Inside This Week’s Hiring: 70+ New Roles at Mastercard, PayPal, Mercury, and Beyond
Featuring key senior roles at Mastercard, Mercury, and Marqeta for product, risk, and partnership teams, alongside new lifecycle and growth openings at Venmo and PayPal.
This Week’s Friday Jobs Edition:
Heavy focus on leadership roles at major players, including a VP of Global B2B role at Mastercard, Sr. Director of Network Partnerships at Marqeta , and a Chief Risk Officer search at Mercury. From Stripe and PayPal to Ramp and Plaid, the top companies are looking for talent in product, credit, and marketing.
Let’s get toasting!
Thanks,
— Carlos Caro, Founder at New Market Growth
— Nick Madrid, Co-Founder of The Free Toaster and Uncovered Media
Note: Verified Toaster subscribers can submit jobs for free!
Just email us at info@thefreetoaster.com, and we’ll add it.
One more thing before you dive into the jobs 👇
If you want context around the hiring, not just the listings, our main newsletter
The Free Toaster covers the moves driving it.
Every week, we break down:
Why banks and fintechs are shifting strategy
Where credit, payments, and AI are actually heading
Which partnerships, products, and regulatory changes matter for growth teams
Same signal-first lens. Less noise. Built for people who want to understand why these roles exist in the first place. Join 1,500+ consumer lenders who trust The Free Toaster Newsletter to stay up to speed.
This featured job is brought to you by
Product Manager - Lending Platform (NYC)
Work closely with the CPO to help shape and advance key initiatives across the lending platform. This is a senior individual contributor role suited for someone who can move fluidly between big-picture thinking and hands-on execution, partnering across Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Capital Markets.
What You’ll Do
Drive high-impact initiatives from idea through delivery, aligning work to broader business goals.
Bring structure and clarity to complex problems, developing product plans that support scale and growth.
Collaborate with technical teams to design and launch robust, data-informed solutions.
Engage with external stakeholders to uncover opportunities and inform product direction.
Leverage data, customer insight, and market context to guide decisions and iterate quickly.
What You Bring
10+ years in product management, ideally within fintech or credit-driven environments.
Experience navigating complex organizations and delivering across multiple stakeholders.
Strong communication skills with the ability to influence at senior levels.
Comfort working closely with technical teams and making data-driven decisions.
Self-directed, with the ability to balance strategy and execution.
Look below to learn more or apply directly via email connect@CTB1LLC.com and mention Toaster.
🔥70+ Fintech and Bank Jobs
Marketing, Partnerships
Vice President Global B2B & Product Marketing Open Finance & Developer Experience (Mastercard)
Sr. Director, Network Partnerships (Marqeta)
Director, Venmo Lifecycle Marketing (PayPal)
Director - Customer Engagement and Performance (Mastercard)
Director of Partnerships (Pagaya)
Marketing Director - ID Watchdog (Equifax)
Head of Business Development Marketing- GTM (Worldpay)
Head of External Communications and Media Relations (Fiserv)
Senior Manager, Affluent Benefits & Experiences Marketing (VISA)
Senior Manager-Marketing (American Express)
Senior Manager, Brand Strategy (Credit Karma)
Campaign Operations Manager (Stripe)
Lifecycle Marketing Manager (Imprint)
Marketing Manager, Property Management (Nova Credit)
Conversion Rate Optimization Manager (Motley Fool)
Account-Based Marketing Manager (Plaid)
Partner Marketing Lead (Parafin)
Senior Marketing Specialist (VantageScore)
Partnerships, Digital Verticals (Cardless)
Contract AI Investing Content Writer (Motley Fool)
Content Designer (Lead)
Social Media Manager (Mercury)
Want To Reach Our Readers In Person?
The Free Toaster is betting big on live events in 2026.
If you’d like to sponsor or host an event in the consumer lending community in 2026, we’d like to hear from you. Think coffee meetups, lunches, dinners, 1-day events, golf outings, wine tastings.
Our events team can help you bring it to life. Contact amanda@thefreetoaster.com for more information.
