Vice President, Software Supply Chain SecurityOur PurposeMastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. 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.Title and SummaryVice President, Software Supply Chain SecurityWho 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.Mission First, People AlwaysAs Corporate Security, we are responsible for keeping Mastercard safe and secure from cyber and physical threats, and it is our people on the frontlines who make this happen every day. By taking care of our people, their wellbeing, and career development, we provide them with the necessary tools and environment to ensure the success of our mission.OverviewThe Network Engineering Services team is looking for a Vice President of Software Supply Chain Security. The VP is a senior leader responsible for protecting the integrity, provenance, and trustworthiness of all software that powers the company's global payments ecosystem.
This role ensures end-to-end security across internal development, third-party software, CI/CD pipelines, cloud workloads, vendor integrations, and payment processing platforms that require the highest levels of reliability, compliance, and resiliency.RoleDefine the Software Supply Chain Security Strategy aligned to the company's global payments mission, regulatory obligations, and risk appetite.Build and lead high performing global DevSecOps, platform engineering, and security automation teams.Architect security for CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code frameworks, and automation platformsEmbed security controls into development workflows, including SAST/DAST, SBOM, dependency scanning, secrets management, to eliminate preventable exposureEstablish governance for software bill of materials (SBOM), artifact integrity, code provenance, and policy-as-code guardrailsPromote a secure-by-default engineering culture with paved roads for secure component consumption, signing, building, and deployment.Partner with Vulnerability Management on strategy and outcomes for end-to-end detection, triage, risk acceptance, remediation, validation and overall exposure managementPartner with DevOps on cloud strategy and operations (AWS, Azure, GCP, or hybrid), ensuring resilient, scalable, and secure infrastructure.Partner with Legal, Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM), and Procurement to enforce contractual obligations for secure development, reporting, incident notification, and replace/patch SLAs.All About YouDemonstrated effectiveness leading Security, Platform/DevOps, or Software Engineering teamsProven track record of implementing software supply chain controls across complex, multicloud and hybrid environments.Demonstrated ability to balance regulatory, security, and developer experience requirements at enterprise scale.Deep expertise in CI/CD, artifact registries, Kubernetes/container security, cryptographic signing, and OSS governance.Strong knowledge of SLSA, NIST SSDF, OWASP SCVS/SCVST, ISO 27001/27036, and regulatory frameworksHands-on familiarity with SAST/DAST/IAST/SCA, secrets and dependency management, API security, and runtime protectionsStrong stakeholder management and executive communication skills; proven record influencing Product and Engineering leaders.NICE Framework references• National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) competency proficiency levels of limited in leadership, limited to developing in operational and professional, and developing to proficient in technical.• This Mastercard role shares KSAs with related NICE work roleso OV-SPP-002, OPM751, Cyber Policy and Strategy Plannero OV-EXL-001, OPM901, Executive Cyber Leadershipo OV-MGT-001, OPM722, Information Systems Security ManagerTo find US Salary Ranges, visit People Place. Under the Compensation tab, select "Salary Structures." Within the text of "Salary Structures," click on the link "salary structures 2025," through which you will be able to access the salary ranges for each Mastercard job family. For more information regarding US benefits, visit People Place and review the Benefits tab and the Time Off & Leave tab.