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 i...