Director, People & Capability, Product Management

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
Director, People & Capability, Product Management
Overview
Mastercard's People & Capability (P&C - aka HR) Product organization is evolving toward an integrated, value driven product ecosystem that supports an integrated, scalable employee experience across all platforms throughout the entire hire to retire journey. As part of this transformation and Mastercard's broader Global Talent Acquisition (GTA) strategy, the Attract & Onboard Product domain plays a critical role in ensuring a modern, state-of-the-art talent attraction, recruiting, and onboarding experience - for applicants, recruiters, and hiring managers.
We are hiring for a director level Product Manager to lead our end-to-end talent attraction and recruiting product strategy and delivery, ensuring all relevant teams and systems are effectively integrated into Mastercard's P&C ecosystem. This leader will define the future state model for how GTA leverages technology and advanced automations to meet our hiring goals and attract and onboard the best talent!
Role Summary
As the Director, People & Capability (HR) Product Management - Talent Attraction, you will operate as the lead for the talent attraction and recruiting product domain - owning vision, strategy, roadmap, governance, and measurable outcomes. You will bring deep HR & TA tech expertise to shape scalable solutions that optimize talent identification, drive hiring velocity, reduce operational risk, and create a unified end-to-end talent attraction and onboarding experience.
You will partner closely with Product Analysts, Engineering, and HR COEs to design and deliver products that simplify complexity and drive long-term value for the business.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic & Product Leadership
Own the end-to-end talent attraction & recruiting product strategy - one that connects seamlessly to onboarding.
Define the roadmap and governance model for talent attraction & recruiting innovation and implementation, ensuring global scalability and cross platform alignment.
Reconcile and translate GTA strategy and business requirements into clear product vision, user journeys, and scalable design patterns.
Establish success metrics for tech enabled GTA outcomes (e.g., Time to Fill, Time to Hire etc.).
Talent Acquisition & Recruiting Expertise
Lead the design and delivery of talent attraction & recruiting solutions in close partnership with TA Delivery, TA Operations, and TA Leadership.
Understand the talent attraction and recruiting technology landscape, assess product options, and recognize potential complexities (e.g. approvals, risks, data quality etc.)
Develop reusable talent attraction & recruiting product components, templates, and workflows to accelerate future product and/or feature innovations.
Partner with P&C Engineering to deliver any talent attraction & recruiting related integrations, data conversion and/or code-based technical solutions
Ensure alignment between Workday and broader HR tech stack during integration planning and execution.
Cross Functional Leadership
Collaborate with GTA, Product, Engineering, HR COEs, and third-party partners to drive accountability, manage dependencies, and guide integration decisions.
Influence executive stakeholders and cross functional leaders on technology, approval, and process implications.
Represent P&C Product in talent attraction & recruiting forums and readiness reviews.
People Leadership & Capability Building
Provide coaching and guidance to Product Analysts to enhance the overall product discipline, as well as strengthen capabilities in talent attraction, recruitment, and onboarding processes.
Champion outside in thinking by bringing market insights and GTA best practices into product strategy.
Qualifications
Extensive experience leading tech-centric talent attraction & recruiting solutioning efforts, including integration, technology harmonization, process consolidation, and data strategy.
Advanced professional experience in HR Technology, HR Product Management, or HRIS with a strong track record of driving complex, cross functional initiatives focused on Talent Acquisition in highly competitive environments.
Deep understanding of talent acquisition, HR operating models, and Workday or similar HR platforms.
Broad familiarity with common TA tools and enterprise platforms (e.g., CRMs, Interview Assessment Platforms, Scheduling Tools etc.), including AI-enabled solutions.
Proficiency in product management frameworks, agile delivery, and tools like Jira.
Experience designing scalable solutions across low code platforms, integration layers, and enterprise HRIS.
Strong project management expertise, able to lead cross-functional teams and identify and manage dependencies, risks and issues.
Exceptional ability to translate strategic GTA objectives into actionable product direction.
Strong executive communication and influencing capabilities.
Ability to lead through complexity, ambiguity, and organizational change.
A high degree of curiosity and strong partnership mindset.
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 [email protected] 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 and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. 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 of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 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; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.
Pay Ranges
Arlington, Virginia: $179,000 - $305,000 USD
Atlanta, Georgia: $156,000 - $265,000 USD
Boston, Massachusetts: $179,000 - $305,000 USD
Boston, Massachusetts: $179,000 - $305,000 USD
Chicago, Illinois: $156,000 - $265,000 USD
Purchase, New York: $179,000 - $305,000 USD