Lead Technical Program Manager
Mastercard•O'fallon, MO
•$122,000 - $207,000•Onsite
About The Position
The Mastercard Decision Management Platform team have an exciting opportunity to hire a Lead Technical Program Manager with Scrum Master experience to drive our platform strategy forward. This role involves building industry-leading solutions for fighting payments fraud, with a focus on customer experience journeys, low latency, high volume, and highly available software solutions. The position is part of an organization driving a world beyond cash.
Requirements
- Advanced knowledge of project management or software releases
- Experience in a scrum master role.
- Familiarity with software development, technical terms and general concepts (especially experience with UX, API's & Microservices )
- Strong business acumen, with knowledge of MasterCard or the payments industry preferred
- Advanced listening, oral, written, and presentation skills
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, relationship-building and negotiation skills required with a solid track record for developing internal and external relationship
- Demonstrate a high level of initiative and accountability
- Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement)
- Experience with Confluence, Rally or JIRA, Microsoft Project & Excel
- Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability
- Outstanding organizational skills
- Degree in Computer Science, Business or similar field
Nice To Haves
- SAFe 4/5 certification is a plus
- Actively explores and adopts AI capabilities to reduce manual reporting effort, improve efficiency, and enhance data-driven decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for planning, monitoring, executing and implementing the programs release strategy
- Assist in developing long-range plans and strategies to achieve business growth
- Provide technical and advisory support for staff to ensure the implementation of applications/infrastructure
- Ensure a successful delivery, which will include: Planning release lifecycle, Version control management, Build and Development control management, Change management, Risk Management
- Provide leadership and oversight on multiple projects of a complex nature
- Provide timely, efficient communication on documented progress to stakeholders
- Responsible for planning, developing, and executing schedules to ensure timely completion of project deadlines and milestones
- Responsible for overall relationship and deliverables across all projects
- Assists in leading complex initiatives of strategic importance (e.g. cross functional/cross geographies)
Benefits
- insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
- flexible spending account and health savings account
- 16 weeks of new parent leave
- up to 20 days of bereavement leave
- 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time
- 25 days of vacation time
- 5 personal days
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
