IT Payments Strategic Leader

📋 Description

• • Serve as the senior technical authority for enterprise payment platforms, including Cari Network (Stablecoin/Tokenized deposits), ACH, wires, real-time payments (RTP/FedNow), and related payment gateways.
• • Provide architectural direction, technical design standards, and oversight for payment system enhancements, integrations, and modernization initiatives.
• • Ensure reliability, performance, and resiliency of payment processing environments through proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
• • Act as the highest-level escalation point for complex payment system incidents, outages, and processing exceptions.
• • Lead technical evaluation and implementation support for new payment capabilities, including ISO 20022 adoption and emerging payment technologies.
• • Partner with vendors and core providers to assist with integrations, upgrades, patches, and platform changes for payment systems.
• • Ensure payment technologies comply with NACHA rules, FFIEC guidance, audit requirements, and internal IT governance standards.
• • Provide technical mentorship and guidance to payments analysts and administrators, establishing best practices, standards, and operational runbooks.
• • Possess deep knowledge of ACH, wire, and real-time payment processing architectures.
• • Demonstrate strong understanding of payment settlement, exception handling, and operational risk.
• • Design and evaluate complex system integrations and data flows.
• • Lead technical initiatives without direct people management responsibility.
• • Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to business and executive audiences.
• • May require regular work outside normal business hours, including before/after standard shifts.
• • May require regular out-of-town travel.
• • Work in a secure and distraction-free remote environment with reliable internet connection (cable or fiber preferred; mobile hotspots not acceptable).
• • Report to a physical Company location as directed by the manager for hybrid roles, in a typical office environment.
• • Use a computer frequently for typing and sustained monitor attention.
• • Sit, walk, and/or stand for extended periods of time.
• • Bend and reach as needed for general office tasks.
• • Communicate effectively in person, on the phone, and through electronic channels.