Implementation & Onboarding Director

Worldpay

$120K — $145K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of leadership experience in payments, fintech, SaaS, or technology environments
  • 5+ years managing large-scale delivery or consulting teams
  • Proven ability to build and scale onboarding and activation functions
  • Extensive knowledge of embedded payments and payment facilitation processes
  • Strong understanding of APIs, risk and compliance dependencies, and operational readiness
  • Expertise in program management methodologies and stakeholder management
  • Excellent executive communication and relationship-building skills
  • Bachelor’s degree in business, Computer Science, or related field.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop the Payrix Implementations and Technical Consulting teams
  • Own the end-to-end implementation lifecycle from contract to activation
  • Oversee project governance and risk management for partner implementations
  • Lead the Technical Consulting team in providing integration and readiness support
  • Establish scalable frameworks for partner activation and operational readiness
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for seamless onboarding
  • Drive implementation transformation initiatives focused on efficiency and self-service
  • Report on key performance metrics related to implementation and partner success.

Benefits

  • Inclusive global teams that support professional development
  • Dynamic opportunities for career growth
  • Collaborative work environment fostering innovation and excellence
  • Empowerment to make decisions and drive initiatives.
  • A culture that prioritizes impact-driven work.
Full Job Description

Job Description

What you’ll own

In this leadership role, you'll drive the strategy, execution, and continuous improvement of our implementation and technical consulting functions, ensuring partners successfully transition from contract signature through activation and operational readiness. You'll lead high-performing teams, influence cross-functional stakeholders, and build scalable operating models that accelerate partner success and business growth.

 

  • Lead and develop Payrix Implementations and Technical Consulting organizations, establishing team structures, talent development strategies, succession plans, and performance standards.
  • Own the end-to-end implementation lifecycle, ensuring successful delivery against onboarding timelines, activation goals, and partner milestones.
  • Oversee project governance, portfolio health, risk management, issue resolution, and executive escalations across strategic partner implementations.
  • Lead the Technical Consulting team responsible for integration guidance, solution architecture reviews, technical readiness assessments, testing support, certification activities, and launch preparation.
  • Drive partner activation and readiness by establishing scalable frameworks for technical, operational, go-to-market, support, and merchant activation readiness.
  • Partner closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, Risk, Compliance, Operations, Partner Success, Enablement, and Solution Engineering teams to deliver seamless onboarding experience.
  • Lead implementation transformation initiatives focused on workflow automation, tooling enhancements, documentation standardization, resource optimization, and self-service capabilities.
  • Own and report on key performance metrics including implementation cycle time, activation velocity, merchant activation rates, resource utilization, portfolio health, partner satisfaction, and implementation quality.

 

What you’ll bring

  • 10+ years of leadership experience within payments, fintech, SaaS, platform implementations, or related technology environments.
  • 5+ years leading managers and large-scale delivery, implementation, program management, or consulting organizations.
  • Proven success building and scaling onboarding, implementation, activation, or customer delivery functions.
  • Extensive knowledge of embedded payments, payment processing, PayFac operations, merchant boarding, partner onboarding, implementation governance, and activation management.
  • Strong understanding of APIs, payment integrations, technical enablement, risk and compliance dependencies, operational readiness frameworks, and change management.
  • Demonstrated expertise in program and project management methodologies, governance, risk mitigation, and cross-functional stakeholder management.
  • Executive-level communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Bachelor’s degree in business, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

 

It’s a bonus if you have

  • Experience leading implementation or technical consulting teams within an embedded payments or payment facilitation platform.
  • PMP, Agile, Scrum, or other project/program management certifications.
  • Experience driving process transformation, workflow automation, and operational scalability initiatives.
  • A track record of improving partner activation, onboarding efficiency, and customer experience through data-driven decision-making.

 

About the team

Our inclusive and global teams win together every day. We’re proud to have the best minds in the industry, who you can learn from as you grow your career. The people, the energy, the connections – it’s unmatched. Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.

 

What makes a Globalpayer?

Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team. We’re curious and innovative – always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions, and it’s our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.

 

Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Globalpayer. Apply now to take your career global.

 

 

 

 

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