Head of Payments / IT Director
Head of Tribe Tech - Payments
Salary: £150,000 - £180,000 + Package Location: Dublin (Hybrid)
We are supporting a leading banking organisation in the search for a Head of Tribe Tech - Payments to lead the technology and delivery agenda across a complex payments landscape.
This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for driving a portfolio of strategic payments programmes, shaping technology strategy, and delivering large-scale transformation across electronic payments platforms and services.
The successful candidate will bring significant experience leading end-to-end payments transformation programmes and a proven track record of delivering complex change initiatives within banking, financial services, or the wider payments sector.
Key areas of expertise may include:
* Faster Payments* Payment Schemes* Electronic Payments* Payments Regulatory Change* ISO 20022* SEPA* Payment Hubs* Clearing and Settlement* Payments Modernisation* Core Payments Infrastructure
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the technology strategy and delivery roadmap for the Payments function.* Drive the successful execution of multiple large-scale payments transformation programmes.* Partner with business and technology stakeholders to align strategic objectives and delivery priorities.* Manage technology delivery governance, budgets, risk, compliance, and resource planning.* Lead and develop multidisciplinary teams across technology, change, and delivery functions.* Ensure the successful delivery of regulatory, scheme-driven, and strategic payments initiatives.* Collaborate across business units to manage dependencies and deliver enterprise-wide outcomes.
Key Requirements
* Extensive experience delivering end-to-end payments transformation programmes.* Strong knowledge of electronic payments ecosystems and payment schemes.* Experience delivering Faster Payments, scheme-driven, or payments regulatory change initiatives.* Senior leadership experience within banking, financial services, fintech, or payments organisations.* Proven track record of leading large-scale technology and change delivery functions.* Experience operating within Agile, hybrid, or traditional delivery environments.* Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to engage effectively at executive level.* Experience managing significant budgets, delivery portfolios, and technology teams.
This opportunity is particularly suited to candidates who have played a leading role in major payments transformation programmes over the past decade and are looking to take ownership of a high-profile strategic payments agenda within a large financial institution.
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