience for consumer-facing products and B2B solutions.

-Experience with design systems, crafting & detailing design, dashboards & prototypes on Figma.

-Ability to iterate & craft detailing new components based on a design North Star.

-Strong UX focus and understanding of component properties, behaviors and grids.

-A solid understanding of User Experience with B2B and B2B2C business models, with experience in launching global products being a huge plus.

-Ability to think strategically about product strategy and articulate design iterations.

-Experience adapting to changes and implementing updates to keep the design system relevant.

-Ability to understand technical implications in design decisions.

-You practice Design Thinking and can demonstrate success in bringing products to market using this methodology.

-Passion for solving problems and being challenged.

-Adaptability - constant willingness to learn and hit the ground running.

-Initiative and ability to collaborate independently.

-Track record of resilience, agility, and ability to thrive in dynamic growth environments.

-You’re a doer with a clean visual design sense.

-Curious and passionate about innovating Product Design.

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 based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. 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 new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 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, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.

Pay Ranges

Atlanta, Georgia: $119,000 - $190,000 USD