Lead

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
Mastercard Foundry is a global innovation group focused on the evolution of technology and consumer trends and how these changes impact the payments and commerce industry. Foundry is a collective of interdisciplinary teams powering Mastercard's ability to create and deliver differentiated products, services, and experiences.
Foundry R&D is made up of talented, passionate developers, engineers, scientists, designers, researchers, data specialists, and program managers. We build knowledge in emerging technologies like quantum computing, spatial computing, privacy enhancing technologies, generative AI and machine learning to conceptualize and create new products and services, which we then market test with our customers.
We also bring the knowledge of cutting and bleeding edge technology to create concepts of the future which not only inspires our customers but also fosters the culture of innovation within Mastercard.
To support this range of projects we are looking for a talented Lead Technical Program Manager to join the Mastercard Foundry New Product team in our Pune TechHub.
Major Accountabilities:
- Provide leadership and oversight on various projects of a complex nature. Responsible for planning, developing, and executing schedules to ensure timely completion of project deadlines and milestones.
- Ensure methodology compliance and manage resolutions, reporting to management when necessary.
- Ensure timely and accurate communication with project staff throughout the life cycle of the project. Monitor and manage the project budget. Must be familiar with the system's scope and project objectives, as well as the role and function of each team member in order to effectively coordinate the activities of the teams. Identify and monitor project risks.
- Regularly communicates to senior management regarding the status of specific project deliverables.
- Provide measurable input into new products, processes, standards or plans in support of the business.
- Effectively lead the project team to align with the business objectives, project schedule, and project budget.
- Effectively deal with difficult situations. Help develop solutions to complex problems. Mentor more junior Project Managers.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree or equivlent combination of training and experience.
- PMP certification preferred Knowledge / Experience:
- Advanced knowledge and demonstrated expertise in the areas of strategy, planning and project management required processes and techniques.
- 5 to 8 years of experience with structured methodology and project planning tools.
- Knowledge of MasterCard and the payments industry preferred.
Skills/ Abilities:
- Listening, oral, written and presentation skills and effective interpersonal skills.
- Organizational and planning and multi-tasking skills.. • Strong leadership, interpersonal, relationship-building and negotiation skills required with a solid track record for developing internal and external relationships.
- Demonstrate ethics and values to generate high team trust.
All About You
The right person for this position will:
Demonstrate a high level of creative problem-solving, a strong personal presence, and the ability to manage change. Thrive when dealing with uncertainty and maintain a focus on execution and organization.
Possess an entrepreneurial, high-energy approach and vision; be a proactive self-starter who seeks initiatives to advance.
Exhibit excellent problem-solving skills by pursuing alternative ways to solve problems, addressing difficult situations, and producing actionable recommendations.
Have project and/or program management experience, leading complex initiatives in a structured manner.
Demonstrate strong prioritization and re-prioritization abilities, effectively managing multiple projects simultaneously.
Experience working for a technology company. An interest in technology would be a bonus.
Possess strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work with and manage internal and external stakeholders.
Be experienced with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, PowerPoint, and PowerBI.
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.