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Full-time employment is the standard for post-completion OPT and gives you the most direct path to building the kind of track record that leads to H-1B visa sponsorship. Employers who offer full-time roles to OPT students typically have structured immigration programs, and starting your career in a full-time position rather than a contract or part-time arrangement puts you in the strongest position for the conversations that matter later.
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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
Overview
The Payment Enablement team is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager who can lead the planning and organization of an agile team. The ideal candidate is a proficient agile scrum master and project manager that takes ownership of the effectiveness of their squad and delivery of their projects.
Role
- Facilitates scrum ceremonies for an agile team; i.e. daily stand-up, sprint planning, sprint reviews, backlog grooming, retrospective, and demos.
- Provides agile coaching, helping the team self-organize, enforce team agreements, and employ best practices and processes.
- Recognizes discordant views and takes part in constructive dialog to resolve them.
- Tracks and manages manifest definitions, release integration, timing, scope and delivery.
- Provides ongoing updates (with data) on the state of delivery.
- Proactively manages dependencies, ensuring all outputs are production ready at launch.
- Understands the business context and the associated customer use case.
- Understands team's technologies and able to evaluate system designs and architecture as they participate in solution discussions.
- Improves team processes that accelerate delivery, drive innovation, lower costs, and improve quality.
- Looked to as the first point of contact for team's projects.
- Experienced in and understands industry technologies.
- Understands their program, product, or Technology domain to sufficient depth/credibility to be effective with teams they work with.
- Can competently represent team’s services to stakeholders and other teams.
All About You
- Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Information Technology, Computer Science or equivalent.
- Relevant experience as a scrum master, project manager, or related field.
- Experience working on enterprise level projects and managing software projects with advanced knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Proficient at building and maintaining strong business relationships.
- Proficient with MS Office tools.
- Proficient with project tracking tools such as JIRA. Familiarity with Aha! is a plus.
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 reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com 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. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.
Pay Ranges
O'Fallon, Missouri: $96,000 - $163,000 USD
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
Overview
The Payment Enablement team is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager who can lead the planning and organization of an agile team. The ideal candidate is a proficient agile scrum master and project manager that takes ownership of the effectiveness of their squad and delivery of their projects.
Role
- Facilitates scrum ceremonies for an agile team; i.e. daily stand-up, sprint planning, sprint reviews, backlog grooming, retrospective, and demos.
- Provides agile coaching, helping the team self-organize, enforce team agreements, and employ best practices and processes.
- Recognizes discordant views and takes part in constructive dialog to resolve them.
- Tracks and manages manifest definitions, release integration, timing, scope and delivery.
- Provides ongoing updates (with data) on the state of delivery.
- Proactively manages dependencies, ensuring all outputs are production ready at launch.
- Understands the business context and the associated customer use case.
- Understands team's technologies and able to evaluate system designs and architecture as they participate in solution discussions.
- Improves team processes that accelerate delivery, drive innovation, lower costs, and improve quality.
- Looked to as the first point of contact for team's projects.
- Experienced in and understands industry technologies.
- Understands their program, product, or Technology domain to sufficient depth/credibility to be effective with teams they work with.
- Can competently represent team’s services to stakeholders and other teams.
All About You
- Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Information Technology, Computer Science or equivalent.
- Relevant experience as a scrum master, project manager, or related field.
- Experience working on enterprise level projects and managing software projects with advanced knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Proficient at building and maintaining strong business relationships.
- Proficient with MS Office tools.
- Proficient with project tracking tools such as JIRA. Familiarity with Aha! is a plus.
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 reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com 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. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.
Pay Ranges
O'Fallon, Missouri: $96,000 - $163,000 USD
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Full time employment is the most straightforward way to meet OPT requirements
OPT requires that you work at least 20 hours per week. Full time roles, typically 40 hours, clearly satisfy this requirement and give you the most straightforward path to maintaining your status and documenting your employment for your DSO.
Prioritize E-Verify employers for full time roles
E-Verify enrollment matters regardless of your field, but it’s especially important if you hold a STEM degree and plan to apply for the STEM OPT extension. Confirm enrollment before accepting any full time offer.
Report new full time employment to your DSO within 10 days
Once you start a new full time job, you’re required to report it to your DSO within 10 days. Keeping your SEVIS record updated protects your status and ensures there are no gaps or discrepancies in your employment history.
Ask about the company’s approach to H-1B sponsorship during the offer stage
Full time employment is the context in which H-1B visa sponsorship happens. If long-term status is your goal, the offer stage is the right time to ask whether the company has sponsored before and whether they’d consider doing so for your role.
Negotiate your start date to align with your OPT authorization
Full time roles often have specific start dates. If your EAD hasn’t arrived yet, communicate proactively with your employer about the expected timeline. Most employers will accommodate a short delay, but they need to know in advance.
Full time roles with benefits signal a longer-term commitment from the employer
Employers who offer full benefits packages to entry level full time hires are generally more invested in retaining staff. That’s a good sign for H-1B sponsorship conversations down the line.
Full Time OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Do I have to work full time on OPT?
Post-completion OPT does not legally require full-time hours, but you must work at least 20 hours per week on STEM OPT to maintain valid status. Most employers sponsoring H-1B expect full-time commitment, and full-time employment gives you the strongest case for eventual sponsorship. Staying in a full-time role also minimizes the risk of exceeding the unemployment day limits that apply during the OPT period.
Can I convert from a part-time to a full-time role on OPT?
Yes, changing from part-time to full-time employment during OPT is permitted as long as the role remains related to your field of study. For STEM OPT, an updated I-983 training plan is required if your hours or responsibilities change materially. Reporting the change to your DSO keeps your records current and your status protected.
How do I find employers offering full-time OPT roles rather than contract positions?
Filtering your job search toward direct employer roles at companies with established graduate hiring programs is the most efficient approach. Full-time listings at mid-size to large companies with prior OPT and H-1B filing histories are the safest targets. On Migrate Mate, you can filter by verified sponsoring employers to focus your search on companies that have committed to international hiring in the past.
Can I start a full-time OPT job before I receive my EAD card?
No, you cannot begin working until you have your Employment Authorization Document in hand and the start date on the card has arrived. USCIS processing times for the EAD can vary, so applying as early as USCIS permits, typically 90 days before your OPT start date, gives you the best chance of having the card before you need to start. Some employers can accommodate a later start date if you communicate your EAD timeline clearly.
Do full-time OPT jobs come with the same benefits as standard employment?
Your employment status on OPT is the same as any other employee, and compensation and benefits must be commensurate with what similarly situated workers receive. On STEM OPT, the employer has a specific obligation to pay you comparable wages. You should expect the same access to health insurance, retirement contributions, and other standard benefits as your colleagues in equivalent roles.