Technical Program Manager Visa Sponsorship Jobs in Missouri

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 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

Drives end-to-end orchestration of business case intake, estimation, and approvals. Applies strong TPM discipline with business context and technical understanding to validate scope, identify cross-team dependencies, and ensure estimates are realistic, complete, and aligned to execution.

Role

• Manage end-to-end intake process for large, cross-program business cases
• Validate scope, requirements, and impacted programs
• Apply strong TPM rigor to identify missing dependencies, upstream/downstream impacts, and integration points
• Challenge assumptions in estimates (labor, infra, timelines) and ensure alignment between business intent and technical execution
• Coordinate estimation inputs across Technology, Finance, ONE, and BizOps
• Drive timeline, milestones, and stakeholder alignment through approval cycle
• Ensure consistency and quality of business case inputs and assumptions
• Facilitate cross-program tradeoffs and dependency management
• Prepare materials for executive reviews and approval forums
• Partner with VP to enforce governance standards and approval matrix
• Identify process gaps and continuous improvement opportunities

All About You

• 8–12+ years in Technical Program Management, PMO, or portfolio governance
• Experience working across Technology, Finance, and Product organizations
• Strong TPM execution and orchestration capability
• Ability to connect business requirements to technical implications
• Strong dependency mapping and risk identification skills
• Excellent stakeholder management and facilitation skills
• Education: Bachelors required; advanced degree a plus

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.

NOTE: Candidates go through a thorough screening and interview process. There is no need to include all preferred skills in the job description. 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.

Pay Ranges

O'Fallon, Missouri: $122,000 - $207,000 USD
Purchase, New York: $140,000 - $238,000 USD

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.