Senior Payments Technology Leader: Cross-Border Modernization

Madison-Davis, LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Unknown Financial Institution in New York seeks an experienced Technology Payments Lead to strategize and execute a major payments modernization program, with a focus on international and cross-border settlements. The role combines strategic vision with hands-on delivery across core banking infrastructure and emerging capabilities like stablecoins and blockchain-enabled payments.

You will lead multi-year initiatives, drive architecture and integrations across platforms, APIs, treasury systems,

Qualifications

• 15+ years in payments/fintech with leadership experience.
• Deep expertise in cross-border payments and ISO 20022.
• Proven ownership of enterprise payment tech implementations.
• Experience in regulated financial-services environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/CS/Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a multi-year payments modernization roadmap.
• Lead cross-border payments, SWIFT, correspondent banking, and ISO 20022 initiatives.
• Own enterprise payment tech implementations and integrations from strategy through production adoption.
• Lead architecture and integration across payment platforms, APIs, treasury systems, compliance systems, fraud controls, and enterprise applications.
• Improve payment orchestration, payment messaging, tracking, resiliency, and operational workflows.
• Partner across product, treasury, technology, operations, risk, compliance, legal, and external vendors.
• Evaluate stablecoin settlement, tokenized payments, blockchain infrastructure, and other emerging payment technologies.
• Lead technology and fintech vendor strategy, implementation, and optimization.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Executive communications

Payments expertise

Stakeholder management

API integration

Real-time processing

Regulated environment experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/CS/Engineering

Tools

FIS

Fiserv

SWIFT ecosystem

Job description

Unknown Financial Institution in New York seeks an experienced Technology Payments Lead to strategize and execute a major payments modernization program, with a focus on international and cross-border settlements. The role combines strategic vision with hands-on delivery across core banking infrastructure and emerging capabilities like stablecoins and blockchain-enabled payments.

You will lead multi-year initiatives, drive architecture and integrations across platforms, APIs, treasury systems,