Director of Engineering - Payments

📋 Description

• Own the technology strategy for UK Payments aligned with platform goals.
• Lead delivery oversight of UK Payments engineering teams.
• Partner with Product to define near-term and long-term roadmap.
• Provide domain leadership on build, buy, and partner decisions.
• Ensure resilience, scalability, security, and operational readiness for a regulated bank.
• Guide architectural decisions for payments capabilities while maintaining standards.
• Lead and develop engineers and engineering managers in the UK Payments domain.
• Set expectations and foster ownership, learning, and delivery.

🎯 Requirements

• Senior technology leadership (Director+) in payments or regulated domains.
• Experience owning and evolving complex platforms in high throughput.
• Strong payments domain knowledge to shape strategy and challenge decisions.
• Proven ability to partner with Product leadership to deliver long-term strategy.
• Desirable: experience with third-party schemes and platforms.
• Desirable: exposure to regulatory environments for payments.
• Desirable: experience scaling teams and platforms.

🎁 Benefits

• DE&I focus and inclusive culture.
• Enhanced family leave policies.
• Partnership with Code First Girls.
• London hybrid work arrangement.
• Opportunity to shape banking tech at ClearBank.