Solution Architect
Pubblicato il 15-08-2026 - Mastercard in Milano
Our Purpose
Mastercard 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 Summary
Solution Architect (Managing Consultant, Innovation Consulting)
Overview
The Deploy team within Advisory & Consulting Services (A&CS;) is looking for a Solution Architect (Managing Consultant) to play a critical role in enabling successful delivery of solutions for our clients.
Based in Milan, Italy, this senior, client-facing role partners closely with Mastercard customers, delivery teams, and product stakeholders to define, document, and communicate robust, scalable solution architectures.
The ideal candidate brings proven architectural experience within the banking and financial services domain, combined with strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
Role
In this client-facing position, you will:
• Lead architectural engagement with Mastercard clients, driving discovery, requirements definition, and solution design for complex implementations
• Define end-to-end solution architectures for projects involving Mastercard products (such as Ethoca Clarity and Click to Pay), client-led initiatives, and Mastercard Engage partner solutions
• Act as the primary architectural authority for Deploy-led engagements, guiding engineering teams through implementation and ensuring adherence to the agreed design
• Drive architectural decision-making, balancing client requirements, Mastercard standards, security controls, scalability, and long-term maintainability
• Produce high-quality architectural artefacts, including solution diagrams,