Lead Technical Programme Manager

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 Programme Manager Overview: The Platform Services group is responsible for designing, building, and operating the technology that powers Mastercard’s market-facing and core technology platforms. This includes foundational services such as the API Gateway, Event Gateway, and File Transfer Services. We are seeking a Lead Technical Programme Manager to join our Dublin team, focusing on building and operating our Global File Transfer platform. This platform supports secure, seamless data transfers across Mastercard’s global infrastructure—including Mastercard’s next-generation switch. Role: This is an exciting senior programme management role within a globally distributed team, passionate about delivering resilient, scalable solutions to our customers.
The Role

Own the planning and delivery of engineering programs focused on critical shared services powering critical products and services
Partner with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to define goals, success metrics, and architectural implications.
Manage risks, dependencies, and escalations across teams, resolving blockers and ensuring program health.
Drive vendor engagement and integration efforts, including roadmap alignment and performance tracking.
Champion continuous improvement across engineering processes and delivery frameworks.
Provide technical and business context to engineering teams to support informed decision-making.
Represent programs to senior leadership, synthesizing progress, risks, and strategic implications.
Mentor and coach TPMs and engineering leads, fostering a culture of ownership and excellence.
 All About You You are a strategic thinker and hands-on executor. You thrive in complex environments, connect dots across teams and systems, and bring a strong sense of accountability and impact through data and technology. Proven experience leading large-scale technical programs in software engineering.
 Strong grasp of Agile methodologies and software development lifecycle.
Expertise in SQL, data visualization, and data quality management.
Exceptional communication skills across technical and executive audiences.
Experience mentoring program managers and engineering leads.
Ability to manage short-term priorities and long-term initiatives in dynamic environments. 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. Everyone wants easier ways to pay; we invent them. Checkout lines are slow; we speed them along. Merchants want more sales; we give them data and insights. People need financial access; we connect them. Corporate purchasing is complicated; we make it simple. Commuters are busy; we speed them on their way. Governments need greater efficiencies; we help create them. Small businesses are virtual; we give them access to a world of buyers. Retailers want to fight fraud; we provide the tools.