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• Lead a team responsible for Mastercard's product management framework (Studio), used by over 2,500 product managers and which provides agile, repeatable guidelines that de-risks product development, embeds customer-centricity, produces data-driven insights, and accelerates speed-to-revenue.• Drive adoption of the framework – within product teams, cross-functional stakeholders, and executives, and across regions – to enable Mastercard to reach its goal to become a $1T market cap company.• Manage the end-to-end digitization of Studio and its assets, including the exploration and integration of GenAI into tools and use cases.• Implement consistent governance mechanisms that drive product manager accountability and executive engagement in product advancement decisions.• Empower product leads and teams with learning & development tools and community-building in an effort to promote collaboration, prioritization, and a consistent product mindset.• Manage an annual product development event that showcases the future of Studio and product management best practices to the wider organization.

• Accelerated the generation and development of new concepts and customer-focused experiences, including their initial framing, their presentation to executives, their prioritization, and their delivery as pilots for Mastercard and its partners.• Headed Labs’ Product Council, with responsibility for the evaluation and prioritization of over 30 material ($50M+) projects as well as the development of the governance and tools that drive effective decision-making.• Managed Mastercard’s top innovation program; responsible for identifying customer needs, crafting challenges, coaching teams, and transitioning top concepts for a program that has resulted in 1000s of ideas, 100+ inventions, and numerous commercialized solutions.• Led Mastercard’s global innovation competition; manage cross-functional teams to organize, brand, and execute an event that incorporates 30+ offices across all regions and consistently results in participation from 3,000+ participants.• Directed Labs' university engagements, which accelerate thinking around early-stage initiatives.• Packaged innovation programs to external partners; has directly resulted in millions in sales and new strategic engagements.• Partnered with internal startup engagement group to evaluate, onboard, and manage proofs-of-concept between startups and clients. • Facilitated workshops – incorporating design thinking, prototyping, and storytelling – that augment employee skillsets.• Supported the delivery of innovation showcases, including the development, implementation, and update of product demos and videos.• Delivered thought leadership pieces and business case studies, including one published by INSEAD and Harvard University.• Elevated Mastercard’s overall reputation for open innovation via direct engagement with universities, suppliers, and the tech community.

• Established the Mastercard Labs branding in Latin America, acting as the principal for both internal and client-facing engagements.• Led innovation management in the region, including development of the marketing strategy and execution of new product demos.

• Led industry and market analysis of the North America and Latin America regions.• Collaborated with executives in creating, communicating, and executing the global and regional strategic plans.• Crafted product campaigns and contributed to the repositioning of the brand.• Presented the year’s industry trends, drivers, and metrics to top customers at regional annual meetings.• Produced quarterly market and competitive reports as a direct briefing to CEO / top-level management.• Performed targeted market and competitive analysis on regional and application segments, including white space opportunities.

• Evaluated risk, set operating budget guidelines, and provided recommendations on the suitability of $5M+ real estate investments.• Analyzed financial data, legal documentation, and market studies for compliance with investment portfolio guidelines.• Developed collaborative reporting tool that significantly increased efficiency of front-end analysis.

• Worked with business leads to develop and effectively communicate annual strategic and operating plans.• Co-creator of “Imaginarium,” a still-active innovative brainstorming center that bolstered the company’s aggressive growth campaign.• Led 14-person team focused on market and program intelligence on a competing Fortune 500 company.