Description
Mastercard is seeking a Vice President of Platform Engineering to lead the development of a world-class platform ecosystem for over 11,000 engineers globally. The successful candidate will define and execute the enterprise platform engineering strategy across CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, container ecosystems, infrastructure automation, and secure software delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and execute the enterprise platform engineering strategy supporting software delivery, cloud infrastructure, container platforms, infrastructure automation, developer productivity, and secure engineering practices.
- Drive the enterprise strategy for pipeline-as-code workflows, build runner/agent architectures, and software delivery platforms, ensuring they are scalable, resilient, secure, and aligned with Security and Architecture & Technology standards.
- Establish enterprise standards and governance for CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, reusable platform capabilities, cloud-native architectures, and secure-by-default engineering practices.
- Anticipate emerging technology trends and identify opportunities to improve engineering efficiency, quality, reliability, and operational excellence.
- Partner with Architecture & Technology to define platform roadmaps and long-term technology direction.
Requirements:
- 12+ years of progressive engineering experience with 5+ years leading engineering organizations at enterprise scale.
- Demonstrated success building, leading, and developing high-performing engineering teams.
- Experience managing managers and senior technical leaders within complex organizations.
- Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and drive enterprise-wide technology initiatives.
- Strong track record leading large-scale modernization, transformation, and organizational change efforts.
Benefits:
- Competitive base salary
- Annual bonus or commissions
- Insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
- Flexible spending account and health savings account
- Paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave)
- 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time
- 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days
- 401k with a best-in-class company match
- Deferred compensation for eligible roles
- Fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities
- Eligibility for tuition reimbursement