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
Director, Technical Program Management
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
Director Technical Program Manager
OVERVIEW and ROLE
Are you a technical program manager who wants to work for a company that offers above and beyond benefits including paid parental leave, flexible work hours, gift matching, and even volunteer incentives? Do you want to work in an inclusive and nurturing culture that encourages your own professional learning and development?
The Transfer Solutions group is responsible for designing, building, and operating the technology that powers Mastercard's next-generation payment applications-domestic, Cross-Border, and Bill Payments. We are seeking a Director, Technical Program Manager, to join our Dublin team, focusing on building and operating our Cross-Border payments platform, specifically in the Treasury Management domain. This is an exciting engineering leadership role working with a global team passionate about the solutions we deliver to our customers.
We are looking for an experienced, hands-on technical program management professional to join our team and help us build towards the future.
As a Director level TPM, you will be driving the Engineering build of Treasury Management solutions to centralise cash, payments, and FX risk management into a single platform to support scalable growth of Mastercard's business.This role is multi-faceted - you will get to dive deep into the tech stack, the integration patterns, the organizational capabilities, and the company wide assets that can be leveraged to provide technical solutions to customer problems.
You will be responsible for planning, oversight and E2E delivery of the work of globally distributed Engineering teams, including prioritisation, management of dependencies, as well as being hands-on supporting the teams in removal of impediments. You will also be working across stakeholders (Treasury, Finance, Product) and vendors to ensure alignment, manage change and risk, and escalate as needed.
As well as having direct TPM responsibility of a number of teams, you will also manage a small group of other TPMs working on the same portfolio.
ALL ABOUT YOU• Demonstrated ability to operate with independence and autonomy• Demonstrated experience breaking down problems, organizing work, planning sprints, and delivering technical programs in agile delivery models (scrum, Kanban, etc.)
- Demonstrated experience in leading discussions (planning, technical etc.) and not just facilitating. • Experience with executing projects from start to finish, with requirement gathering, project planning, and providing updates to management.
- Knowledge of infrastructure and modern cloud architecture. • Enjoys diving deep to understand of the platforms capabilities and underlying technologies.• Proven track record of data driven decision-making and applying continuous improvement methodologies across teams
- Experienced in working in a fast-paced software development environment, working across multiple dependency teams and having sufficient technical knowledge to understand and represent the team.
- Experienced working with vendors and planning alignment and ensuring high quality deliveries. • Can debate the delivery strategy with business teams, architects, engineers, and designers• Can communicate to executives, peers, and staff with impact, eloquence, and authenticity.• Demonstrated experience building relationships, partnering with and influencing dependent teams while commanding the respect of the individuals you work with across the organization.
- Previous experience in people management preferable. • BS in engineering, computer science, project management or related discipline.
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.
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.
Skills Required
- Operate with independence and autonomy
- Break down problems, organize work, plan sprints, and deliver technical programs using agile (Scrum, Kanban)
- Lead technical and planning discussions (not only facilitate)
- Execute projects end-to-end including requirements gathering and project planning
- Knowledge of infrastructure and modern cloud architecture
- Deep understanding of platform capabilities and integration patterns
- Data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement experience
- Experience working across multiple dependency teams in fast-paced software environments
- Experience working with vendors and ensuring delivery quality
- Ability to communicate effectively to executives, peers, and staff
- Proven ability to build relationships and influence dependent teams
- Previous people management experience
- BS in engineering, computer science, project management or related discipline
Mastercard Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Company information highlights a 10% retirement match on U.S. roles, positioned as best‑in‑class and well above typical large‑employer benchmarks. This level of employer contribution materially strengthens long‑term savings.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — U.S. postings list 25 vacation days, 5 personal days, 10 company holidays, 80 hours of paid sick/safe time, and up to 20 days of bereavement. A minimum of 16 weeks paid new‑parent leave (including adoption and foster) further expands paid time away.
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Parental & Family Support — Benefits include a minimum of 16 weeks paid new‑parent leave and family‑building support such as fertility, adoption, and surrogacy where legally available. Dependent scholarships, counseling, and protection benefits contribute additional family support.
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What We Do
Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re building a resilient 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.
Why Work With Us
We live the Mastercard Way: creating value in the communities we touch, growing together through the opportunities we see, and moving fast to innovate and scale. Our collaborative culture and our passionate people are the key to what we do, driving meaningful change as one team and connecting everyone to priceless possibilities.
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