Mastercard

Financial Services

VPTechnicalProgramManagement

$200–330k O'Fallon, Missouri, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“VP Technical Program Management at Mastercard. Skills: Technical program management, Platform modernization, Cross-functional leadership. Drive enterprise-wide efforts. Solve complex Mastercard problems”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver key objectives; Achieve organizational goals; Deliver key program initiatives

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Problem solving; Simplifying complexity; Accelerating progress

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Experience leading complex, cross-domain technology efforts, Proven success as a leader through influence, Demonstrated success in delivering senior leadership communications, Deep understanding of technology execution process, Valid driver's license

Nice to Have

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

What You'll Do.

Drive enterprise-wide efforts

Solve complex Mastercard problems

Lead technical TPM team

Align cross-functional dependencies

Influence organizational priorities

Align teams and organizations

Construct communications

Manage communications

Define business strategy

Define program strategy

Define technical strategy

Define outcomes and benefits

Bring clarity to ambiguity

Bring clarity to complexity

Work with independence

Understand Mastercard platforms

Understand Mastercard technologies

Understand Mastercard domains

Apply knowledge to invent

Apply knowledge to evolve

Apply knowledge to simplify

Apply knowledge to deliver

Remove institutionalized waste

Solve endemic problems

Optimize architectural structures

Optimize organizational structures

Participate in conferences

Participate in community events

Be close to technical program execution details

Make decisions using data

Set company standard for engineering excellence

Set company standard for Mastercard Way culture

Set company standard for technical program delivery

Provide technical thought leadership

Provide program delivery thought leadership

Scale skills of technical staff

Raise bar on performance

Raise bar on technical depth

Raise bar on program management results

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with executive leadership; Partner with product teams; Partner with engineering teams; Partner with legal teams

Communication Scope

Executive communications; Verbal communications; Written communications

Process & Methodology

Program management, Roadmap definition, Delivery management

Full Job Description

**Our Purpose** _Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200 + countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential._ **Title and Summary** ### VP Technical Program Management ### Overview- 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. The Role: 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. Key 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 g

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