Location: Jersey City, NJ
Work arrangement: On-site
Work type: Full-time
Compensation: $156500/yr – $230000/yr
Location: Jersey City, NJ
This role is responsible for continuously improving the design, quality, and reuse of solutions and delivering technology enablers that improve development efficiencies. The position requires a transformational Senior Technology Leader who has led large-scale payments data and analytics platforms, delivered AI-driven insights capabilities, modernized enterprise data ecosystems, strengthened data governance and regulatory compliance, and partnered closely with business leaders to drive growth, operational excellence, and client value across global payments. Proven experience leading architects, engineers, and product owners across multiple geographies is essential.
Responsibilities:
Develops the engineering approach for the entire program/portfolio solution and works with Architecture to develop/analyze/deliver the implementation of technical enablers
Leads the planning, definition, and design of complex features which span multiple teams and explores solution alternatives
Creates ideas on designing complex technology and solution development approaches
Leads the technical oversight for teams in solution development including design reviews and code within own domain
Defines the technology tool stack for the solution within range of internally approved and supported technologies
Explores state-of-the-art technologies to improve development efficiencies, quality of test/QA coverage, and release management
Leads and is responsible for the end-to-end test strategy/creation/adherence, and the integration between teams for a program/portfolio solution
Responsible for defining and leading the engineering approach for Global Payments Insights and Business Intelligence at the program or portfolio level to deliver significant business outcomes
Expert in areas of engineering and acts as a "go to" reference across the organization
Accountable for the engineering approach for the entire program/portfolio solution
Helps validate the economic impact of design decisions
Accountable for defining the technology tool stack for the solution within range of internally approved and supported technologies
Required Qualifications:
12+ years of technology leadership experience leading large global teams
Payments & Financial Services Expertise: Deep knowledge of global payments, treasury services, cash management, liquidity, receivables, and transaction banking. Strong understanding of payment ecosystems, including Wire Payments, RTP/Instant Payments, ACH, Cross-Border Payments, ISO 20022, Regulatory and compliance reporting. Experience supporting large-scale payment platforms and data environments.
Data & Analytics Leadership: Experience leading enterprise analytics, business intelligence, data engineering, and AI/ML teams. Proven track record delivering executive reporting platforms, operational analytics, client insights, regulatory reporting solutions, and self-service analytics capabilities. Expertise with modern data architectures, including data lakes, data warehouses, streaming platforms, and cloud-native analytics solutions. Experience managing enterprise data products and authorized data sources.
Modern Data Platforms & AI: Strong understanding of data fabric architectures, metadata management, data observability, data quality frameworks, data lineage, governance-as-code, and AI/GenAI-enabled analytics. Experience leveraging AI to improve business insights, operational intelligence, and decision-making. Familiarity with enterprise-scale cloud and hybrid architectures.
Technology & Engineering Depth: Hands-on understanding of distributed data platforms, real-time processing, API ecosystems, event-driven architectures, data engineering frameworks, analytical platforms, and BI tools. Experience modernizing legacy platforms and driving cloud transformation initiatives.
Desired Qualifications:
Data Governance & Regulatory Excellence: Experience establishing enterprise data governance programs. Strong knowledge of data controls, data quality management, data lineage, metadata management, risk and audit processes, and regulatory reporting requirements. Ability to drive trusted, compliant, and AI-ready data ecosystems.
Technology & Engineering Depth: Hands-on understanding of distributed data platforms, real-time processing, API ecosystems, event-driven architectures, data engineering frameworks, analytical platforms, and BI tools. Experience modernizing legacy platforms and driving cloud transformation initiatives.
Business Partnership & Product Mindset: Proven ability to translate business strategy into technology roadmaps. Experience partnering with product organizations, operations, finance, risk, compliance, and audit. Strong focus on business value realization, client outcomes, and measurable ROI.
Talent & Organization Development: History of building high-performing engineering and analytics organizations. Experience attracting, retaining, and developing senior technology talent. Strong commitment to inclusion, coaching, succession planning, and leadership development.
Skills: Automation, Influence, Result Orientation, Stakeholder Management, Technical Strategy Development, Application Development, Architecture, Business Acumen, Risk Management, Solution Design, Agile Practices, Analytical Thinking, Collaboration, Data Management, Solution Delivery Process
Minimum Education Requirement: Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
Compensation: $156500/yr – $230000/yr