Payments strategy & integration lead

About the role

Our client is looking for a senior payments specialist to shape strategy, drive bank and scheme engagements, and ensure their payments architecture is scalable, compliant, and commercially sound. Payments here are not just a feature — they are the infrastructure that enables thousands of entrepreneurs to trade and grow every day.

You’ll thrive in this role if… You love understanding how payments truly work — rails, rules, and flows You translate complexity into clarity and help teams make the right decisions early You hold your own in high-stakes conversations with banks, regulators, and fintech partners You think naturally in trade-offs: speed vs risk, commercial ambition vs scheme rules You bring structure and discipline to messy, multi-stakeholder work and follow through You take ownership seriously when compliance or customer trust is on the line What you’ll do Define and evolve the payments integration blueprint across issuing, rapid payments, and store-of-...