Solution Manager

The opportunity

Are you ready to shape the future of digital payments and lead at scale? Join our Card Issuing Solution Management team as a Senior Solution Manager, and play a pivotal role in driving our card issuing solutions and architecture strategy!

As a Solution Manager, you will be a key leader in the Core Foundation & Integration department, shaping the E2E solution approach for our issuing platforms. You will not only design solutions - you will define the architectural vision, lead the teams that build them, and drive alignment across business, product and technology stakeholders at division level. This role is about leadership and impact: leading the architecture definition, mentoring Solution Managers and Business Analysts, managing risks at platform level, and ensuring our solutions meet the highest standards of scalability, security and performance. Your decisions will shape how millions of consumers and businesses pay and get paid every day. It's also the opportunity to be at the epicenter of our digital transformation journey - engaging with industry leaders, influencing the product roadmap, and acting as a reference point for solution management across the Issuing division.If you combine deep payment expertise with strong leadership ambition and want to leave your mark on the future of digital payments, this role is your gateway. Join us, and let's redefine the future of payments together!

Day-to-day responsibilities

Define and drive the E2E solution and architecture strategy for card issuing platforms, ensuring alignment with business objectives and the product roadmap.
Lead the translation of complex business requirements into functional specifications and architecture deliverables, at division and platform level.
Lead, mentor and develop Solution Managers and Business Analysts, building a high-performing solution management capability within the team.
Own problem-solving and risk management at solution level: anticipate potential risks on card issuing platforms and define mitigation strategies in coordination with architecture and operations stakeholders.
Represent Solution Management in senior stakeholder forums: present solution proposals, drive decision-making, and act as the trusted bridge between executive business stakeholders and technical teams.
Provide expert technical guidance to Product Owners and development teams in our Agile at Scale / DevOps organization, ensuring solutions meet both business requirements and technical standards.
Monitor industry trends, competitor offerings and regulatory evolutions to identify strategic opportunities for innovation, and contribute actively to product strategy and roadmap development.
Contribute to resource planning and capacity management for the solution management scope.

Who are we looking for

We look for big thinkers. People who can drive positive change, step up and show what's next – people with passion, can-do attitude and a hunger to learn and grow. In practice this means:

A strong background in Information Systems, with the ability to operate at architecture and management level.
Extensive and validated expertise in Requirements Engineering, Information Analysis and Functional Design, including complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
Deep knowledge of the card issuing domain and issuing processing platforms (card lifecycle, authorization, clearing & settlement, payment schemes - EMV, tokenization, digital issuance are strong assets).
Demonstrated leadership: ability to lead, mentor and develop teams, and to drive alignment across multiple units, divisions and geographies.
Extensive experience in the financial sector, with a proven track record in banking systems and payment solutions.
Proven track record in technical architecture definition and the organizational influence to lead architecture decisions at platform level.
Ability to transform offer or project requirements into simple, comprehensive and well-thought strategic approaches, and to cascade architecture directives into clear deliverables enabling teams to operate autonomously.
Strong knowledge of architecture & risk management in financial technology environments, including security, compliance and scalability constraints.
Excellent communication and influencing skills, with fluency in English, both spoken and written.
7–10 years of working experience in IT roles within the banking or payment processing industry, including several years in a lead or managerial capacity.

Perks & Benefits

At Worldline you’ll get the chance to be at the heart of the global payments technology industry and shape how the world pays and gets paid. On top of that, you will also:

• Work with inspiring colleagues and be empowered to learn, grow and accelerate your career.
• Hybrid Working Policy
• Gift vouchers on the occasions of Christmas/Easter Holidays
• Private medical services
• 21 vacation days/year
• Referral bonuses for new hires recommended by you
• WFH & Flexible Working Hours
• Full access to the “Learning” platform