Job Description

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

Director, Strategic Project Management - Global Open Banking

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 

We’re looking for experienced senior project management leaders 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 and providing meaningful status reporting to internal and external stakeholders at all levels. Join the team that is 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

 Lead, coach, and develop a team of individual contributors and first-level managers who are driving strategic initiatives; mentor junior team members, resolve escalations, and foster a culture of growth and development within the PMO.

 Manage regional and global portfolios with independence and lean into ambiguity to create clarity of scope and key deliverables; decompose complex initiatives into simple, straight-forward solutions by assessing business and technical trade-offs while working cross-functionally to deliver key product, technical and client-driven solutions to market.

 Facilitate timely decisions with internal and external stakeholders, resolving roadblocks and creating urgency to meet organizational priorities.

 Plan, track and drive all phases of the product/software development lifecycle for strategic business, operational and technical initiatives from ideation through market delivery, ensuring objectives, goals, and commitments are met to deliver the intended business value

 Monitor and analyze organizational KPIs, identify operational friction, and implement solutions to drive continuous improvement and deliver business value.

 Build strong internal relationships with key stakeholders, influencing executive leadership and collaborating across functions to ensure successful project delivery and alignment with business goals.

All About You

 Lead organization-wide portfolios independently, delivering end-to-end product solutions with a focus on the latest technologies and potential risks.

 Demonstrate strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills, with expertise in problem definition and resolution in complex projects.

 Apply both Agile and traditional project management principles to tailor solutions based on project needs and business environments.

 Build and maintain stakeholder trust, effectively communicating with both business and IT leaders, including executives.

 Manage challenging personalities and resolve conflicts to ensure a healthy, productive team environment.

 Thrive in fast-paced environments, handling multiple projects without compromising quality, while providing credible leadership and assessing risks.

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 based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. 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 new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 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, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.

Pay Ranges

Salt Lake City, Utah: $138,000 - $230,000 USD

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Job Tags

Holiday work, Full time, Part time, Worldwide, Flexible hours,

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