Technical Program Manager II
Role Overview
Mastercard's Payment Networks organization is seeking a Technical Program Manager II to join the Authorization team.
The successful candidate will partner with Product, Engineering, Architecture, Quality Engineering, Operations and other cross-functional teams to drive delivery of strategic and operational initiatives supporting Mastercard's Authorization platform.
This role is responsible for planning, coordinating and governing the execution of complex technical programs spanning multiple engineering teams and stakeholder groups.
The Technical Program Manager II will drive delivery excellence through strong program management practices, proactive risk management, dependency coordination, stakeholder communication and release governance.
The ideal candidate combines strong technical acumen with exceptional communication and organizational skills and is passionate about delivering high-quality solutions in a fast-paced payments environment.
Key Skills for This Role
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Required Qualifications
- Experience managing medium-to-large technical programs in software engineering organizations.
- Demonstrated success coordinating cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and teams.
- Strong understanding of Agile development methodologies and software delivery lifecycles.
- Experience managing program schedules, milestones, dependencies and risks.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and organizational capabilities.
- Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment without direct authority.
- Experience using Jira, Confluence and Agile planning tools.
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business audiences.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent practical experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience within payments, financial technology or transaction processing environments.
- Knowledge of authorization processing, card payments, payment networks, acquiring or issuing ecosystems.
- Experience supporting large-scale distributed systems and highly available platforms.
- Experience with SAFe, PI Planning or large-scale Agile delivery frameworks.
- Experience with release management, production readiness and operational governance practices.
- Understanding of software engineering metrics and delivery analytics.
- Prior experience managing programs across globally distributed teams.
- Corporate Security Responsibility
- All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
- Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
- Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
- Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
- Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.
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