Job Overview

Senior Digital Payments Infrastructure Strategist

Location: Qatar

Industry Focus: Cross-Border Payments, Embedded Finance, Enterprise Treasury Technology

Executive Overview

A rapidly expanding financial technology ecosystem within the Gulf region is seeking a highly analytical and commercially sophisticated Senior Digital Payments Infrastructure Strategist to support the transformation of enterprise-grade payment architecture across regional and international markets. This position is designed for professionals with strong exposure to real-time payment systems, treasury digitization, merchant settlement optimization, API-based banking integrations, and scalable fintech ecosystems.

The successful candidate will operate at the intersection of financial engineering, regulatory modernization, digital transaction architecture, and strategic product expansion. This role requires deep understanding of how modern payment infrastructures are built, governed, secured, monetized, and optimized for institutional scalability within high-growth economies.

This opportunity is ideal for fintech professionals who understand the operational complexity behind modern digital financial systems and possess the strategic mindset necessary to lead transformational payment initiatives across corporate, retail, and institutional ecosystems.

Core Responsibilities

Payment Infrastructure Development

• Design and optimize multi-rail payment ecosystems supporting domestic and international transactions.
• Lead modernization initiatives involving real-time settlement frameworks and API-driven financial connectivity.
• Support integration between banking institutions, fintech ecosystems, card processors, and enterprise merchants.
• Evaluate payment orchestration frameworks for transaction efficiency, reconciliation speed, and operational resilience.
• Coordinate migration from legacy payment environments into cloud-native fintech infrastructure models.

Financial Technology Strategy

• Build scalable frameworks for digital wallet expansion, merchant acquisition enablement, and payment gateway optimization.
• Develop strategic growth models around embedded finance and Banking-as-a-Service capabilities.
• Conduct fintech market intelligence research focused on GCC digital payment adoption trends.
• Analyze transaction behavior, settlement inefficiencies, and liquidity optimization strategies.
• Support commercialization of fintech products targeting enterprise and SME ecosystems.

Regulatory & Risk Governance

• Ensure alignment with regional financial regulations, payment licensing requirements, and AML transaction controls.
• Collaborate with compliance specialists on fraud prevention architecture and transaction monitoring frameworks.
• Participate in cybersecurity governance discussions involving payment infrastructure security.
• Support implementation of KYC automation systems and financial crime mitigation tools.
• Monitor regulatory developments impacting digital finance infrastructure across the Gulf region.

Technical Collaboration

• Work closely with engineers, product architects, and financial analysts to improve payment performance metrics.
• Translate commercial banking requirements into scalable fintech product specifications.
• Support API documentation reviews and integration testing procedures.
• Participate in fintech platform scalability assessments and uptime optimization initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Financial Technology, Computer Science, Economics, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience within fintech, digital banking, payment technology, or financial infrastructure environments.
• Strong familiarity with payment gateways, acquiring systems, card networks, and transaction lifecycle management.
• Understanding of ISO 20022, SWIFT infrastructure, API banking frameworks, and digital settlement technologies.
• Experience working with enterprise financial systems and digital treasury operations.
• Strong analytical reporting and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Excellent understanding of modern fintech operating models within GCC markets.

Preferred Technical Expertise

• API payment integrations
• Payment orchestration platforms
• Cloud-native financial systems
• Merchant settlement infrastructure
• Treasury technology platforms
• Fraud analytics tools
• Real-time payment rails
• Data visualization platforms
• Financial workflow automation
• Transaction monitoring systems

Compensation & Benefits

• Highly competitive tax-free salary structure
• Performance-linked strategic incentive program
• Executive-level relocation support
• Premium medical insurance coverage
• Annual international travel allowance
• Fintech leadership training sponsorship
• Advanced digital banking certification opportunities
• Flexible hybrid operational model
• Executive wellness and productivity support programs

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal professional for this role combines financial intelligence with infrastructure thinking. They understand not only how transactions move through digital ecosystems, but also how scalable fintech ecosystems are commercialized, regulated, secured, and optimized for long-term institutional growth. The organization seeks an individual capable of contributing both strategic vision and operational precision within one of the Gulf’s fastest-evolving financial technology environments.

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