Mastercard is seeking a Director, Technical Program Management to lead the mission of unlocking the full potential of Mastercard’s data assets, driving innovation, reducing friction in the management of big data assets, and ensuring seamless data accessibility across both public cloud and on-premise environments.
Requirements
- Extensive experience in technical program management, software delivery, or related technology leadership roles, including managing large-scale, complex programs, leading cross-functional teams, and driving strategic initiatives from conception to delivery.
- Proven ability to quickly learn and understand the functionality, architecture, dependencies, and runtime properties of complex systems, including business requirements, use cases, technical stacks, interfaces, data flows, dependent applications/services, and data warehouse systems.
- In-depth knowledge of data warehouse and analytics concepts, with exposure to Big Data platforms.
- Strong understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Databricks, and Snowflake.
- Solid understanding of data engineering technologies, tools, and principles.
- Experience with Agile implementation tools such as Rally or Jira.
- Ability to evaluate system designs and architectures while participating in solution discussions.
Responsibilities
- Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of complex technical programs from inception to completion, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical vision.
- Drive end-to-end delivery of engineering initiatives across multiple teams and organizations, proactively identifying dependencies, mitigating risks, and removing blockers.
- Collaborate with multiple scrum teams, acting as an embedded contributor or a cross-cutting program lead as needed.
- Build and maintain integrated program schedules that account for internal and external dependencies, delivery approaches, and contingency planning for unplanned delays.
- Partner with engineering managers to secure resources, define scope, set priorities, and establish delivery milestones.
- Negotiate priorities and trade-offs with stakeholders to align on the most impactful deliverables.
- Sequence and orchestrate workstreams to maximize engineering efficiency and minimize bottlenecks.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related field. Equivalent practical experience will also be considered.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical problems clearly and succinctly and effectively sharing vision and roadmaps with diverse stakeholders.
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify discordant views and engage in constructive dialogue to resolve them.
- Ability to identify resource gaps and propose thoughtful, sustainable solutions to benefit the team.
- 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.
