Lead Consultant - Transit

Fime; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Fime seeks a Lead Consultant in Transit for a hybrid role in Guildford, UK, focusing on smart mobility projects and fare collection systems. The candidate will lead workshops, develop requirements for new systems, and engage with clients to deliver effective transit solutions while contributing to innovative projects.

Benefits

Training and mentoring program

Opportunities to travel

Flexible working

Competitive Salary and Benefits

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in fare collection/transit.
• Understanding of payments, fare collection and/or identity technology.

Responsibilities

• Lead workshops with transit agency staff on fare collection strategies.
• Draft requirements for new Fare Collection Systems.
• Review testing results and lead onsite testing.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Job description

Lead Consultant, Transit (F/M/D)

Company:

Fime enables its clients to create and launch trusted and secure solutions with consulting and testing services in payments, smart mobility, biometrics, and authentication. With 900+ experts around the world in over 20 locations, Fime is a multi-cultural global leading player its industry.

Inspired by our talented people, we are empowered to take ownership and innovate for the benefit of our clients. Employee growth is therefore our priority, and we demonstrate the appreciation of our people by providing them with opportunities to grow and new challenges both through internal promotion and international mobility.

At Fime, we are constantly evolving and moving forward together thanks to our values:

• Enable our customers.
• Support each other.
• Keep getting better.

Your skills and your differences will be our greatest assets. Join Fime and make a difference!

Making innovation possible.

Making the world work.

Mission:

As a Lead Consultant – Smart Mobility, you will work with a team of smart, inquisitive people who enjoy applying their technical knowledge to problems that our clients face. The position is hybrid and will require onsite visits to client sites.

The team has a deep technical foundation that allows us to analyze problems to find the root cause, review test scripts to ensure edge cases are covered, and offer solutions that solve the problems in a way that align with our clients’ objectives.

While your main focus will be our Transit clients, you will have the opportunity to apply your skills and experience to payment, digital identity and other types of mobility projects. These will include:

• Payments for the 21st Century, including EMV, open-banking, crypto-currencies, remote and alternative payment solutions
• Account-based systems to improve transit services, Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) and Mobility-on-Demand (MoD) solutions
• Digital Identity and rebuilding trust on the Internet.

ACTIVITIES

• Leading workshops with transit agency staff to educate them on the latest strategies and technologies in Fare Collection Systems
• Draft requirements that serve the transit agency’s business and customer needs for the procurement of a new Fare Collection System
• Review test scripts to ensure all edge cases are covered, and analyze the testing results to ensure root causes are found
• Lead onsite testing of the latest Open Loop and/or Closed Loop payment system for transit agencies
• Lead team meetings with System Integrators, third-party suppliers and Transit Agency staff
• Develop reports that can speak to the engineers at a System Integrator and presentations that effectively communicate project progress and risks to Transit Agency executives
• Spend time working on projects that focus on what our clients are going to need tomorrow, but don’t know it yet

JOB EXPERIENCE

Essential

• At least 5 years of experience within fare collection/transit
• Understanding of the concepts and practical experience of payments, fare collection and/or identity technology

Desirable

• Proven track record in leading large technical projects with experience interacting with development teams and executives
• Deep experience in formal testing processes
• A good understanding of the difference between data and information

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present documentation and influence decision making
• Strong analytical skills with a structured problem-solving approach

WHAT WE OFFER

• Opportunity to gain experience in a variety of leading innovation projects
• Be part of a highly collaborative expert team
• Training and mentoring program to support your professional development
• Opportunities to travel
• Flexible working
• Competitive Salary and Benefits

Contract: permanent, full time

Starting at the latest: ASAP

Location: Guildford, UK