Lead Technical Program Manager

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 Lead Technical Program Manager

Who is Mastercard?

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere, by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships, and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company.

About The Role The People & Capability Engineering team designs, delivers, and supports secure, scalable, and accessible technology solutions that empower Mastercard employees worldwide. We are seeking a Lead Technical Program Manager to drive complex, cross-functional initiatives focused on platform modernization, service integration, and enhanced employee experience.

In this role, you will lead initiatives that advance Mastercard’s people technology ecosystem, collaborating closely with Engineering, Product, and Operations teams to ensure successful delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and accountability for large-scale, multi-workstream projects ensuring alignment with business and technology strategies.
• Drive end-to-end delivery across multiple workstreams—facilitating collaboration, managing dependencies, and proactively mitigating risks and roadblocks.
• Partner with product management, developers, and stakeholders to identify data and functional requirements for new or enhanced systems.
• Define and deliver high-quality business and functional requirements to guide design, development, testing, and implementation.
• Manage project lifecycle activities including design, testing, deployment, and change management.
• Coordinate and participate in reviews, revisions, testing, documentation, and communication of product enhancements and new business opportunities.
• Ensure timely delivery of project milestones, including user testing and stakeholder communication.
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement and communication—providing regular updates, leading reviews, and ensuring transparent reporting of progress and outcomes.
• Prepare and deliver clear documentation, business and technical presentations, and product demos to cross-functional teams.

All About You

• Proven experience leading complex HR Technology programs, with a strong understanding of enterprise HR systems; Workday experience preferred
• Strong project and program management skills with a demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional teams to successful delivery and resolution.
• Exceptional leadership, relationship-building, collaboration and organizational skills; highly proactive and self-motivated.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with executives, subject matter experts, and vendors.
• Strategic and detail-oriented thinker with the ability to leverage data and analytics to drive business decisions.
• Experienced in managing agile projects, including sprint planning, backlog management, and iterative delivery.
• Proficient in Agile methodologies and tools such as Confluence, Rally or JIRA, Microsoft Project, and Excel.
• Comfortable working in a matrixed, global, and fast-paced environment, managing multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Familiarity with technical concepts such as APIs, integrations, SSO, and software development lifecycles.

Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

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.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.

Pay Ranges O'Fallon, Missouri: $122,000 - $207,000 USD