Job Description

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The Solution Architect in Cards & Payments (C&P) domain should bring a blend of strong technical expertise combined with deep C&P industry knowledge. * The candidate needs to be a strategic thinker with expertise and ambition to adopt emerging technology to build commercially viable solutions to address gaps & white spaces in the C&P domain

• 15 - 20 years of experience in the C&P industry or IT services industry with focus on C&P / financial services verticals

• Strong domain understanding across C&P Value chain - Issuers, Acquirers, Networks, CMS, Loyalty & Rewards, Messaging Standards, Security Standards, Transaction processing, Payment rails of atleast North America, South Africa, UK, SEPA etc.
• Constant up to date knowledge of the latest trends in the C&P Industry and emergence of FinTech ecosystem
• Candidate should have work experience with C&P Industry COTS products like Vision Plus, GPP, Volante, ACH, Finzly etc.
• Proven track record of building commercially viable C&P industry solutions covering MACH principles - Micro services, APIs. Cloud, and headless Architecture

• Candidate should have led Architecture definition & Solution Design and overseen end to end implementation programs
• Candidate should be able to define tech stack for a proposed solution and also lead the effort estimation
• Be able to work with multiple technical teams and drive the solution development
• Candidate should be well versed with emerging trends and technologies in the AI space and experience of building a GenAI based solution is a big plus. AI
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with target operating model definition, business case creation, program roadmap definition and organization change management
• Stakeholder management including hands-on experience interacting with the C Suite (both business and technology) is mandatory
• Presentation skills with crisp and clear articulation of the solution are a must
• Must have experience of working with clients across multiple regions - USA, UK, Europe in a global delivery setup etc.