Product, Operations
Vice President, International Consumer Solutions (TransUnion)
Director, Product Management - Data Provider Solutions (Open Finance) (Mastercard)
Principal Product Manager (Pagaya)
Senior Operations Manager, Auto (Upstart)
Sr Manager, Product Management : Credit Risk Platform (PayPal)
Senior Product Manager, Tokenization (Marqeta)
Senior Product Manager (Array)
Senior Product Manager (Nova Credit)
Revenue Systems Manager (Array)
Product Leader (Lead)
Product Manager (Parafin)
Principal, Business Transformation (TransUnion)
Partner Implementation Lead (Pagaya)
Senior Product Designer (Lead)
Product Operations (Plaid)
Enjoying this week’s issue?
If The Free Toaster Jobs Edition has been useful to you, send it to someone who’s searching for their next role in fintech. Pass it along to a teammate, a recruiter friend, or anyone building in lending, cards, data, or growth.
Every share helps more operators discover better opportunities, and it helps us keep curating the most relevant jobs in the space.
Credit, Data Science
VP, Vertical Analytics D&A Leader (Equifax)
Director, Data & Analytics - Growth Products & Partnerships (VISA)
Director, Data Analytics (Fiserv)
Director of Data (Mercury)
Senior Data Analyst (Array)
Senior Data Scientist (Credit File Expert) (VantageScore)
Staff Credit AI Scientist - Consumer Risk (Intuit) (Credit Karma)
Data Engineer (Imprint)
Data Scientist (Imprint)
Data Scientist (TransUnion)
Data Scientist, Underwriting (Parafin)
Data Analyst II (Worldpay)
Analyst - Data Analytics Digital Lounge Services (American Express)
Staff Data Scientist (Stripe)
Upgrade’s Launch of Boost Money with John Doppke, VP of Product at Upgrade
In the latest episode of The Free Toaster, Carlos and Nick sit down with John Doppke (VP of Product at Upgrade) to unpack the launch of Boost Money. Discover the strategy behind this “four-in-one” financial account and how cash-flow underwriting is powering a new era of interest-free advances.
Catch us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Substack, or your favorite player.
Risk, Fraud, Compliance
Director - Compliance Committee Governance (American Express)
Director of Compliance (VantageScore)
Director of Fair Lending (Upstart)
Director, Risk Management (PayPal)
Chief Risk Officer (Mercury)
Marketing Compliance Manager (Cardless)
Credit Risk Lead (Cardless)
Risk Analyst, Customer Oversight (Plaid)
Product & Regulatory Counsel (Nova Credit)
BSA/AML Investigations Analyst I (Pathward)
Manager, Software Engineering - Data Infrastructure (Marqeta)
Compliance Analyst II (Worldpay)
Credit Risk Specialist (Fiserv)
AML Operations Analyst (Ramp)
Post your open roles for free.
Verified Free Toaster readers can submit open roles for free.
If you’re hiring across fintech, banking, or financial services, email the job details to info@thefreetoaster.com and we’ll include it in an upcoming Jobs Edition.
Looking to hire a key role? The CTB1 team can help.
No retainers or upfront costs. CTB1 only gets paid if they fill your role.
CTB1 is a boutique talent and recruiting firm specializing in exclusive fintech, banking, and lending roles. Unlike typical recruiting channels, CTB1 allows job seekers direct access to Connie and Cammie, ensuring personal responses rather than getting lost in a pile of resumes. For hiring managers, CTB1 quickly identifies top-tier talent, especially for specialized roles in credit, risk, marketing, and data science. Their unique, contingency-based business model means no upfront costs—companies only pay upon successfully filling a role.
Email connect@CTB1LLC.com and mention Toaster to learn more.
Want to help someone break into their next fintech role?
Send them this week’s jobs list:
https://www.thefreetoasterjobs.com/p/inside-this-weeks-hiring-70-new-roles
See you next week,
The Free Toaster Team
p.s. If you end up applying to anything here, let us know. We always like hearing where readers land.