Card Scheme & PCI Compliance Leader

Westpac New Zealand; Auckland; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday leave 4 weeks

Wellbeing leave 5 days

Additional leave options up to 4 weeks

Banking benefits

Superannuation scheme

Career growth

Parental leave top up

School holiday subsidy

Volunteer days

Job summary

Westpac New Zealand is seeking a senior compliance leader to own the card scheme and PCI program across issuing, acquiring, and related payment activities.

You will establish and operate a clear governance framework, translate scheme requirements into business actions, and provide assurance to senior Management, Risk and Audit.

Lead a high-performing team, manage card scheme relationships, and drive risk reduction while aligning with business strategy.

Qualifications

• Significant payments industry experience.
• Strong stakeholder management across internal and external partners.
• Proven leadership and culture-building skills.
• Banker experience with cards or transactional products.
• Experience with governance, risk, and compliance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end compliance with card scheme and PCI obligations across issuing, acquiring and related payment activities.
• Own WNZL's enterprise card scheme and PCI compliance posture, ensuring scheme obligations are identified, tracked and met.
• Establish and operate a clear governance framework for scheme compliance, including reporting, escalation, and assurance.
• Lead the scheme and PCI compliance roadmap, translating bulletins and updates into actionable business and technology tasks.
• Provide senior management, Risk, and Audit with confidence that obligations are understood and met.
• Own relationships with card schemes and oversee vendor compliance where obligations extend beyond the bank.
• Lead a team of high performing professionals to deliver customer and banker outcomes and reduce risk across Payments.
• Perform related duties as assigned by senior leadership.

Skills

Payments industry experience

Stakeholder management

Leadership and culture building

Cards/transactional products

Governance experience

Job description

Westpac New Zealand is seeking a senior compliance leader to own the card scheme and PCI program across issuing, acquiring, and related payment activities.

You will establish and operate a clear governance framework, translate scheme requirements into business actions, and provide assurance to senior Management, Risk and Audit.

Lead a high-performing team, manage card scheme relationships, and drive risk reduction while aligning with business strategy.