Head of Payments / IT Director

Head of Tribe Tech - Payments

Salary: £150,000 - £180,000 + Package
Location: Dublin (Hybrid)

We are supporting a leading banking organisation in the search for a Head of Tribe Tech - Payments to lead the technology and delivery agenda across a complex payments landscape.

This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for driving a portfolio of strategic payments programmes, shaping technology strategy, and delivering large-scale transformation across electronic payments platforms and services.

The successful candidate will bring significant experience leading end-to-end payments transformation programmes and a proven track record of delivering complex change initiatives within banking, financial services, or the wider payments sector.

Key areas of expertise may include:

• Faster Payments


• Payment Schemes


• Electronic Payments


• Payments Regulatory Change


• ISO 20022


• SEPA


• Payment Hubs


• Clearing and Settlement


• Payments Modernisation


• Core Payments Infrastructure

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technology strategy and delivery roadmap for the Payments function.


• Drive the successful execution of multiple large-scale payments transformation programmes.


• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to align strategic objectives and delivery priorities.


• Manage technology delivery governance, budgets, risk, compliance, and resource planning.


• Lead and develop multidisciplinary teams across technology, change, and delivery functions.


• Ensure the successful delivery of regulatory, scheme-driven, and strategic payments initiatives.


• Collaborate across business units to manage dependencies and deliver enterprise-wide outcomes.

Key Requirements

• Extensive experience delivering end-to-end payments transformation programmes.


• Strong knowledge of electronic payments ecosystems and payment schemes.


• Experience delivering Faster Payments, scheme-driven, or payments regulatory change initiatives.


• Senior leadership experience within banking, financial services, fintech, or payments organisations.


• Proven track record of leading large-scale technology and change delivery functions.


• Experience operating within Agile, hybrid, or traditional delivery environments.


• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to engage effectively at executive level.


• Experience managing significant budgets, delivery portfolios, and technology teams.

This opportunity is particularly suited to candidates who have played a leading role in major payments transformation programmes over the past decade and are looking to take ownership of a high-profile strategic payments agenda within a large financial institution.

For a confidential discussion, please apply or get in touch directly.

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