SVP, Platform and Data Architecture

Mastercard•New York, NY

About The Position

Mastercard is a leading global technology company in the payments industry, committed to connecting and powering an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere. As the SVP, Platform and Data Architecture, you will define the technology vision and architectural direction for critical enterprise platforms and data capabilities, ensuring Mastercard continues to scale securely, reliably, and innovatively. This executive leader will partner across engineering, product, infrastructure, security, operations, and business teams to shape modern architecture strategies, enable advanced data and AI capabilities, and drive long-term technology transformation aligned to Mastercard’s business priorities.

Requirements

Strategic and hands-on technology executive with deep expertise in platform, data, and enterprise architecture within complex global environments.
Ability to connect business strategy with architectural vision.
Ability to influence senior stakeholders.
Ability to lead modernization at scale.
Strong knowledge of distributed systems, cloud and hybrid infrastructure, data platforms, APIs, analytics, AI/ML enablement, and modern engineering practices.
Effective communicator and collaborative leader who can work across technical and business functions.
Ability to develop top technical talent.
Ability to drive clarity, accountability, and innovation in a highly matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

Define the Corporate Operating System architecture vision and technology direction in partnership with CTOs of engineering teams, Corporate Security, Operations, Architecture & Technology, and other key stakeholders.
Establish architectural patterns, blueprints, and reference models across platform and data domains.
Chair or co-chair architecture review boards to ensure architectural integrity, governance, and alignment with strategic business objectives.
Drive modernization strategies and engineering patterns that advance legacy platforms toward microservice cloud-native, and event-driven architectures while minimizing disruption to global operations.
Architect next-generation data platforms that support advanced analytics, AI/ML, and real-time decisioning across billions of transactions and enterprise processes.
Oversee enterprise API and integration architecture strategies for internal and external developers, enabling secure, scalable, and developer-friendly connectivity across platforms and products.
Provide strategic direction for hybrid and multi-cloud environments, ensuring security, compliance, resilience, performance, and cost optimization.
Partner with infrastructure and platform teams to advance shared services, developer enablement, observability, reliability, service mesh, and development security operations practices.
Bring a strategic business perspective to anticipate marketplace trends, emerging technologies, opportunities, and risks, and translate them into architecture strategies that create business value.
Ensure adoption of modern engineering practices, including secure software development lifecycle, automation, CI/CD, DevOps, and high-quality architecture standards.
Accountable for the quality, scalability, maintainability, security, and total cost of ownership of the platform and data solutions enabled through the architecture organization.
Partner closely with product, engineering, and business leaders to define roadmaps, prioritize investments, and deliver new platform and data capabilities that address customer and enterprise needs.
Establish regular reporting, progress tracking, KPIs, and architecture health measures to provide transparency to senior leadership and support informed decision-making.
Lead, coach, and develop high-performing architects and technical leaders, building organizational capability and fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and engineering excellence.
Articulate broader business, risk, and regulatory considerations, including data governance, privacy, resiliency, and control requirements, into actionable architectural decisions.

Benefits

Competitive base salary
Annual bonus or commissions (depending on the role)
Insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
Flexible spending account and health savings account
16 weeks of new parent leave
Up to 20 days of bereavement leave
80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time
25 days of vacation time
5 personal days
10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays
401k with a best-in-class company match
Deferred compensation for eligible roles
Fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities
Eligibility for tuition reimbursement