Senior Vice President, Services Enterprise Architecture
Core
Define and scale the architectural foundation for Mastercard Services, enabling thousands of engineers to build secure, reliable, and scalable products with speed.
Role type
Senior Vice President, Services Enterprise Architecture
Builds
Patterns, platforms, guardrails, golden paths, and automation for the Services technology ecosystem.
Domain
Financial services / Cloud-native distributed systems / Enterprise Architecture
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Cloud-native distributed systems, container platforms, modern runtime environments, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), microservices, distributed and event-driven architectures, enterprise data platforms, identity and security patterns, federated architecture models, systems thinking, influence without authority
Preferred skills
AI-ready architectures, data-centric architectures, platform consolidation, technology lifecycle management
Technologies
AWS, Azure, GCP, IaC modules, policy-as-code
Responsibilities
Define and own the Services target architecture and multi-year technical strategy; Lead and develop the Core Services Architecture team; Create and maintain golden paths, reference architectures, and platform engineering standards; Establish cross-team alignment mechanisms; Translate Enterprise Technology principles into developer-friendly patterns; Partner with Engineering and Product executives; Drive platform consolidation and technology lifecycle management; Provide architectural leadership for high-impact decisions; Coach and empower Product/Platform Architects; Represent Services architecture in executive forums.
Seniority
Senior Vice President, strategy & mentorship