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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, Software EngineeringOverviewThis position is for a member of the MasterCard development leadership focusing on development of MasterCard Enterprise security solutions dispute products.\nProvides management direction and recommends strategic directions based on established policy. Project and release management responsibilities. The position requires strong project management, technical, interpersonal, communication and people management skills\nLeads and manages staff and assures staffing, training and objective setting. 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Interacts with developers and stakeholders to identify scope of project, delivers on objectives, and supports customers.\nRole and Responsibilities\nProvide leadership and technical direction to a software development team across PDLC (Product Delivery Lifecycle).\nProven people management capabilities to hire, coach, mentor, appraise while working with stakeholders (Product, Engineering, Operations, Cross programs team at various levels ) to ensure alignment toward organization and program objectives.\nEstablish a great working relationship with people outside of the development team including people like Product Managers, and other functional teams within the organization.\nEnsure product development meets MasterCard’s business needs.\nEnsure development teams use the appropriate MasterCard standard development methodologies and follow our technology standards, and that all projects and development are appropriately documented.\nEstablish & monitor objectives for the department and staff members to align with department strategies and objectives.\nSuccessfully lead definition, development and delivery of major cross-department initiatives with broad scope and long-term business implications.\nPartner with business to identify innovative solutions and drive strategic decisions. Develop business case in alignment with the MasterCard objectives. Actively look for opportunities for Innovation and creative problem solving. Make presentations to the Senior Management, Business Owners and other Stakeholders and help them in decision making process.\nProvide recommendation to Senior Management on selection of technologies and strategic technical direction for the department.\nLead implementation of processes and supporting tools per the evolving needs of the organization. Identifying process gaps, provide estimates for business solutions, define the initial scope/requirements of the project and manage the scope during the lifecycle of the project. Plan overall project scope as well as define scope for each phase and iteration to meet business needs/time-to-market needs.\nWork closely with cross functional teams and architects to technically (with but not limited to Java/J2EE, Springboot, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Gen/Agentic AI in tech and architecture like event driven, microservice, pipe filter) and functionally align\nEnsure the project or effort is adequately staffed; trained and managed. Ensure personnel have appropriate skills and behaviors; and effectively communicate performance results; as necessary, managing each effort within approved manpower and budget guidelines.\nBuild and maintain high team morale\nPerform strategic planning; financial planning; administration and management of the department.\nRespond to operational and business concerns or issues relative to future business programs, projects, or enhancements to ensure consistent delivery of quality services. Budget and Resource Management experience.\nAll About You\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology related field or equivalent work experience.\nPrevious experience in the Payments Industry recommended.\nRequires the ability to hire, lead and manage senior technical individual contributor and management staffs with the ability to foster open communications across various organizational levels.\nRequires to be technically sound with but not limited to architecture (like event driven, microservice, pipe filter), Java/J2EE, Springboot, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Gen and Agentic AI in tech.\nRequires technical and people management skills to lead, appraise, motivate direct and indirect reports to deliver superior results.\nRequires the skills to provide functional, technical hands-on and directional guidance to staff and recommend policy, program objectives, strategic direction changes to management.\nRequires to bring in top notch people management capabilities to 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