Technical Program Management Intern, Summer – St. Louis, MO

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.

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Technical Program Management Intern, Summer 2027 – St. Louis, MO, US

Mastercard's internship program offers more than hands-on work. It provides an opportunity to build skills, expand your network, and make a meaningful impact while working on projects that support business priorities.

It provides an opportunity to build skills, expand your network, and make a meaningful impact while working on projects that support business priorities.

As a Technical Program Management Intern at Mastercard, you’ll learn to understand the what, how, and why to determine the when – and operate across tools (and outside of them) to drive the execution of the delivery plan for your respective program. Across our organization, we strive for higher predictability and more efficient delivery resulting in more value for our customers.

If you’re passionate about planning, delivery, and continuous improvement – we’re looking for you! Interns hired in our Technical Program Management functions will be aligned to organizations across Mastercard Technology. Team placement opportunities may include Technology Strategy & Transformation, Network Gateway Engineering, Decision Management Platform, Open Banking Global Operations, Mainframe and Operations, and Global Market Technology.

Our Technical Program Managers conceptualize, rationalize, and drive multiple simultaneous projects to deliver engineering work across the portfolio in our scrum execution model. In this role, you get to dive as deep as you want into the tech stack, the integration patterns, the organizational capabilities, and the company wide assets that can be leveraged to provide technical solutions to customer problems.

You may contribute to the strategies, design choices, and even the cloud infrastructure necessary to build comprehensive believable and achievable execution plans to deliver high-profile new features and capabilities for our customers. You may drive the execution of a feature through the full stack or may drive a project which spans multiple teams and integrations, reporting meaningful status along the way.

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelors degree, with an anticipated graduation date between December 2027 and June 2029
• Ideally studying engineering management, information systems, finance, analytics, business, or a related field
• Demonstrated ability to operate with independence, autonomy, solid ownership, and a continuous improvement mindset
• Proven track record of data driven decision-making and applying continuous improvement methodologies across teams
• Can communicate with impact, build relationships, and partner/influence dependent teams while commanding the respect of the individuals you work with across the organization
• Strong interest in technology, especially through a data-driven lens
• Experience breaking down problems, organizing work, planning sprints, and delivering work in agile delivery models (Jira, scrum, Kanban, etc.) a plus
• This role is not eligible for Mastercard’s work authorization sponsorship. As such, candidates must be eligible to work in the United States, now as well as in the future, without employer sponsorship.
  
  For example, students or recent graduates in the United States on an F1 visa(including those with CPT or OPT authorization) are not eligible for this role

• Mentorship and coaching from experienced professionals and leaders
• Networking opportunities with fellow interns, employees, and senior leaders
• Professional development experiences focused on career growth and skill-building
• Exposure…