VP Technical Program Management

Mastercard•O'fallon, MO

6d•$200,000 - $330,000•Onsite

About The Position

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry, connecting billions of consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments, and businesses worldwide. We are driving the future of commerce by enabling secure, simple, and smart transactions. Artificial Intelligence is at the core of our strategy to make Mastercard stronger and commerce safer, smarter and more personal. At Mastercard, we’re building next-generation modernized platforms to drive innovation and impact. As a Vice President, Technology Program Manager, you will lead a high-performing team driving key program initiatives across the Platform Services program. This role partners closely with executive leadership, product, engineering and legal teams, to deliver key objectives.

Requirements

Experience leading complex, cross-domain technology efforts
Proven success as a leader through influence vs just reporting line
Strong communications skills, demonstrated success in delivering senior leadership communications
Deep understanding of technology execution process to validate program-level planning.

Nice To Haves

Market delivery experience is a plus
Technology depth, past engineering experience is a plus
Financial reporting and budget management experience a plus

Responsibilities

Drives large, enterprise-wide efforts that solve complex or prevalent Mastercard problems (i.e. the multi-year roadmap for an executive vice president’s book of business or the delivery of an organizational goal) in areas where product and technical strategies have not yet been defined.
Lead team of deeply technical TPMs to support initiatives in getting requirements, architecture defined and then alignment of cross-functional dependencies
Own RAID management across the products
Influences organizational priorities. Drives delivery within an area of broad cross organizational, architectural, or global complexity. Aligns teams and organizations to simple, coherent approaches.
Trusted to frame, construct, and manage written/verbal communications up to executive and CTO level.
Business, program, technical strategy not defined. May not even know what problem is. Defines outcomes and benefits, blazes new trails. Brings clarity to ambiguity and complexity and demonstrating ways to simplify and accelerate progress. Works with complete independence and autonomy.
Deep end-to-end understanding of Mastercard platforms, technologies, and domains. Recognized expert. Applies knowledge to invent, evolve, simplify, and deliver.
Removes institutionalized waste. Seeks out and solves for endemic problems in the organization. Optimizes architectural and/or organizational structures to enable/persist efficiencies. Shares knowledge on behalf of Mastercard participating in conferences and community events.
Lead by example by being hands-on and close to the details of technical program execution and using data to make decisions
Delivery (what and how) as well as associated artifacts set the company standard for engineering excellence, Mastercard Way culture, and technical program delivery
Provide technical and program delivery thought leadership/mentorship for the organization ultimately scaling the skills of technical staff and continuously raising the bar on performance, technical depth and program management results
Look forward 1-3 years to drive architecture

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