Vice President, Software Engineering

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 Vice President, Software Engineering Overview: 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. All About You: The Payment Networks Technology division comprises of several market-facing programs that drive Transaction Switching, Clearing, Settlement and Integration into Value Added Services. These programs together power Mastercard’s core business across the globe. We are seeking a visionary and innovative Vice President of Software Engineering to lead our engineering team focused on building cutting-edge real-time payments (RTP) technology. As the VP, you will have deep product development experience, demonstrating a profound understanding of crafting high-quality, scalable products. Your expertise in platform and domain-driven development will be pivotal in driving our technology strategies. A key aspect of your leadership will be your alignment with the Mastercard Way culture, embodying our core values of creating value together, at speed. Role Overview Oversee the management of the Software Engineering function and act as the highest authority on high-level and complex decisions within the function. Work with business/product owners to develop and deliver new services, introducing new products and bundles. Work on complex enterprise-wide initiatives spanning multiple services/programs and drive resolution. Emulate and drive Mastercard Way behaviour’s through your actions, recognitions, coaching, and employee engagement. Manage and optimize budgets, forecasting, and cost allocation while delivering on business needs. Provide strategic thinking and leadership on a wide range of application types, architectures, and software development methodologies. Benchmark and drive engineering productivity, quality, and technology policy compliance in your areas of ownership. Update Executive Leadership on the status of high-visibility initiatives. Lead and mentor a team of engineering managers and developers. Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Oversee recruitment, training, and development of engineering staff. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. 8+ years of experience in leading and managing software engineering functions, preferably for software platforms or products in the financial services sector. 5+ years of experience in leading and managing engineering teams, preferably in a distributed and agile environment. Proven track record of delivering high-quality and value-added software platforms or products, as well as ensuring alignment and collaboration with the product, engineering, and customer success teams. Strong knowledge and experience in quality strategy, metrics, standards, and best practices, as well as quality tools, methods, and techniques, such as testing, debugging, troubleshooting, reporting, and documenting. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and evaluate quality issues and risks, and propose and implement effective and efficient solutions. Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate and influence effectively at all levels of the organization and with external parties. Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to inspire, motivate, and empower the quality team, as well as foster a quality culture and mindset across the organization. Customer-centric and results-oriented mindset, with the ability to understand and anticipate customer needs and expectations, and deliver value and satisfaction. Flexible and adaptable, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, and manage multiple and competing priorities and demands 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.