Lead Project Manager
About The Position
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 Lead Project Manager Overview: The Global Business Services Center Strategy, Enablement & Transformation team is built upon strong contributors with leadership abilities, consulting mindsets and strong project management skills. The group acts as an internal consultant supporting the Shared Services Organization which today supports three primary verticals: Finance, People and Capability and Law, Franchise, and Integrity. The primary responsibility will be supporting the successful identification, planning and execution of projects within our Shared Services Organization and stakeholder groups. The qualified candidate will be a member of a highly visible team working closely with Operational Work Stream Leads and Key Internal Customers to identify opportunities, develop appropriate planning and execute on projects. This position requires a highly collaborative individual with strong process and project management skills who will need to coordinate global relationships across multiple functional areas, third party providers and regional constituencies.
Requirements
- Experience in large-scale, cross functional transformation initiatives
- Experience evaluating business processes and providing advice on ways to effectively streamline business processes and efficiencies (i.e., Lean Six Sigma)
- Project and/or Program Management experience, with a good understanding of a typical lifecycle
- Experience with risk management and investigation, consulting and strategic judgement, and business process assessment
- Excellent communication (written, oral and presentation) and interpersonal skills
- Experience in analysis of operational data to support business decisions and proven process management experience - inclusive of process design and system optimization
Nice To Haves
- Professional services or consulting experience a plus
Responsibilities
- Responsible for planning, developing, and executing schedules to ensure timely completion of project deadlines and milestones
- Provide insights to enhance processes and tooling, support implementation best practices and process improvements derived from identifying areas of weakness and strategizing improvements
- Develop, run and distribute status and progress reports to update leadership and project team members
- Regularly communicates to senior management regarding the status of specific project deliverables
- Perform analysis and assessment activities to provide stakeholders with timely updates
Benefits
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
