Zafar Shaikh, Director, Product Development

Zafar Shaikh

Director, Product Development

MasterCard

Location
India
Education
Master's degree, Business And Information Technologies
Experience
14 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 7 Months

Director, Product Development at MasterCard
  • India - Pune
  • My current job since February 2022

- Currently developing products and enhancing processes with a focus on cross-border money transfers and Agritech
Payments for Community Pass and FarmPass.
- Working on product roadmap, feature delivery, enhancements, and quarterly deployments.
- Leading the management of various platforms, including FX/Treasury, Settlement, Accounting, Billing systems, Partner
onboarding, Payment Compliance, Rule Engines, AML Engines, List and Sanctions Screenings, and Regulatory Reporting.
- Nurturing leadership and fostering a healthy work culture by continually measuring team health and engagements, and
adopting better ways of working through key frameworks and tools (e.g., Guild engagements, Agile, UAT, SAFe,
ALM/Rally/JIRA, Confluence).
- Identifying & implementing opportunities to improve platforms, processes, monitoring and alerts, communication, and
documentation.
- Supervising key projects such as managing regional compliance globally, India OnSoil Regulatory compliance, Source and
Payout product enhancements, Transaction processing platform customizations and migrations, Cross-platform
integrations, and Technical-debt saving projects within the FarmPass Product Development.

Product Owner at Western Union
  • India - Pune
  • October 2011 to February 2023

- Designed & optimized Real-Time Risk Assessment, Agent Oversight, Regulatory Compliance, and Fraud Monitoring
solutions for ATMs and Mobile Apps.
- Led key projects such as Interbank Payment Method Integration, Compliance Application Management, Migration of
Italian and BeNeLux Compliance systems, Bill payment services, and Department of Justice (DOJ) Projects for Agent
Fraud handling and AML Compliance.
- Facilitated the introduction of new payment methods and revenue streams through Mobile and Web channels,
overseeing successful product launches.
- Ensured alignment with product vision and roadmap, consistently meeting requirements.

Pre Sales Executive at KPIT
  • India - Pune
  • August 2010 to August 2011

PreSales for ERP

Business Development Executive at QED Enabled Services (now Demanshore)
  • India - Pune
  • June 2009 to April 2010

Education

Master's degree, Business And Information Technologies
  • at Savitribai Phule Pune University
  • June 2013
Master's degree, Business And Marketing
  • at Savitribai Phule Pune University
  • June 2009
Bachelor's degree, Computer Sciences And Applied Physics
  • at Savitribai Phule Pune University
  • June 2006

Specialties & Skills

Stakeholder Management
Cross functional Coordination
Team Management
Regulatory Compliance
Product Development
Strategic Thinking
Analytical Thinking
Product Management
Product Development
Regulatory Compliance
Team Management
Stakeholder Collaboration
MS Office
Leadership

Languages

English
Expert
Marathi
Intermediate
Hindi
Native Speaker
Arabic
Beginner

Hobbies

  • Social Media Management
  • Video Editing
  • Art
  • Trekking
  • Bike Riding