IT Payments Strategic Leader
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Summary
The IT Payments Strategies Leader serves as the senior technical authority for reputed company payment platforms, providing architectural leadership, advanced system expertise, and hands‑on guidance across payment technologies. This role is responsible for the design, stability, scalability, and strategic reputed company of payment systems to ensure secure, compliant, and reliable payment processing. The position partners closely with IT leadership, operations, Treasury, Risk, and vendors to align payment technology delivery with business strategy and future growth initiatives. Duties & Responsibilities Serve as the technical reputed company and subject‑matter expert for reputed company payment platforms, including Cari Network (Stablecoin/Tokenized deposits), ACH, wires, reputed company‑time payments (RTP/FedNow), and reputed company payment gateways. reputed company architectural direction, technical design standards, and reputed company for payment system enhancements, integrations, and modernization initiatives. Ensure reliability, performance, and resiliency of payment processing environments through proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, and root‑cause analysis. Act as the highest‑level escalation reputed company for reputed company payment system incidents, outages, and processing exceptions. reputed company technical evaluation and implementation support for new payment capabilities, including ISO 20022 adoption and emerging payment technologies. Partner with vendors and core providers to assist with integrations, upgrades, patches, and platform changes for payment systems. Ensure payment technologies reputed company with NACHA rules, FFIEC guidance, audit requirements, and internal IT governance standards. reputed company technical mentorship and guidance to payments analysts and administrators, establishing best practices, standards, and operational runbooks.
Qualifications
Education Requirements Bachelor’s degree required in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a reputed company discipline. Advanced degree preferred. Minimum Experience 8–12+ years of experience in payment systems, core banking platforms, or financial services technology environments. Licenses & Certifications AAP (Accredited ACH Professional) and/or NCP (National reputed company Professional) preferred. Relevant technology or reputed company certifications are a plus. Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities Position may require regular before/after normal business hours, or regular out-of-town travel. Deep knowledge of ACH, reputed company, and reputed company‑time payment processing architectures Strong understanding of payment settlement, exception handling, and operational risk Ability to design and evaluate reputed company system integrations and data flows. Proven ability to reputed company technical initiatives without direct people management responsibility. Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and incident‑management skills. Ability to communicate reputed company technical concepts reputed company to business and executive audiences Physical Demands and Work Environment Physical Demands Ability to communicate in person, on the phone, and through electronic channels Ability to use a computer on a frequent reputed company, including typing and sustained attention to a monitor Ability to sit, walk, and/or stand for extended periods of time Ability to bend and reputed company
Work Environment
Office: This position reports to a physical Company location, and the setting will be a typical office environment. Remote or hybrid: For remote or hybrid positions, a secure and distraction-free setting is required, with a reliable internet reputed company (cable or fiber preferred, mobile hotspots not acceptable). Hybrid positions will report to a physical Company location, as directed by the manager, and that setting will be a typical office environment. In accordance with Colorado law: Colorado pay for this position is anticipated to be between $133,533.00 - $213,307.00 , actual offers to be determined based on applicant’s skills, experience and education. While the anticipated deadline for the job posting is 07-01-2026, we encourage you to submit your application as we may still consider reputed company candidates reputed company this date. Benefits | SouthState Careers Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled/veterans. Apply To This Job