Business Consulting- Cards and Payments

EDGE Executive Search; India; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

EDGE Executive Search is seeking experienced Payments & Cards professionals to support large-scale transformation initiatives across banking and financial services clients in India. The role focuses on modernizing payment ecosystems, driving business transformation, and delivering innovative payment solutions.

The candidate will lead or support engagements, design end-to-end payment architectures, and guide clients on trends, regulations, and fintech collaboration opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience in Payments & Cards within Banking/Financial Services.
• Expertise across Payments Architecture, Product Implementation, Business Analysis, Payments Strategy, Fintech Transformation or Program Management.
• Experience with payment platforms such as GPP Fusion, Clear2Pay, FIS, Dovetail, Fiserv, TSYS, Adyen, Worldpay, PayPal or Stripe.
• Strong stakeholder management, consulting and communication skills.
• Experience delivering transformation programs for financial institutions.
• MBA from Tier 1/Tier 2 college.

Responsibilities

• Lead or support payments transformation engagements.
• Design end-to-end payment solutions across banking and non-banking ecosystems.
• Develop target-state architecture blueprints.
• Conduct business analysis, process assessments, and solution recommendations.
• Participate in payment product implementation and platform transformation programs.
• Facilitate client workshops and requirement-gathering sessions.
• Advise clients on payment trends, regulations and fintech opportunities.
• Support strategy development and program governance.
• Contribute to pre-sales pursuits and thought leadership.

Skills

Payments Architecture

Product Implementation

Business Analysis

Payments Strategy

Fintech Transformation

Program Management

Education

MBA

Tools

GPP Fusion

Clear2Pay

FIS

Dovetail

Fiserv

TSYS

Adyen

Worldpay

PayPal

Stripe

Job description

The Job

A leading consulting organization is seeking experienced Payments & Cards professionals to support large-scale transformation initiatives across banking and financial services clients. The role focuses on helping organizations modernize payment ecosystems, drive business transformation, improve operational efficiency, and deliver innovative payment solutions.

Your Responsibilities

• Lead or support consulting engagements focused on payments transformation and modernization.
• Design end-to-end payment solutions covering banking and non-banking ecosystems.
• Develop target-state business and technology architecture blueprints.
• Conduct business analysis, process assessments, and solution recommendations.
• Participate in payment product implementation and platform transformation programs.
• Facilitate client workshops, stakeholder discussions, and requirement-gathering sessions.
• Advise clients on payment trends, regulations, ISO 20022 adoption, and fintech collaboration opportunities.
• Support strategy development, digital transformation initiatives, and program governance.
• Contribute to pre-sales pursuits, consulting offerings, and thought leadership initiatives.

Your Profile

Required

• Strong experience in Payments & Cards within Banking or Financial Services.
• Expertise in one or more areas: Payments Architecture, Product Implementation, Business Analysis, Payments Strategy, Fintech Transformation, or Program Management.
• Experience with payment platforms such as GPP Fusion, Clear2Pay, FIS, Dovetail, Fiserv, TSYS, Adyen, Worldpay, PayPal, or Stripe.
• Strong stakeholder management, consulting, and communication skills.
• Experience delivering transformation programs for financial institutions.
• MBA from Tier 1/ Tier 2 college

Preferred

• Consulting experience with a reputed consulting organization.
• MBA from a premier institution.
• Exposure to AI, analytics, cloud, blockchain, and digital banking initiatives.
• TOGAF, SWIFT, BIAN, or related industry certifications.