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Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.\nTitle and Summary\nDirector, Mainframe Software EngineeringOverviewMastercard is seeking a Director, Software Engineering to lead high-performing engineering teams responsible for building and evolving enterprise-scale platforms that power secure, innovative, and resilient payment solutions. This role combines technical leadership, organizational leadership, and strategic execution to drive engineering excellence across multiple products, platforms, and delivery teams.\nAs a senior technology leader, you will be responsible for defining engineering strategy, developing talent, fostering innovation, and ensuring the successful delivery of scalable software solutions. You will partner closely with Product, Architecture, Security, Operations, and Engineering leaders to execute against business objectives while advancing Mastercard's technology capabilities.\nThis position aligns with the expectations of a 500099 Director, Software Engineering role, requiring demonstrated expertise in engineering leadership, organizational development, modern software delivery practices, and large-scale distributed systems.\n________________________________________\nRole Responsibilities\nEngineering Leadership & Strategy\nLead multiple software engineering teams responsible for delivering high-quality, secure, scalable, and resilient technology solutions.\nDevelop and execute engineering strategies that align technology investments with business objectives and product roadmaps.\nDrive engineering excellence through the adoption of modern software development practices, architectural standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.\nEstablish measurable goals, key performance indicators, and operational metrics to evaluate team and product success.\nChampion innovation and promote the adoption of emerging technologies that improve customer experience and engineering efficiency.\nTalent & Organizational Development\nBuild, lead, and develop a high-performing engineering organization comprised of managers, senior engineers, and technical leaders.\nRecruit, retain, coach, and mentor top engineering talent while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.\nGuide managers in performance management, career development, succession planning, and organizational effectiveness.\nCreate an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives drive innovation and business outcomes.\nSoftware Delivery & Execution\nOversee the delivery of complex software initiatives across multiple teams and platforms.\nEnsure engineering teams consistently deliver secure, reliable, and maintainable software solutions.\nDrive Agile delivery practices, continuous integration, continuous delivery, and engineering automation.\nManage execution risks, dependencies, resource allocation, and prioritization across initiatives.\nEnsure solutions meet performance, availability, scalability, and security requirements.\nTechnical Leadership\nProvide technical direction and architectural oversight for highly distributed, cloud-enabled software platforms.\nPartner with Architecture and Product teams to define scalable technical solutions and long-term platform strategies.\nLead engineering reviews, technology decisions, and modernization initiatives.\nPromote best practices in software design, automated testing, observability, operational excellence, and platform reliability.\nMaintain awareness of industry trends and technology advancements to influence future engineering direction.\nStakeholder Management & Collaboration\nCollaborate with Product, Business, Architecture, Security, and Operations leaders to achieve strategic objectives.\nCommunicate technical strategies, execution plans, risks, and outcomes to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.\nInfluence cross-functional decision-making through strong business and technical acumen.\nFoster transparency, alignment, and accountability across globally distributed teams.\n________________________________________\nQualifications\nLeadership Experience\nSignificant experience leading software engineering organizations delivering enterprise-scale applications and platforms.\nProven success managing engineering managers, senior technical leaders, and cross-functional teams.\nDemonstrated ability to scale organizations, build talent pipelines, and develop future leaders.\nExperience driving organizational change, engineering transformation, and continuous improvement initiatives.\nTechnical Expertise\nDeep understanding of modern software engineering practices and software development lifecycle methodologies.\nExperience building and operating 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Orientation\nTalent Development\nOrganizational Leadership\nCustomer Focus\nInnovation & Continuous Improvement\nCollaboration & Influence\nTechnical Vision\nOperational Excellence\nExecutive Communication\nEducation\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.\n• Advanced degree or equivalent practical experience preferred.Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact  and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.\nCorporate Security Responsibility\nAll activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:\nAbide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;\n\nEnsure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;\n\nReport any suspected information security violation or breach, and\n\nComplete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.\n\nIn line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. 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