About the Role:

Our client is a leading global financial services firm providing technology Development & Management focused on building, deploying, and maintaining critical applications and platforms support. They have established a state-of-the-art Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Chennai, India, envisioned as a strategic and scalable platform to drive operational excellence, enterprise resilience, and innovation-led value creation for the global organization.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead the startup of a new payment team within the Global Capability Centre.

- Lead the end-to-end development lifecycle of payment platforms, including architecture, design, development, testing, and deployment.

- Collaborate with global and regional stakeholders to define technical requirements and ensure alignment with business goals.

- Oversee the integration of payment systems with core banking platforms and third-party services.

- Ensure compliance with regulatory standards, security protocols, and internal governance frameworks.

- Drive agile development practices and DevOps adoption across the team.

- Mentor and manage a team of developers, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.

- Stay abreast of emerging technologies in digital payments, APIs, cloud-native development, and real-time processing.

- Ensure comprehensive oversight, managing develop/ deploy/ operation including app support.

Eligibility Criteria:

- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

- 20+ years of experience in software development, with at least 15 years in the banking/payments domain.

- Proven experience in leading development teams and delivering complex payment solutions.

- Strong knowledge of payment protocols (SWIFT, ISO 20022, UPI, RTGS, NEFT, etc.) and Techno-functional understanding of products from IFTAS (NEFT/ RTGS) and NPCI (IMPS, UPI, NACH, BBPS, etc.).

- Running of Payment Aggregators, Payment Gateways, and Payment Service Providers.

- Good understanding of Fraud Prevention, AML laws and Data Privacy, Data Protection, & Localization laws.

- Hands-on experience with payment software packages such as Oracle Payments and Temenos Payments Hub.

- Extensive expertise in both low and high-value payment clearing schemes, with a particular focus on international cross-border payments.

- Proficient in utilizing SWIFT for cross-border payments, including detailed familiarity with MT message types.

- Proficiency in Java, .NET, microservices architecture, and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure).

- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tools.

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Application Requirements:

- Candidates who have explicitly worked on IT background and currently working on payments domain only apply.

- Mandate: Candidate must be currently working in Global IB's.

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