Master Card - Lead Platform Architect - Middleware (8-10 yrs)

ROLE :

- Successfully lead definition, development and delivery of major cross-department initiatives with broad scope and long-term business implications.

- Partner 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.

- Identifying process gaps, provide estimates for business solutions, define the initial scope/requirements of the project and manage the scope during the life-cycle 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.

- Ensure each project or effort is adequately staffed, trained and managed and completed within approved manpower and budget guidelines.

- Ensure personnel have appropriate skills and behaviors; and effectively communicate performance results; as necessary.

- Perform strategic planning; financial planning; administration and management of department.

- Facilitates the development, delivery, and rollout of platform architecture blueprints, standards, and roadmaps for platform and infrastructure components.

- Manages customer communications and serves as an escalation point as problems arise, partnering with design engineers to remove bottlenecks.

- Defines, implements, and communicates approaches and new technologies to achieve optimal performance, reliability, and security, identifying areas for product/network improvements and communicates on these approaches.

- Monitors Mastercard's platform security to ensure effective network safeguard processes are in place.

- Manages the architecture oversight process and ensures issues and their corresponding exceptions or corrective action plans are tracked and managed.

- Manages a team, conducts goal setting and performance appraisal processes, mentors and coaches new technical talent within the organization.

- Provides reports and metrics used by senior leadership.

Education :

- BS Degree or equivalent combination of experience and formal education.

All About You :

- Budget and Resource Management experience.

- Experience including some management experience (including multiple diverse teams and formal performance reviews).

- Managing financials for multiple projects and programs.

- Knowledge of web servers, web application servers, Unix, monitoring tools and web security principles helpful.

- Formal business or management training including Project Management, Strategic Planning, some finance experience and related curriculum.

- Understanding of and advanced experience with Systems Architecture and Systems Engineering concepts and methodologies.

- Experience with five to eight years of methodology is required.

- Demonstrate Mastercard core competencies and proven ability to embody Mastercard Leadership Principles.

Skills/ Abilities :

- Ability and knowledge to assist in policy development and demonstrate knowledge of the business organizational strategy.

- Ability to establish plans, coach co-workers and demonstrate adaptability along with strong verbal and written communication skills.

- Ability to focus on customer needs and to provide overall business or technical project planning for product enhancements.