VP, Enterprise Data Platform & Metadata Governance

Mastercard; Purchase (NY); On-site; USD 235,000 - 375,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible spending account

Health savings account

New parent leave

Bereavement leave

Paid time off

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a Vice President for Data Management Platforms to lead enterprise metadata, catalog, governance, and usage platform capabilities. You will own strategy, roadmap, adoption, and measurable outcomes across Mastercard’s data knowledge ecosystem in a global enterprise setting.

You will partner with Technology to deliver scalable platform capabilities and serve data governance teams and data user communities as internal customers. This role demands strong leadership and vision.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with data catalog and data governance platforms.
• Strong understanding of metadata, data cataloging, lineage and governance workflows.
• Advanced business product management for enterprise platforms: strategy, roadmap, stakeholder alignment.
• Ability to work with Technology to translate needs into implementable capabilities.
• Experience balancing usability, control, scalability, and auditability across stakeholders.
• Proven ability to develop talent and set clear objectives for teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the business product strategy, roadmap, and outcomes for data management platform capabilities (metadata, catalog, lineage, marketplace, governance, usage/observability).
• Partner with Technology to translate strategy into scalable implementation plans and operational models.
• Lead direction for the data catalog and governance platform, including connectivity, publication, lineage, and marketplace integrations.
• Scale adoption through onboarding, training, communications, and stakeholder engagement across data stewards, product owners, eng teams, and data scientists.
• Translate governance standards and data product requirements into practical platform capabilities for internal customers.
• Advance enterprise metadata context by exposing definitions, ownership, lineage, usage, and governance signals.
• Build and lead a team responsible for platform product management and continuous improvement.

Skills

Data governance platforms

Metadata concepts

Enterprise product management

Platform partnerships

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Talent development

Job description

Mastercard is seeking a Vice President for Data Management Platforms to lead enterprise metadata, catalog, governance, and usage platform capabilities. You will own strategy, roadmap, adoption, and measurable outcomes across Mastercard’s data knowledge ecosystem in a global enterprise setting.

You will partner with Technology to deliver scalable platform capabilities and serve data governance teams and data user communities as internal customers. This role demands strong leadership and vision.