Lead Technical Program Manger

Mastercard, West Norwood, Lambeth

Lead Technical Program Manger

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Mastercard, West Norwood, Lambeth

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 31 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 01858fadf05a4a78a96b370a714ba18b

Full Job Description

  • Organizes and accelerates a group of related technology projects or activities across multiple teams, aligning dependent organizations. Identify and remove blockers and always find the path forward in challenging situations
  • Creates mechanisms to effectively report out and control execution. Recognizes complexity and creates predictable delivery paths for large and/or complex efforts. Measurably improves, streamlines, and/or eliminates excess processes. Utilizes cross organizational mechanisms to describe and drive continuous improvements.
  • Drives execution of an outcome from inception through successful delivery through the full stack of the services / domains, or, an outcome that spans multiple teams and integrations across the enterprise.
  • Looked to as first point of contact for your team or area and the source of truth for status providing the right information and associated data about the state of the project to the right audience at the right time.
  • Understands the business strategy and design approaches within product, program or domain with depth to be credible and effective with teams they work with. Can competently represent team's services.
  • Keeps abreast of evolving technology landscape. Can ask the right questions to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of designs (scalability, latency, security, performance, data integrity, etc.)
  • Works with ambiguity and with limited guidance. The business outcome, program, and/or product strategy is defined, but nothing else is. Able to get the inertia out and the project in motion or able to get the entropy out and the project into a calm and predictable delivery pattern
  • Transform raw thoughts into clear and concise communications/instructions to the teams. Can communicate with confidence 3+ levels up.
  • May work directly with external to the organization or external to Mastercard technology providers that support our implementation plans and roadmaps identifying opportunities to be faster, better and cheaper.
  • Understands the needs of the engineers and technical operations teams who have to build, maintain, and operate the services and technical assets
  • Regularly review metrics and proactively seek out new and improved data/mechanisms for visibility ensuring your program stays aligned with organization objectives, 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.

    The Builders Enablement Program is looking for an experienced Technical Program Manager to drive the build and rollout of our on-premises Kubernetes platform globally. Strong Agile program management skills and a background of successfully delivering large complex technical programs is a must., 4+ years Program Management experience.
  • Agile Scrum delivery (Advanced)
  • Delivery of large complex technical programs within an enterprise environment (Advanced)
  • Personal Influence (Advanced)
  • People Leadership (Intermediate)
  • Innovation and Thought Leadership (Advanced)
  • Global Perspective (Advanced)
  • Future Focus (Advanced)
  • Commercial Focus (Intermediate)
  • Business Acumen (Intermediate)
  • Familiarity or working knowledge of SDLC, Kubernetes, DevOps, Platform automation, IT infrastructure.

    We work 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. We cultivate a culture of inclusion (https://www.mastercard.us/en-us/vision/who-we-are/diversity-inclusion.html) for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team - one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results., Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments sector. We power payments and provide products and services for individuals and industries all around the world. Our people, technology, data, and brand provide the capabilities that drive our success. We believe in connecting people to priceless possibilities.
  • As a company, we know that our success is driven by the skills, experience, integrity, and mindset of the talent we hire. By building an inclusive, world-class culture, our employees have once-in-a-career opportunities to be a part of teams that have a greater impact on our community and our world. We invite you to join our team to find out how you too can start something priceless.