Lead, Strategic Project Manager (Technical Program Manager) - Global Open Banking - job 1 of 2

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, Strategic Project Manager (Technical Program Manager) - Global Open Banking

Overview

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.

We’re looking for experienced senior project management professionals to join Mastercard’s Global Open Banking PMO, helping us build innovative solutions to solve problems affecting our customers, their consumers, and the market as a whole. In this role, you’ll drive the end-to-end execution of strategic business initiatives and global product solutions from ideation and design through go-to-market delivery for key Mastercard customers.

You’ll work across a variety of functional teams—including product, engineering, sales, legal, compliance, and customer delivery—to build comprehensive and achievable project plans highlighting key milestones and dependencies. You’ll manage the execution and delivery of all tasks required to achieve project success, identifying and mitigating risks while providing meaningful status reporting to stakeholders at all levels.

Join the team leading the charge to bring creative solutions in open banking to market—with quality, efficiency, collaborative energy, and an eye on the future of our industry.

Role

- Independently lead large-scale initiatives and mid-sized portfolios, bringing clarity to ambiguous scopes and defining key deliverables.

- Break down complex problems into actionable, value-driven solutions by balancing business and technical considerations.

- Facilitate focused, outcome-driven discussions with both internal and external stakeholders, ensuring timely decisions and removing roadblocks.

- Bridge regional and cross-functional gaps to align architectures, strategies, and priorities with urgency and accountability.

- Champion best practices in program management across PMO, Product, and Engineering—mentoring peers and promoting continuous improvement.

- Build strong cross-functional relationships across program, product, engineering, legal, delivery, and executive leadership teams.

- Serve as a trusted partner and advocate with strategic clients, vendors, and partners, consistently exemplifying Mastercard Way values.

- Oversee all phases of the product and software development lifecycle for strategic client-facing and internal initiatives—ensuring timely delivery, alignment to business outcomes, and effective risk and dependency management.

- Provide clear, concise, and proactive communication of progress, risks, and decisions to stakeholders and leadership, ensuring transparency and accountability throughout delivery.

All About You

The ideal candidate for this position should:

Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

- Demonstrate advanced expertise in program and project management, with the ability to independently drive complex, cross-functional initiatives from ideation to delivery.

- Be technically fluent, able to bridge business and engineering perspectives, earning the confidence of technical teams while influencing executive stakeholders.

Show strength in Agile and hybrid delivery practices, tailoring approaches to diverse environments while ensuring disciplined execution.

- Excel in stakeholder communication, from executive briefings to technical discussions, providing transparency and clarity across levels.

- Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, balancing detail orientation with the ability to see the bigger picture.

Desirable or Additional Capabilities

- Bring familiarity with open banking, financial services, or highly regulated industries, applying compliance-minded thinking to delivery.

- Demonstrate the ability to manage global, distributed teams across regions, fostering collaboration and alignment.

- Advocate for continuous improvement and data-driven decision-making, applying metrics and feedback to refine team practices.

- Display resilience and adaptability, thriving in fast-paced, high-velocity environments with shifting priorities.

Corporate Security Responsibility

Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position 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 is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

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.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more.

Pay Ranges

Salt Lake City, Utah: $112,000 - $187,000 USD

O'Fallon, Missouri: $112,000 - $187,000 USD

Purchase, New York: $129,000 - $215,000 USD