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

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.
Mastercard’s Business & Market Insights (B&MI) group empowers organizations to achieve growth & innovation goals by providing unparalleled data-driven insights and advanced analytics. By leveraging proprietary data and global expertise, B&MI helps businesses make smarter, more informed decisions that drive profitability and success. We turn complex data into actionable strategies that lead to better outcomes and sustained competitive advantage.
We are currently looking for a ‘Vice President, Software engineering’ for Operational Insights Program, within B&MI group. This role will work with internal and external partners to define and execute a technology strategy for the program that enables business growth, enhances customer experience, and ensures the delivery of secure, scalable, and high-performing software solutions. As a key technology leader, this role will also focus on engineering best practices, next gen innovation, vendor management, and external partnerships, while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.
Roles and Responsibilities:
This position provides senior leadership to large, diverse, technology teams building innovative technical solutions to cater to internal and external customer requirements. Major accountabilities include:
• Program Leadership
 Technically lead multiple products and complex assignments with broad scope and long-term business implications. Bear ultimate accountability for project outcomes, product quality and developer productivity.
 Share accountability for program success and program financials; ensure budgets are managed to investment value. Oversee budget planning, resource allocation, and cost optimization for engineering operations.
 Define and execute a strategic technology roadmap that aligns with business priorities and drives long-term growth
 Define and measure engineering KPIs, ensuring optimal system performance and stability.
• Technology Leadership
 Develop good technical understanding of product architecture & flows and be able to propose technical solutions. Possess hands-on technical capabilities to track, analyse or resolve critical issues and customer queries. Be a major contributor to technical discussions and provide valuable insight and guidance on technology approach and processes.
 Be able to envision technology future state and plan future technology readiness for the products. Research on current and upcoming technologies and application frameworks and provide recommendations. Proactively create and maintain solution and technology roadmaps.
 Work closely with business partners on product definition, product roadmaps, business case development, and overall direction.
 Source, evaluate, and manage appropriate vendors on the build and run of products in line with the full scope of program objectives
 Drive scalability, security, and performance across all software solutions and platforms. Ensure product compliance to regulatory and industry standards.
 Drive next gen technology innovation to enhance product value proposition and improve customer experience. Foster a culture of day-to-day innovation within the team.
 Manage operational and business concerns relative to future business programs, projects, or enhancements to ensure consistent delivery of quality services
• People & Collaboration
 Lead and mentor global team members, ensuring development of robust, high-quality, and scalable software, while creating an inspiring, engaging and performance-driven work environment for the team.
 Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.
 Attract, hire, and develop world-class engineering talent
All About You:
• Master’s/bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering, and a significant work experience with a proven track-record of successfully leading and managing complex programs/projects/products and delivering to aggressive market needs.
• Engineering experience that demonstrates thought-leadership and cross-functional influence and partnership demonstrated by a successful track record of enabling business through smart solutioning, technical innovation and delivery excellence. Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with quick adaptation to new technologies, methodologies, and systems.
• A solid foundation in Computer Science, with demonstrated hands-on experience building large and complex technical solutions. Hands-on experience building global web applications with full-stack expertise in diverse technologies, including cloud and AI/ML, would be a major plus.
• Proven ability to lead and manage large and diverse global teams (including vendor partners), and of building highly motivated, engaged and innovative teams
• Demonstrated understanding (basic to intermediate) of financial management, and ability to manage, track and deliver to defined budget. Experience with estimating, forecasting, managing and planning project costs, while making smart choices and trade-offs to manage any financial risks to the program
• Sound, clear and crisp verbal communication, with ability to effectively engage with internal and external stakeholders at all management levels, coupled with excellent negotiation skills.
• High-energy, detail-oriented and proactive, with ability to function under pressure in an independent environment, along with a high degree of initiative and self-motivation to drive results.

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.