Vice President, Cloud Security

Our Purpose

We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Title and Summary

Vice President, Cloud Security Overview

The VP, Cloud Security will be responsible for guiding Mastercard through the definition and implementation of our cloud security strategy. This will focus on enabling Mastercard applications and services for secure cloud deployment.

Questions:

• Have you built and led a security team for securing cloud environments through matrix and direct reporting to define security architectures, solutions, and platforms that realize the strategic vision?
• Have you created a cloud security architecture with IT and line of business leaders?
• Have you represented your company by regularly speaking at internal and external conferences and symposia as a recognized industry functional expert; and have been called upon to interact with the technical community through collaborations and conferences as well as serve as a resource for review of technical papers and publications?

Role

• The ability to design and implement a cloud security strategy and structure to enable our digital business.
• Leverage cloud native and cloud agnostic infrastructure to provide a cloud-first security strategy to enable business opportunities while also understanding exposure to the risks of onboarding emerging technology capabilities that support their digital business.
• Define cloud security architectures that securely enable cloud workloads but minimize the security lift across cloud service providers.
• Apply a business-prioritized approach on determining what cloud investments should be made, how they will be secured and what mitigating factors should be in place.
• Enable the shift from the traditional client/server model to a cloud/client model that disrupts the traditional thin client by securing the workloads across the architecture, rather than just on the server.

All About You

• Demonstrated effectiveness working in a global environment.
• Superb influencing skills and the ability to navigate through the complexities of a large organization, break down barriers, convince external parties and internal influencers to reach agreement and accepting complete proposals and programs in very high risk & innovative technology areas.
• Proven leadership and collaboration abilities and ability to operate effectively globally.
• Experience managing and building a high performing team and an ability to inspire others on the marketing and digital team as well as across the organization.
• Strong balance of strategic, analytical and business skills, with a high level of intellectual agility and capacity for original thought.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills necessary for interaction with business leaders and teams across all levels of the organization.

Mastercard is an 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. 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.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All 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:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach;
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

In 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 based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.

Pay Ranges

O'Fallon, Missouri: $200,000 - $320,000 USD

Arlington, Virginia: $230,000 - $368,000 USD

Atlanta, Georgia: $200,000 - $320,000 USD