Principal Information Security Engineer (Security Product Owner)

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

Principal Information Security Engineer (Security Product Owner)

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 Security Threat & Response Management (STRM) program within Mastercard’s Corporate Security organization is looking for a Security Product Owner to lead execution of our preventative security control strategy. The ideal candidate is driven, proactive about security, analytical, and brings strong technical cyber security expertise. This role is central to shaping and executing the roadmap and strategy for our program’s primary security tools and defenses. We are looking for a technically proficient and forward-thinking professional who proactively monitors evolving security trends, modern modern defenses, and leverages advanced knowledge of security tools to foster innovation and strengthen resilience throughout our environments.

Role

• Define and drive the roadmap for the ‘Defend’ product, which covers preventative and detective security controls and configurations across dozens of security tools and platforms including SIEM, SOAR, DLP, Application Control, XDR, NGFW, UEBA, NDR, and more.
• As the Defend product owner, you will be the team lead ensuring the Defend product feature team’s work is prioritized, aligned to strategy, and properly road mapped.
• Partner with stakeholders from engineering, endpoint, identity, and cloud teams to deploy and optimize security technologies and controls.
• Translate security requirements, risk policies, and threat models into actionable work items and initiatives.
• Lead capability assessments and recommend technologies aligned with business needs and program strategies.
• Configure, integrate, and optimize security tools (e.g., EDR / XDR, NGFW, IDS, DLP, Application Control) in accordance with strategic objectives and initiatives.
• Monitor control effectiveness and continuously tune policies to reduce friction and increase coverage.
• Ensure alignment with internal standards, regulatory frameworks, and industry best practices.

All About You

The ideal candidate for this position should :

Additional capabilities that will set you apart :

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 comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position must :

Mastercard is a merit-based, 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. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com 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, and

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 and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. 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 of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 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; and many more.

Pay Ranges

O'Fallon, Missouri : $165,000 - $264,000 USD