Lead technical program management for application infrastructure (Java runtime environments), coordinate multiple Scrum infrastructure engineering teams, implement delivery methodologies (SAFe), ensure architectures meet Mastercard security, scalability, and availability standards, and manage planning, cost, schedule, resources, and delivery of complex infrastructure projects.
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
Senior Technical Program Manager
Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is 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. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
Overview
Service Delivery is a team of Systems Platform Engineers responsible for the analysis, design and build of the application infrastructure framework to fit the application, platform or system needs in-line with MasterCard's operational standards and principles.
TPM will work with the development teams and other critical teams within Mastercard to ensure that the completed infrastructure and application architecture aligns with MasterCard's security, scalability and availability standards.
TPM deliverable are the managing the Infrastructure deliver program of Java Run time environments and infrastructure. They produce infrastructure solutions that align with Mastercard standards to satisfy customer products and services.
Role• technical program management of application infrastructure solutions to meet business requirements in adherence with MasterCard standards, processes and best practices and with a high level of innovation, cost effectiveness, high quality and faster time to market• Scrum multiple infrastructure design engineering teams • Experience in implementing and manging delivery methodologies and frameworks.• Deliver complex infrastructure projects in a Scaled Agile Framework• Leads complex initiatives and projects and have accountability for ongoing regional projects as assigned; including responsibility for planning; time and cost control; resource utilization and implementation.
All About You
The successful candidate would have the following strengths:• Systematic knowledge and understanding of network, operating system principles and web middleware.• Knowledge in one or more core functions related to web infrastructure design and/or implementation.• Must be high-energy, proactive, detail-oriented and able to function under pressure in an independent environment.• Must have a high degree of initiative and self-motivation and demonstrate the ability to drive results.• Strong communication skills both verbal and written and strong relationship and collaborative skills and organizational skills with the ability to work as a member of matrix based diverse and geographically distributed project team.• Strong presentation and communication skills• Strong willingness and ability to learn and take on challenging opportunities is critical.
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:
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
Senior Technical Program Manager
Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is 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. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
Overview
Service Delivery is a team of Systems Platform Engineers responsible for the analysis, design and build of the application infrastructure framework to fit the application, platform or system needs in-line with MasterCard's operational standards and principles.
TPM will work with the development teams and other critical teams within Mastercard to ensure that the completed infrastructure and application architecture aligns with MasterCard's security, scalability and availability standards.
TPM deliverable are the managing the Infrastructure deliver program of Java Run time environments and infrastructure. They produce infrastructure solutions that align with Mastercard standards to satisfy customer products and services.
Role• technical program management of application infrastructure solutions to meet business requirements in adherence with MasterCard standards, processes and best practices and with a high level of innovation, cost effectiveness, high quality and faster time to market• Scrum multiple infrastructure design engineering teams • Experience in implementing and manging delivery methodologies and frameworks.• Deliver complex infrastructure projects in a Scaled Agile Framework• Leads complex initiatives and projects and have accountability for ongoing regional projects as assigned; including responsibility for planning; time and cost control; resource utilization and implementation.
All About You
The successful candidate would have the following strengths:• Systematic knowledge and understanding of network, operating system principles and web middleware.• Knowledge in one or more core functions related to web infrastructure design and/or implementation.• Must be high-energy, proactive, detail-oriented and able to function under pressure in an independent environment.• Must have a high degree of initiative and self-motivation and demonstrate the ability to drive results.• Strong communication skills both verbal and written and strong relationship and collaborative skills and organizational skills with the ability to work as a member of matrix based diverse and geographically distributed project team.• Strong presentation and communication skills• Strong willingness and ability to learn and take on challenging opportunities is critical.
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.
Mastercard San Francisco, California, USA Office
123 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States, 94105
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