Job Description:This job is responsible for defining an architectural vision and solution that supports the strategic outcomes of the Business' Products and Services. Key responsibilities include defining the target operating environment, designing for client resiliency, assisting with solution design, and defining non-functional requirements. Job expectations include working with stakeholders and service providers aligned to the Business' strategic objectives, evaluating the impact of strategic design decisions, and contributing to the architecture roadmap.
Position Summary:ITGPST (International Technology and Global Payments Solutions Technology) seeks a candidate to manage and own architectural end to end solution design, as well as requirements refinement/deliverable decomposition to support regulatory and business enablement payments initiatives across regions. Projects will include annual regulatory updates from Swift/ISO/FedWire/Chips, fulfilling regional Clearing requirements, and business enablement initiatives such as standing up new product rails. The candidate will lead architecture shaping activities, drive design innovations, and partner across business and technology organizations to deliver resilient, secure, and future-ready payment solutions.
Responsibilities:- Works across the business, operations and technology to create the solution intent and architectural vision for complex solutions and prioritize functional and non-functional requirements into a technology backlog to enable the technology roadmap and functionality to support evolving capabilities and services
- Contributes to the creation of the architecture roadmap of defined domains (Business, Application, Data, and Technology) in support of the product roadmap and the development of best practices including standardized templates
- Clarifies the architecture, assists with system design to support implementation, and provides solution options to resolve any architectural impediments
- Facilitates solution driven discussions, leads the design of complex architectures, and finds creative solutions through knowledge of domain, practical experiments, and proof of concepts while ensuring architecture is flexible, modular, and adaptable
- Educates team members on the technology practices, standardization strategies, and best practices to create innovative solutions
- Supports the team as needed to select the technology stack required for solutions and helps select preferred technology products
- Performs design and code reviews to ensure all non-functional requirements are sufficiently met (for example, security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability)
- The candidate will be responsible for performing end to end solutioning and architectural design on critical payments programs
- Work closely with stakeholders including payments product managers, operations teams, engineering teams to provide E2E technical solutions which successfully deliver business functionalities
- Create and maintain clear and thorough technical documentation on E2E designs
- Establish and enforce non-functional requirements including resiliency, scalability, SLA, availability, security, observability, and operational readiness.
- Identify architectural impediments, develop remediation plans, and drive resolution across business and technology stakeholders.
- Conduct architecture reviews and provide governance to ensure solutions comply with enterprise standards, technology strategies, and risk controls.
- Partners with Product Managers, Project Managers, and Engineering teams to prioritize technology-focused backlog items and ensure timely delivery of business outcomes.
Required Qualifications:- 10+ years experience with distributed architecture patterns, including microservices-based design, containerized deployment models, API-driven integrations, and event-based messaging using platforms such as MQ and Kafka
- Candidate must have the ability to set and promote design strategies across various facets of the business and technology organizations
- Strong product knowledge in core payments processing systems; to drive end-to-end solution design across channels, middleware, payment engine, reporting, accounting, clearing, etc
- Expertise in evaluating technology tradeoffs, conducting architecture reviews, and guiding enterprise design decisions
- Must have interpersonal skills with a proven track record of interacting with different groups and various levels of a large organization
- Translate regulatory and business requirements into scalable, resilient platform designs, decompose complex initiatives into deliverable increments, and ensure alignment across channel, integration, and core processing layers
- Experience working across synchronous and asynchronous integration patterns is critical for payment orchestration and clearing flows
Desired Qualifications:- Hands on experience with AI models and tools, such as Copilot, Claude, etc
- Experiences working with payments rails/products a plus, such as FedWire, Chips, TCH, SEPA, Wires, ACH, Real Time Payments, etc
- Ability to provide mentorship to more junior team members and provide architectural guidance
Skills:- Analytical Thinking
- Architecture
- Result Orientation
- Solution Design
- Technical Strategy Development
- Application Development
- Collaboration
- Data Management
- DevOps Practices
- Risk Management
- Agile Practices
- Automation
- Influence
- Solution Delivery Process
- Test Engineering
Shift:1st shift (United States of America)
Hours Per Week: 40
Pay Transparency detailsUS - NJ - Jersey City - 101 Hudson St - 101 Hudson (NJ2101)
Pay and benefits information
Pay range
$140,500.00 - $205,000.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.
Discretionary incentive eligible
This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.
Benefits
This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.
