Vice President Platform Engineering

About the role

The Vice President Platform Engineering will shape Mastercard's enterprise platform strategy, driving modern, secure, and scalable solutions for software delivery. This senior leader will guide a global team of engineers, partner with security, architecture, and product groups, and accelerate cloud‑native adoption across the organization.

Key responsibilities

• Define and execute platform engineering strategy covering CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, container ecosystems, and infrastructure automation.
• Establish enterprise standards and governance for pipeline‑as‑code, Infrastructure as Code, and secure‑by‑default practices.
• Lead modernization initiatives on AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments, ensuring resilience, scalability, and compliance.
• Partner with Architecture & Technology to set long‑term roadmaps and technology direction.
• Drive measurable improvements in developer productivity, operational excellence, reliability, and security.

Required profile

• Proven experience leading large, high‑performing engineering teams in a global enterprise.
• Strategic vision with the ability to influence across security, architecture, product, and engineering domains.
• Strong people leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Required skills

• CI/CD pipeline design and automation
• Cloud platforms: AWS and Azure
• Container platforms and orchestration
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Cloud‑native architecture and secure‑by‑default engineering practices