Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two. Worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
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Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 76 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first.
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The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
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No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area.
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What Mastercard International Incorporated paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Senior Specialist, Product Management” (Management Analysts) in FL: $104k–$104k, median $104k.
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Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
Details and sources
- Employer is on a government sponsor record
- The US Department of Labor certified 76 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- No salary bar for this route
- H-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Mastercard International Incorporated paid sponsored hires in similar roles
- 1 certified filing for “Senior Specialist, Product Management” (Management Analysts) in FL: $104k–$104k, median $104k. Most were filed at wage level II (100%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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About the role
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
Senior Product Specialist, MDES for Issuers and Wallets (M4D)
The European Digital Payments team mission is to bring digital-first, differentiated, inclusive solutions to make consumers' everyday life easier. With our tokenization platform (MDES), digital product suite and together with our partners across the payment’s ecosystem, we power the future of payments, beyond the plastic card. We are now seeking a product enablement senior specialist responsible for supporting the rollout of tokenized digital wallets and wearables.
Key responsibilities will include:
• Monitor and track progress against our Issuer KPIs on digital wallets/wearables, with the main objective to reach 100% issuer enablement to all participating digital wallets via MDES Express
• Support roll-out of new digital wallet/wearable wallets or key issuer launches of wallets
• Drive product marketing efforts, such as ensuring marketing toolkits and sales materials always being up to date
• Raise product enhancements / issues towards global product owners
• Leverage working knowledge of Mastercard business, systems, products, and customer requirements in making fact-based business and product decisions
• Lead by example with hands-on approaches to demonstrate product management excellence and share best practices
All about you
• Passionate and knowledgeable about technology, innovation, payments and digital commerce.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience is required.
• Product management/development/owner experience is preferred.
• Strong analytical mind and regular usage of AI tools such as Co-pilot, ChatGPT, Claude, etc.
• Very good knowledge of MS Office suite (Excel and PowerPoint primarily)
• Superior communications, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Should have a positive “can-do” attitude, be stress-resistant and ready to go the extra mile and be willing to take initiative.
• Good team player, capable of interacting with other departments
Location:
• Lisbon, Portugal
• Warsaw, Poland
• Athens, Greece
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.
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