Payments Industry Lead

Wipro; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 5,500,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Wipro Limited in Bengaluru, India, seeks a Payments Industry Lead / Head of Cards & Payments Practice with 20+ years in Banking & Financial Services and 15+ years in payments domain. The role drives growth, CXO engagements, and end‑to‑end transformation programs across cards, payments, and digital commerce.

The incumbent will shape offerings, lead delivery leadership, manage global accounts, and build capabilities with senior stakeholder relationships.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of Banking and Financial Services experience.
• 15+ years of hands-on Payments domain experience.
• Leadership experience in Payments Consulting, Banking Technology, Product Vendors, System Integrators, or Financial Institutions.
• Track record of leading large transformation programs, managing executive client relationships, and driving business growth.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the strategic vision for the Cards & Payments practice.
• Build and scale consulting and technology capabilities across the payments landscape.
• Develop differentiated offerings, accelerators, frameworks, and solution assets.
• Lead capability development, talent growth, mentoring, and succession planning.
• Represent the organization at industry forums, conferences, client events, and analyst interactions.

Skills

Payments leadership

CXO relationships

Transformation programs

Consulting leadership

Job description

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients’ most complex digital transformation needs. Leveraging our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, and operations, we help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future‑ready, sustainable businesses. With over 230,000 employees and business partners across 65 countries, we deliver on the promise of helping our customers, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever‑changing world. For additional information, visit us at www.wipro.com.

Job Description

Job Title: Payments Industry Lead / Head of Cards & Payments Practice

Experience: 20+ years of Banking and Financial Services experience , including:

• Minimum 15+ years of hands‑on Payments domain experience
• Proven leadership experience in Payments Consulting, Banking Technology, Product Vendors, System Integrators, or Financial Institutions
• Track record of leading large transformation programs, managing executive client relationships, and driving business growth

Role Overview

The Payments Industry Lead will own the strategic growth, industry positioning, and delivery leadership of the Cards & Payments Practice. This role requires a seasoned payments executive capable of building trusted CXO-level relationships, driving consulting‑led business development, leading complex payment transformation initiatives, and developing market‑leading payment solutions and offerings.

The successful candidate will serve as a thought leader within the payments ecosystem, leveraging domain expertise, industry relationships, and consulting capabilities to drive revenue growth, client success, and practice expansion.

Key Responsibilities͏

• Define and execute the strategic vision for the Cards & Payments practice.
• Build and scale consulting and technology capabilities across the payments landscape.
• Develop differentiated offerings, accelerators, frameworks, and solution assets.
• Lead capability development, talent growth, mentoring, and succession planning.
• Represent the organization at industry forums, conferences, client events, and analyst interactions.

Business Development & Client Relationship Management

• Develop and maintain executive-level relationships with banks, payment processors, fintechs, and payment infrastructure providers.
• Drive consulting‑led sales and support pursuit teams in identifying, qualifying, and winning strategic opportunities.
• Own revenue growth, pipeline development, and practice profitability targets.
• Lead strategic pursuits, proposal development, solution shaping, and client presentations.
• Collaborate with global account teams to expand wallet share and identify transformational opportunities.
• Manage senior stakeholder relationships and serve as a trusted advisor to client executives.

Program & Delivery Leadership

• Provide governance and oversight for large payment transformation programs.
• Guide solution architecture, implementation strategy, migration roadmaps, and operating model transformation.
• Lead engagement reviews, risk management, issue resolution, and executive reporting.
• Drive delivery excellence across implementation, modernization, migration, and managed services engagements.

Mandatory Domain Expertise͏

The candidate should possess strong functional and technical knowledge across modern payment ecosystems and demonstrate experience with payment transformation programs.

• Payment Processing
• Payment Messaging Standards
• Production Support & Operational Excellence

Cards, Merchant Acquiring & Merchant Payments : The candidate should demonstrate deep understanding and hands‑on experience across the cards and merchant payments ecosystem, including:

• Card Payments
• Payment Acceptance & Digital Commerce
• Card & Merchant Industry Ecosystem

Preferred Experience͏

• Experience with leading payment hub platforms and payment modernization solutions.
• Exposure to cards processing platforms, issuer systems, merchant acquiring, and digital payments ecosystems.
• Experience with cloud transformation programs in the payments domain.
• Consulting experience with global system integrators or major payment technology vendors.
• Strong industry network within banks, payment processors, fintechs, and regulators.

Reinvent your world.We are building a modern Wipro. We are an end‑to‑end digital transformation partner with the boldest ambitions. To realize them, we need people inspired by reinvention. Of yourself, your career, and your skills. We want to see the constant evolution of our business and our industry. It has always been in our DNA - as the world around us changes, so do we. Join a business powered by purpose and a place that empowers you to design your own reinvention. Come to Wipro. Realize your ambitions.

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