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
Technical Project Manager
Overview
Primary responsibilities include overall accountability for successful and timely implementation as well as satisfying the intended business results. Core responsibility for managing relationships and communicating with the project sponsor, senior management, and a wide range of project contributors. Identifies key barriers to a project's success and actively manages all mitigation activities.
Key Responsibilities:
• 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. Must be familiar with the system's scope and project objectives, as well as the role and function of each team member 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 delivery team to align with the business objectives, project schedule, and risks.• Effectively deal with difficult situations. Help develop solutions to complex problems. Mentor more junior members.
All about you
• More than 8 years of experience working in similar roles• Scrum/Kanban / PMP / SAFE Certification preferred • Advanced knowledge and demonstrated expertise in the areas of planning and project management required processes and techniques.• Experience with structured methodology and project planning tools.• Knowledge of MasterCard and the payments industry preferred.• Knowledge of Windows Server Environment.
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.• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.• Advanced proficiency in English (written and spoken)
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
- More than 8 years of experience working in similar roles
- Scrum/Kanban / PMP / SAFE Certification preferred
- Advanced knowledge in planning and project management processes
- Experience with project planning tools
- Knowledge of the payments industry preferred
- Knowledge of Windows Server Environment
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of training and experience
- Advanced proficiency in English
Mastercard Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include an employer match up to 10% (401k or local equivalent), consistently highlighted in careers materials. Feedback suggests this is a standout component of total rewards.
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Parental & Family Support — A global minimum of 16 weeks paid new‑parent leave is offered for birth, adoption, or foster placements, with financial assistance for fertility, adoption, and surrogacy where allowed. Feedback suggests these provisions are robust relative to many large employers.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexibility features include hybrid work, a four‑week “work from elsewhere” program, quarterly meeting‑free days, and five paid volunteer days. Feedback suggests these options support work/life balance across many roles.
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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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