Payments Technology Director
Posted Today by 1774433370
Negotiable
Undetermined
Onsite
London
Summary: The Payments Technology Stability & Resiliency Director is a senior leadership role focused on enhancing testing, change assurance, and production stability within complex payments platforms. This position requires strategic oversight and collaboration with various teams to ensure governance and compliance while driving innovation through AI and automation. The role is based in London or Bournemouth and is expected to last for 7 months with potential extensions. The director will lead global teams and foster a culture of continuous improvement in a critical payments environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and deliver the strategy for test integration and change assurance across payments technology
- Lead global teams to provide business and client assurance testing across products including liquidity and account solutions
- Drive adoption of AI, data-led validation, and end-to-end automation to improve speed, quality, and change confidence
- Partner with CTO, product, and operations teams to ensure strong governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance
- Proactively identify, assess, and resolve risks to minimise client and production impact
- Establish and track KPIs and outcome-based metrics to demonstrate value and influence senior stakeholders
- Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and collaboration across a global organisation
- Coordinate and chair regional forums to enhance stability, resiliency, and alignment across EMEA
Key Skills:
- 10+ years' experience in payments technology and leadership roles
- Strong background in software engineering, testing, change management, and large-scale technology delivery
- Proven experience driving AI, automation, and data-led transformation initiatives
- Deep understanding of payments products, particularly liquidity and account solutions
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage and influence senior leadership
- Experience leading global, cross-functional teams in complex environments
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Executive
Industry: Other
- Negotiable
- London
- Contract
Payments Technology Stability & Resiliency Director (Executive Director)
Duration - 7 months (possible extensions)
Location - London or Bournemouth (100% onsite)
We are seeking a senior leader to join our Payments Technology team as a Payments Technology Stability & Resiliency Director, responsible for driving high-quality testing, change assurance, and production stability across complex payments platforms.
In this role, you will:
- Define and deliver the strategy for test integration and change assurance across payments technology
- Lead global teams to provide business and client assurance testing across products including liquidity and account solutions
- Drive adoption of AI, data-led validation, and end-to-end automation to improve speed, quality, and change confidence
- Partner with CTO, product, and operations teams to ensure strong governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance
- Proactively identify, assess, and resolve risks to minimise client and production impact
- Establish and track KPIs and outcome-based metrics to demonstrate value and influence senior stakeholders
- Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and collaboration across a global organisation
- Coordinate and chair regional forums to enhance stability, resiliency, and alignment across EMEA
What we're looking for:
- 10+ years' experience in payments technology and leadership roles
- Strong background in software engineering, testing, change management, and large-scale technology delivery
- Proven experience driving AI, automation, and data-led transformation initiatives
- Deep understanding of payments products, particularly liquidity and account solutions
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage and influence senior leadership
- Experience leading global, cross-functional teams in complex environments
This is a high-impact opportunity to shape resilience and change confidence within a critical payments environment.
To be considered, please apply or email your CV to lthomson@mcgregor-boyall.com
McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.