Payments specialist

Payment-Cash Management Delivery Lead

Location: Riyadh Onsite7 to 15 yrs experience1.

End-to-End Initiative Delivery (Must Have)The candidate must have personally led at least two strategic initiatives from idea to launch, not just supported or coordinated them.Experience should include:Building business cases and financial models.Running vendor selection processes (RFI/RFP), evaluations, and recommendations.Preparing and presenting proposals to senior management.Writing business requirements and process flows.Managing delivery with IT, operations, vendors, and PMO teams.Leading testing, implementation, go-live, and post-launch reviews.Representing the business in governance, risk, and regulatory committees, including SAMA approvals. 2. Gap Assessment & Team DevelopmentAssess products, processes, systems, controls, and customer services and identify improvement opportunities.Develop practical action plans to address gaps.Review and improve work produced by other product managers.Introduce standard templates, best practices, and mentor team members. 3. Payments & Product ExpertiseStrong hands-on experience in at least two of the following areas, with good knowledge of the others:Corporate Cash Management & LiquidityPayments & Payment RailsCollections, POS & E-commerce AcquiringCards & Digital Wallets 4. Saudi Market Experience (Mandatory)Must have worked in a Saudi bank, licensed PSP, or payments company and have experience with:SAMA regulations and approval processesSARIE and Saudi Paymentsmada and SADADZATCA (Fatoora)Mudad and NafathOpen Banking 5. Industry Knowledge & ToolsGood understanding of:ISO 20022, SWIFT, APIs, and payment integrationsAML, sanctions, fraud prevention, PCI DSS, and data privacyAgile and Waterfall delivery methodsFinancial modelling in Excel and executive presentations in PowerPoint