Lead Product Manager, Technical

Mastercard

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Work type
On-site
Location
O Fallon, MO
Salary
$130,000–$221,000 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

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This role $176k
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About Mastercard

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry, processing transactions between financial institutions and merchants using its extensive network of credit, debit, and prepaid card products. Industry: Payments Technology & Financial Services

Mastercard currently has 116 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Lead Product Manager, Technical

The Lead Product Manager - Technical joins the Cryptographic Security Engineering team to drive customer experience strategy through innovation and problem-solving. This individual will manage the product lifecycle for scalable service platforms providing cryptographic, key management, and certificate management capabilities used by global application teams. Key responsibilities include performing systems analysis and design to produce functional artifacts like data flows and API specifications, managing backlogs, and translating system designs into actionable user stories with clear acceptance criteria. The role requires expertise in technical product management for API-driven services, software architecture, and systems design. Candidates should possess skills in Lean and Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, alongside knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps practices. The work focuses on solving complex problems within the cryptographic security domain to ensure secure, scalable infrastructure for internal and external consumers.

What you'll do

  • Develop high-quality functional artifacts including data flows, sequence diagrams, and API specifications for engineering teams.
  • Translate complex system designs into well-structured features and user stories with comprehensive acceptance criteria.
  • Manage the product roadmap by prioritizing backlogs based on business value and measurable outcomes.
  • Perform rigorous technical analysis of application software to validate that functional requirements can be delivered.
  • Drive the customer experience strategy by integrating market dynamics and user needs into product decisions.
  • Advocate for agile best practices across the entire product lifecycle from epic definition to delivery.
  • Measure and analyze performance metrics to drive continuous improvement in processes and execution.

What we're looking for

  • Several years of product management or new product development experience delivering high-quality products.
  • Experience managing highly technical platforms or API-driven services with strong software architecture and systems design knowledge.
  • Familiarity with key management and cryptographic concepts (preferred).
  • Hands-on experience with Lean product management, agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban), CI/CD, and modern DevOps practices.
  • Demonstrated success delivering features from design through development, deployment, and customer integration.
  • Expertise in grooming epics, features, and user stories while defining clear acceptance criteria and prioritizing platform backlogs.
  • Ability to define and leverage SMART metrics to guide product strategy and measure success.
  • Proven ability to work across global, cross-functional teams and manage complex stakeholder dependencies.

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