Senior Technical Program Manager

Mastercard

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Work type
On-site
Location
O Fallon, MO
Salary
$96,000–$163,000 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $192k
This role $130k
$80k most similar roles pay here $248k

This role pays less than 95% of similar roles. Most pay $170,000–$213,375 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $130k versus about $192k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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.

Listed pay typically runs $122,000–$207,000 across 104 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Technical Program Manager

The Senior Technical Program Manager joins the Payment Enablement team to lead the planning and organization of an agile squad. This role involves facilitating scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and backlog grooming while providing coaching to help the team self-organize and follow best practices. The individual is responsible for managing manifest definitions, release integration, timing, scope, and delivery while proactively managing dependencies to ensure outputs are production ready. To succeed, the candidate must evaluate system designs and architecture while representing services to stakeholders. Required skills include expertise in the Software Development Lifecycle, project management, and leadership. Technical requirements include proficiency with MS Office tools and JIRA, with familiarity with Aha! as a plus. The role focuses on solving complex problems within the payment enablement domain.

What does a Technical Program Manager earn?

Median $193000 from 169 postings across 37 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Facilitate all agile scrum ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
  • Provide agile coaching to help the team self-organize and adopt best practices.
  • Track and manage manifest definitions, release integration, timing, scope, and delivery.
  • Proactively manage dependencies to ensure all outputs are production-ready at launch.
  • Provide data-driven updates on the status of project deliveries.
  • Evaluate system designs and architecture during technical solution discussions.
  • Improve team processes to accelerate delivery, drive innovation, and lower costs.
  • Represent the team's services and projects to stakeholders and other departments.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent.
  • Relevant experience as a scrum master, project manager, or in a related field.
  • Experience working on enterprise-level projects and managing software projects with advanced knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong leadership skills and ability to build and maintain business relationships.
  • Proficiency with MS Office tools.
  • Proficiency with project tracking tools such as JIRA.
  • Familiarity with Aha! (preferred).

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