Lead Product Manager- Technical

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 Product Manager- Technical Job Description Summary About Mastercard Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to power an inclusive digital economy that enables everyone, everywhere to benefit from safe, simple, smart, and accessible transactions. Through secure data, trusted networks, strong partnerships, and a passion for innovation, we help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses reach their full potential. Our culture is guided by our Decency Quotient (DQ), which shapes how we operate both internally and externally. With a presence in more than 210 countries and territories, we are committed to creating a sustainable world that unlocks priceless opportunities for all. Role Overview The Transaction Stream team is seeking a Lead Product Manager – Technical (PM-T) to advance our customer experience strategy through innovation and effective problem-solving. The ideal candidate is highly motivated, customer-focused, analytically strong, and driven by quality. This role requires intellectual curiosity, a strong technical mindset, and a passion for delivering impactful solutions. The Role Product Management – Technical (PM-T) roles work closely with Technical Program Managers, Software Engineers, UX Designers, and internal stakeholders to define business requirements, technical specifications, and user experiences for the platform capabilities they own. PM-Ts apply the Working Backwards approach to develop clear product concepts and translate them into well-defined requirements. They break down requirements into user stories, prioritize backlogs, and define acceptance criteria. PM-Ts take long-term ownership of their domains, become subject matter experts, and ensure engineering teams are supported with a clean, prioritized backlog. They continuously innovate, promote reuse of platform building blocks, and define how new capabilities fit into the broader ecosystem. When commercialization opportunities arise, PM-Ts collaborate with product development teams to advance those ideas further. All About You – Skills & Experience Needed • Own the end to end delivery of engineering initiatives, managing planning, execution, and delivery from inception through successful completion • Proactively manage engineering delivery across multiple teams and dependent organizations, ensuring alignment, transparency, and accountability • Track progress, manage dependencies, identify risks, and remove blockers to ensure timely and high quality delivery • Operate across teams and architectures to identify gaps in processes, systems, and workflows, and drive solutions to address them • Plan and manage a portfolio of related technology projects in a coordinated manner • Demonstrate deep understanding of system design approaches, underlying technologies, and architectural patterns within the domain • Maintain strong focus on customer experience, delivery efficiency, and the problems being solved • Work across multiple scrum teams, either cross cutting across products and technologies or vertically focused on specific capabilities • Align dependent organizations and facilitate collaboration to mitigate and resolve blocking issues • Develop deep understanding of both business and technical requirements for the solutions being built • Understand the needs of engineers and technical operations teams responsible for building, operating, and maintaining systems over th ... (truncated, view full listing at source)