Technical Architect Director

In this role you will lead the architectural strategy for client solutions within Mastercard's Payments Networks tech group. You will drive scalable, secure, and high-performing architectures in collaboration with Product Management, Clients, and Architecture teams. You’ll mentor the Client Solutions Architects and steer technology roadmaps and innovation across Real Time Payments and Value-Added Services. This position offers impact by shaping solutions that enable growth and competitive advantage in a global payments ecosystem.

• Provide leadership to the Client Solutions Architecture function and ensure delivery of scalable, secure, and high-performing client solutions.
• Lead and develop the Client Solutions Architects team, including performance management and talent development.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Clients, and stakeholders to define and deliver solution roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
• Serve as a senior SME for client solutions and guide technical direction across teams.
• Drive client technology roadmaps with product management and engineering stakeholders.
• Lead innovation efforts in Real Time Payments and Value-Added Services to identify opportunities and develop new capabilities.
• Represent architecture expertise to senior executives, customers, and delivery teams.

• Extensive experience in a technical role for a commercial software product organization or ISV.
• Proven leadership of system architecture for large-scale distributed systems with scalable, secure, resilient outcomes.
• Strong ability to communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences, including executives.
• Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, collaboration, and influencing skills.
• Deep understanding of the end-to-end product development lifecycle.
• Hands-on software engineering background in application or database domains.
• Ability to evaluate emerging technologies and translate them into business value.
• Experience in leading architecture teams and fostering technical excellence; payments industry experience preferred.

• stakeholder management
• communication
• facilitation
• architecture leadership for large-scale distributed systems
• real-time payments
• value-added services