Description
Mastercard is seeking a Solution Architect (Managing Consultant, Innovation Consulting) to play a critical role in enabling successful delivery of solutions for clients. This senior, client-facing role is based in Paris, France, and partners closely with Mastercard customers, delivery teams, and product stakeholders to define, document, and communicate robust, scalable solution architectures.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead architectural engagement with Mastercard clients, driving discovery, requirements definition, and solution design for complex implementations
- Define end-to-end solution architectures for projects involving Mastercard products, client-led initiatives, and Mastercard Engage partner solutions
- Act as the primary architectural authority for Deploy-led engagements, guiding engineering teams through implementation and ensuring adherence to the agreed design
- Drive architectural decision-making, balancing client requirements, Mastercard standards, security controls, scalability, and long-term maintainability
- Produce high-quality architectural artefacts, including solution diagrams, architecture decision records, integration designs, and technical documentation
- Communicate architecture clearly and effectively to diverse audiences, including client architects, developers, QA teams, product managers, and senior stakeholders
- Identify technical risks early and work collaboratively with delivery teams to resolve challenges and ensure successful outcomes
Requirements:
- Proven, advanced experience designing and delivering solution architectures within the banking, payments, or broader financial services industry
- Strong experience working directly with clients to elicit requirements, manage ambiguity, and drive alignment on architectural decisions
- Demonstrated ability to define and communicate complex, distributed system architectures clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Proven collaboration with cross-functional teams including architects, developers, QA, product managers, and delivery leads in a matrixed environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence presenting and defending architectural approaches at senior levels
Desirable Skills:
- Experience designing solutions deployed on public cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Cloud architecture certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, or GCP Professional Architect) are a strong advantage
- Experience with API-driven, microservices-based, or large-scale distributed systems
- Familiarity with payment ecosystems, fintech integrations, or Mastercard products and platforms
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
- Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines