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Title and Summary
Senior Technical Program Manager- Scrum MasterOverviewBe part of the Operations & Technology Fraud Products team developing new capabilities for Mastercard's Decision Management Platform, which serves as the core for multiple business solutions to combat fraud and validate cardholder identity. Our patented Java-based platform processes billions of transactions per month in tens of milliseconds using a multi-tiered, message-oriented approach for high performance and availability.Are you interested in helping to build solutions that help recognize and prevent payment fraud?Have you ever worked on a highly scalable Decision Management platform?Do you consider yourself to be capable of bridging the gap between technology and business?RoleOrganizes 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 situationsCreates 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 patternTransform 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 assetsRegularly review metrics and proactively seek out new and improved data/mechanisms for visibility ensuring your program stays aligned with organization objectivesPlays active role in mentoring and recruiting othersAll About YouAnticipate bottlenecks and adequately factor in contingency for unplanned delaysDetermine if success metrics are in place and if not, you work to define themRecognize discordant views and take part in constructive dialog to resolve themContinuously assess development processes, test plans, and operations. You work with teams to improve concurrent project delivery.Streamline and/or eliminate excess process in any area of the architecture, production operations environment, or business area where the same efforts (or issues) are repeated year-over-yearExpert with scrum deliveryCorporate 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.