Senior Vice President - Software Engineering, Commercial Acceptance

Mastercard; Greystones; On-site; EUR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a Senior Vice President of Software Engineering for Commercial Acceptance. This role leads a global engineering organization, defining a technology roadmap and transformation to scale Commercial Solutions.

You will collaborate with product and enterprise technology leadership to drive a major platform evolution and a strong engineering culture. The SVP focuses on partnering with product and regional teams to execute strategic initiatives, ensure operational stability, and

Qualifications

• Track record leading large-scale technology transformations
• Experience in payments domain
• Deep knowledge of event-driven architectures and microservices
• Experience deploying applications to public cloud infrastructure
• Strong secure SDLC practices and continuous testing
• Proven history building global engineering teams and talent development
• Collaborative leadership with cross-functional influence
• Excellent communication across diverse audiences

Responsibilities

• Develop a detailed technology roadmap and execution plan in partnership with product and technology leadership
• Provide thought leadership to drive new product development across domains in Commercial Solutions
• Provide senior leadership to large, diverse engineering teams delivering core platform changes
• Lead globally distributed teams within Mastercard's Commercial Solutions engineering capability
• Drive operational stability, reduce incidents and toil, improve MTTR
• Collaborate with P&C and recruitment to grow technology talent across locations
• Align strategy across product, engineering and regional teams
• Develop executive partnerships to enable cross-functional initiatives
• Lead by example to embed the Mastercard Way principles

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Tools

Public cloud (AWS/Azure)

Event-driven architecture

Microservices

Job description

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

Senior Vice President - Software Engineering, Commercial Acceptance

Senior Vice President - Software Engineering, Commercial Acceptance

The Commercial Solutions group is responsible for designing, building, and operating the technology that powers Mastercard's next-generation B2B payment applications, including Virtual Card solutions.

We are looking for a Senior Vice President of Software Engineering to join our global team and drive the evolution of our Commercial Acceptance platform. This role focuses on technology transformation and cultivating a strong engineering team culture.

We are building products that will scale globally and help businesses make payments faster, sooner, and smarter. Our products are designed and built to run anywhere, for anyone.

The SVP of Acceptance Engineering is a technology leader and strategic thinker who can zoom into low-level details where required and will set technical direction for the global team. A key aspect of this role will be working closely with product and enterprise technology leadership to execute a transformation roadmap.

The Role

• Develop a detailed technology roadmap and execution plan in partnership with product and technology leadership.
• Provide thought leadership to drive new product development and work across domains to drive Commercial flows.
• Provide senior leadership to large, diverse engineering teams delivering change and development to the core platforms supporting the Commercial business
• Lead globally distributed teams supporting Mastercard's Commercial Solutions engineering capability; set direction, tone, and strategy within the Product & Engineering framework
• Drive a strong operational stability culture across the team, remaining laser focused on proactive measures to improve the current platforms, driving improvements in metrics such as incident reduction, reduced MTTM, timely resolution of defects, and reduction in toil.
• Working with P&C and recruitment to strengthen processes to nurture and grow technology talent across multiple global locations.
• Manage alignment across product, engineering and regional teams on strategy, priorities, and growth objectives.
• Develop strong internal executive-level partnerships to ensure cross-functional alignment and execute on shared initiatives.
• Lead by example to embed the Mastercard Way principles across the group.

All About You

• Hands-on experience leading large-scale technology transformation initiatives.
• Experience leading initiatives in the payments domain.
• Deep technical knowledge of event-driven architecture patterns, asynchronous microservice design, software frameworks, and complex distributed systems.
• Experience designing and deploying applications to public cloud infrastructure.
• Deep knowledge of secure SDLC best practices, focusing on continuous testing and validation.
• Proven history of building global engineering teams with a strong emphasis on talent development.
• Demonstrates the ability to engage in multi-disciplinary collaboration to achieve collective outcomes.
• Ability to communicate across various audiences to influence, inspire, and drive decision-making.
• Highly collaborative leadership style leading to increased employee engagement.

Corporate Security Responsibility

• 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.