Job Overview
Principal Architect – Digital Payments & Settlement Systems
Jurisdiction: Saudi Arabia
Role Overview
This role is framed as a Global Executive Prospectus, seeking a senior fintech professional responsible for the design, architecture, and governance of large-scale digital payment and settlement networks. The mandate emphasizes systems thinking, cross-border interoperability, and regulatory alignment, rather than operational execution.
The ideal professional operates at the nexus of infrastructure design, financial systems engineering, and strategic oversight, ensuring payments are resilient, scalable, and compliant.
Strategic Objectives
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Architect high-volume payment and settlement systems for domestic and cross-border environments.
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Define clearing, settlement, and reconciliation models with emphasis on finality, liquidity management, and operational resilience.
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Establish interoperability standards between banks, fintech platforms, and emerging payment rails.
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Assess emerging technologies including tokenized payments, programmable money, and embedded finance ecosystems.
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Translate regional and international regulatory frameworks into actionable design principles.
Primary Responsibilities
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Produce long-form architectural blueprints, including transaction lifecycle diagrams, liquidity routing models, and failure-mitigation plans.
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Develop systemic risk assessments addressing settlement delays, counterparty exposure, and operational bottlenecks.
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Advise executive stakeholders on infrastructure scalability, redundancy, and future-proofing strategies.
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Lead conceptual discussions on next-generation digital financial networks, ensuring alignment with market and regulatory evolution.
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Produce authoritative reports articulating complex system logic for global audiences.
Professional Requirements
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12+ years in payments infrastructure, banking operations, or fintech system architecture.
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Deep expertise in clearing cycles, settlement finality, liquidity management, and operational risk.
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Demonstrated ability to translate regulatory guidance into system design.
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Strong long-form technical and strategic documentation experience.
Engagement Model
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Fully remote, with global collaboration and outcome-focused performance evaluation.
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High autonomy and strategic decision-making responsibility.
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Suitable for senior professionals with board-level advisory capabilities.
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