Lead Technical Program Manager

Mastercard

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Work type: On-site
Location: O Fallon, MO
Salary: $122,000–$207,000 / yr
Posted: 11 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 150 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Lead Technical Program Manager

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The Lead Technical Program Manager joins the Decision Management Platform team to drive platform strategy and manage complex, cross-functional initiatives. This role involves planning, monitoring, and executing program release strategies while providing technical advisory support for infrastructure and application implementation. Key responsibilities include managing release lifecycles, version control, build and development controls, change management, and risk management. The successful candidate will oversee multiple projects, ensuring timely completion of milestones and clear stakeholder communication. Required expertise includes Scrum Master experience, software development concepts like APIs and Microservices, and UX familiarity. Technical proficiency with Confluence, Rally, JIRA, Microsoft Project, and Excel is necessary. The role addresses critical payment industry problems, specifically building high-availability, low-latency software solutions designed to fight payments fraud within a high-volume digital economy.

Skills

Scrum Microservices API's UX JIRA Confluence Rally Microsoft Project Excel SAFe Version Control Automated Testing Risk Management Change Management

What you'll do

Plan, monitor, execute, and implement the overall program release strategy.
Develop long-range plans and strategies to achieve business growth.
Provide technical and advisory support to staff for application and infrastructure implementation.
Manage the release lifecycle, including version control, build management, and risk management.
Lead and oversee multiple complex projects across different functions and geographies.
Create and execute schedules to ensure timely completion of project milestones.
Communicate documented progress and project deliverables to stakeholders in a timely manner.
Adopt AI capabilities to reduce manual reporting effort and improve data-driven decision-making.

What we're looking for

Degree in Computer Science, Business, or a similar field.
Advanced knowledge of project management or software releases.
Experience in a scrum master role.
Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts such as definition of done, user stories, and backlog refinement.
Familiarity with software development concepts, especially UX, APIs, and Microservices.
Experience with Confluence, Rally or JIRA, Microsoft Project, and Excel.
Strong leadership, interpersonal, relationship-building, and negotiation skills.
SAFe 4/5 certification (preferred).