Business Solutions Lead - Payments Platform

edenpeople; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Bank Holidays

Hybrid working environment

Job summary

Edenred PayTech in the UK is seeking a Business Solutions Lead to shape and deliver market-led solutions for a dedicated business vertical, promoting standardisation and value across roadmaps. You will translate business goals into scalable technology solutions and work across product, technology, architecture, and risk teams.

You will map processes, drive API integrations, evaluate options, and prioritise initiatives based on strategic value and feasibility.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Business Solutions Lead, Business Design, Solution Design or similar role.
• Strong problem-solving skills balancing customer, business, and technical needs.
• Experience translating business goals into clear requirements and practical delivery.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery, definition and delivery of business solutions aligned with strategic objectives and market opportunities.
• Translate business goals into clear requirements, capabilities and delivery plans.
• Shape end-to-end solutions across products, services, processes and integrator platforms, including APIs.
• Ensure solutions meet compliance, security, scalability and resilience requirements.
• Collaborate with Product, Technology, Architecture, Operations, Risk and Compliance teams to deliver effective solutions.
• Map business processes and customer journeys to identify improvements.
• Prioritise initiatives based on strategic alignment and feasibility.
• Define and track OKRs, KPIs and success measures to drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Requirement gathering

Solution design

Communication

OKRs/KPIs

Multi-priority management

Tools

API integrations

Microservices

Cloud environments

Job description

Take a step forward and let Edenred surprise you. Every day, we deliver innovative solutions to improve the life of millions of people, connecting employees, companies, and merchants all around the world. We know there are hundred ways for you to grow. With us, you will expand your skills in a multicultural, challenging, and dynamic environment.

Dare to join Edenred and get ready to thrive in a global company that will offer you endless opportunities.

Edenred is all about meritocracy. You come as you are, and you contribute. Indeed, the Edenred Group recognizes, recruits and develops all talents and singularities. We are committed to preventing all forms of discrimination and to providing all our candidates with equal opportunities regardless of their gender and gender expression, disability, origin, religious belief and sexual orientation or any other criteria.

Business Solutions Lead - Payments Platform

Salary: Up to £75,000 per annum + Bonus

Swindon/London - Hybrid

As a Business Solutions Lead, you will shape and deliver market-led solutions for a specific business vertical, promoting standardisation, maximising value and aligning delivery across multiple roadmaps.

You’ll connect business strategy with practical, scalable technology solutions whilst working across teams to improve products, services and processes while supporting the needs of customers and the business.

What you will be doing:

• Lead the discovery, definition and delivery of business solutions aligned with strategic objectives, customer needs and market opportunities.
• Translate business goals and operational challenges into clear solution requirements, capabilities and delivery plans.
• Shape end-to-end solutions across products, services, processes and system-to-system integrations, including APIs.
• Ensure solutions account for compliance, security, scalability, availability and operational resilience.
• Work closely with Product, Technology, Architecture, Operations, Risk and Compliance teams to develop and deliver effective solutions.
• Map business processes, customer and operational journeys, capabilities, dependencies and impacts.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and improve processes, systems and ways of working.
• Evaluate options and make recommendations that balance business value, technical feasibility, risk and delivery timelines.
• Prioritise initiatives based on strategic alignment, customer and business impact, feasibility and resource requirements.
• Gather and use stakeholder feedback, operational data and performance insights to refine solutions and demonstrate outcomes.
• Define and track relevant OKRs, KPIs and measures of success, using results to inform ongoing improvement.
• Facilitate workshops, solution-design sessions, design sprints and stakeholder reviews.
• Communicate solution recommendations, decisions, risks and trade-offs clearly to audiences ranging from executives to engineering teams.
• Ensure solutions align with architectural principles, technology standards and agreed business policies.
• Promote consistent solution-design practices and maintain reusable business and technical artefacts.
• Stay informed about fintech trends, payments developments, regulations and emerging technologies.

What you will bring:

Essential:

• Experience in a Business Solutions Lead, Business Design, Solution Design or similar role, with a track record of taking complex business needs through to delivered solutions.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to balance customer and business needs, operational considerations and technical constraints.
• Experience translating business goals into clear requirements, capabilities and practical delivery approaches.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the confidence to engage and influence at all levels.
• Ability to work effectively with technical stakeholders and constructively challenge proposals to achieve a pragmatic balance between business value and technical best practice.
• Experience setting, tracking and delivering against OKRs, KPIs or other measures of business performance.
• Confident in analysing operational data and using evidence to inform recommendations and assess outcomes.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced, changing environment.

Desirable:

• Experience with API integrations, microservices and cloud-based environments.
• Knowledge of the payments industry, including payment processing, regulations and emerging technologies.

Why Edenred PayTech?

We are a subsidiary of the Edenred group and leaders in prepaid solutions including banking, virtual cards, debit, credit, and prepaid processing.

As an Edenred PayTech employee you will get the support and structure that you need to enjoy your work and develop your career while doing what you love and making a difference in a fast-paced and innovative business.

What you will get:

• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Hybrid working environment (min. 3 days per