Senior Technology Officer (STO) - Markets & Payments (Argentina)

Aumni; Buenos Aires; On-site; ARS 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Next Frontier Capital is seeking a Senior Technology Officer to lead a small local technology team in Argentina and serve as a senior tech partner to Markets and Payments. The STO will translate business strategy into a prioritized technology roadmap, ensure reliable delivery, and influence regional/global stakeholders to execute the Argentina strategy.

The role requires strong leadership across matrixed teams, a focus on production resilience, and adherence to regulatory controls.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in technology roles including end-to-end delivery and production operations for critical systems.
• Demonstrated people leadership experience with direct reports and small teams with high impact.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and drive execution across matrixed regional/global teams.
• Experience operating in controlled/regulated environments with strong risk and governance expectations.
• Excellent communication skills—able to present trade-offs and recommendations to senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a local technology team (3 FTE) and establish clear goals and performance expectations.
• Translate Markets and Payments priorities in Argentina into an executable technology roadmap with milestones.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to shape priorities and drive decisions across regional/global tech teams.
• Own delivery planning and execution for Argentina initiatives, tracking progress and escalating issues.
• Ensure stability and resilience of critical systems; lead incident and problem management.
• Ensure adherence to controls across SDLC, change management, access, and data handling.
• Drive CI/CD maturity, automated testing, observability, and deployment quality.
• Oversee local vendor performance to meet operational and control expectations.
• Coordinate with compliance/control partners for regulatory and local readiness.

Skills

People leadership

Stakeholder management

Delivery governance

Production reliability

Risk & governance

Communication skills

CI/CD & observability

Regulatory awareness

Vendor management

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

CI/CD automation

Observability tooling

Security by design

Threat modelling

Job description

The Senior Technology Officer (STO) will lead a small local technology team (3 FTE) in Argentina and act as a senior technology partner to the Markets and Payments organization. The role is accountable for translating business strategy into a prioritized technology roadmap, ensuring reliable and secure delivery, and influencing regional/global stakeholders so the Argentina strategy is executed successfully. The STO will drive execution across local and distributed teams, maintain strong operational controls, and continuously improve stability, resilience, and time-to-market.

Key Responsibilities

• Team leadership (3 FTE): Lead, coach, and develop a local technology team; set clear goals, manage performance, and build a strong engineering and controls culture.
• Strategy-to-execution: Convert Markets and Payments business priorities in Argentina into an executable technology roadmap with clear milestones, dependencies, and measurable outcomes.
• Stakeholder influence: Partner with senior stakeholders across Markets and Payments to shape priorities, align trade‑offs, and drive decisions across regional/global technology teams.
• Delivery governance: Own delivery planning and execution for Argentina‑related initiatives; track progress, manage risks/issues, and provide concise status reporting and escalation.
• Production reliability: Ensure stability and resilience of critical systems supporting Markets/Payments; lead incident management, problem management, and root‑cause remediation.
• Risk, controls, and security‑by‑design: Ensure adherence to required controls across SDLC, change management, access, data handling, audit readiness, and remediation of findings.
• Modern engineering practices: Drive CI/CD maturity, automated testing, observability, and standardization; reduce manual processes and improve deployment quality.
• Vendor and third‑party oversight: Manage local vendor delivery/service performance aligned to operational and control expectations.
• Regulatory and local readiness: Support requirements driven by Argentina‑specific regulatory, operational, and business needs, coordinating with compliance/control partners.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in technology roles, including ownership of end‑to‑end delivery and production operations for business‑critical systems.
• Demonstrated people leadership experience (direct management) and ability to lead small teams with high impact.
• Strong experience influencing stakeholders and driving execution across matrixed organizations (regional/global teams and multiple functions).
• Proven track record operating in controlled / regulated environments with strong risk and governance expectations.
• Excellent communication skills—able to present trade‑offs and recommendations to senior business and technology leaders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Domain exposure to payments, cash management, markets technology, or transaction processing platforms.
• Experience with modern delivery stacks (CI/CD, automated testing), observability, resiliency engineering and AI.
• Experience supporting local country requirements (e.g., regulatory reporting, data residency, operational constraints) in partnership with control functions.
• English/Spanish fluency (Portuguese a plus), comfortable operating in global forums.

Equal Opportunity Employment

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