Job Title:

Lead, Platform Engineering, Sustainable Technology

Overview:

Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is 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. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Overview
The Sustainable Technology team is looking for a Lead, Platform Engineering, Sustainable Technology to help drive Mastercard's sustainability strategy forward by innovating across our global technology infrastructure. This role is ideal for a technologist who is passionate about sustainable impact, highly motivated, intellectually curious, and thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Scope 3 emissions reduction and sustainability outcomes across the technology stack in colocated data centers, public cloud, and supply-chain are key motivators for this team, and we are looking for someone who shares that vision.

Role
In this impact-driven position, you will:
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in sustainable technology, supporting technology infrastructure, colocated data center, and public cloud teams to reduce energy use and Scope 3 emissions across supply-chain.
• Lead cross-functional program management efforts to identify and implement energy, power, and emissions savings opportunities across infrastructure platforms in co-located and public cloud environment.
• Engage with application and infrastructure platform teams to align with sustainability-focused technology initiatives.
• Collaborate with data science teams to enable activity-based Scope 3 emissions accounting across the technology supply chain through data and process improvement.
• Streamline accurate regulatory reporting frameworks related to data center efficiency across colcated and cloud environments.
• Manage data improvement processes to enhance the accuracy of energy and carbon forecasting.

All About You
The ideal candidate for this position should:
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of technology infrastructure operations and platforms; experience in the payments industry is a plus.
• Be skilled in global GHG (greenhouse gas) emission reduction programs and sustainability practices within the technology industry.
• Be capable of collecting and organizing data related to energy use and carbon emissions across the technology stack.
• Be proactive, engaged, and accountable, with a strong ability to build relationships across diverse teams and time zones.
• Be confident in influencing senior leadership through research, data analysis, and high-level communication.
• Be a strong communicator, able to clearly explain technical challenges and sustainability goals.
• Possess business planning, project management, and budget management skills.
• Hold a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and/or Environmental Science.
• Hold sustainability related professional credentials which may include: Accredited Sustainability Advisor (ASA); Certified Data Center Sustainability Professional (CDCSP); Green Software Practitioner; Data Center Energy Practitioner (DCEP); Certified Energy Manager (CEM), LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP)

Corporate Security Responsibility
Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks come with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position 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; and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.

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