Lead Solutions Architect

Duties & Responsibilities

• Design, build and deploy payment services projects as per the roadmap of our business units;
• Deliver the most recognized payment methods in each market & innovative payment methods working closely with technology providers;
• Analyse different technical options to deliver the payment architecture, in alignment with the global / local payments roadmap, functional constraints and the e-commerce solutions landscape defined as part of the company strategy;
• Perform workload estimation and prototype development together with the development teams.
• Coordinate in some projects the development activities to ensure consistency between as-built solutions and their design;
• Delivery of Solution Designs taking into account timeline and budget constraints.
• Engage and collaborate with technical stakeholders (Architecture, Security, Infrastructure) to get the solution design approved and in line with IT strategy.
• When applicable, assist the development manager in the coordination of development activities to get a solution in line with technical design documentation.
• Provide appropriate documentation and coaching to the project team and provide assistance during installation / deployment phase.
• Ensure efficient knowledge transfer and ramp up time for new on- and off-shore developers.
• Industrialization is integrated in the design of the solution when possible to be easily rolled out in other context without major developments;
• Work to assure Online and Offline international payment acceptance for all brands and markets;
• Use continuous improvement methodologies to grow revenue, reduce costs and mitigate risk;
• Work to mitigate risk when it comes to payments acceptance. Assure PCI and ISO principles. Work with Fraud / Risk business teams and prepare plans for data breach response plans and DRP related to payments acceptance.
• Advocate the adoption of “best practices” to ensure standardization across the organization in processes and solutions and collaborate with cross functional business units and other functional teams to drive end-to-end process consistency, maturity & effectiveness.

Desired Experience & Qualification

Qualifications

A Degree in Business Science, Engineering, Computer Science and / or IT. Preference would be given to a candidate certified in TOGAF or a similar Framework.

Work Experience

The Candidate needs to have :

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