Director, AI & Data Tech Programs

Mastercard; Dublin; On-site; EUR 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard in Dublin is seeking a Director of Technical Program Management to lead a portfolio of AI, data platforms, and UX programs, guiding complex initiatives from concept to production at scale across the organization.

The ideal candidate blends deep technical fluency with enterprise program discipline, reviews ML architectures, negotiates trade-offs with product and engineering leadership, and communicates status clearly to executives in evolving, multi-team environments.

Qualifications

• Deep technical background in software/data/ML.
• Experience delivering AI/ML products or data platform projects.
• Ability to lead across distributed teams and senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end program management for AI, data, and UX initiatives.
• Develop integrated program plans reflecting technical dependencies and milestones.
• Drive cross-functional alignment across AI/ML, data, UX, infrastructure, privacy and security.

Skills

Software engineering

Data engineering

Machine learning

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Aha!

OKR planning

Job description

Mastercard in Dublin is seeking a Director of Technical Program Management to lead a portfolio of AI, data platforms, and UX programs, guiding complex initiatives from concept to production at scale across the organization.

The ideal candidate blends deep technical fluency with enterprise program discipline, reviews ML architectures, negotiates trade-offs with product and engineering leadership, and communicates status clearly to executives in evolving, multi-team environments.