Head of Payments
Pubblicato il 18-09-2026 - Jobgether in Italia
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Head of Payments & Identity based in Italy.
As Head of Payments & Identity, you will build and lead a major engineering domain responsible for the complete customer and money lifecycle. You will oversee approximately 30 engineers and engineering leaders across Payments, KYC/Identity, Anti-Fraud, and Core Ledger. The role combines organisational leadership, technical strategy, architecture, and operational excellence in a highly transactional environment. You will shape how customer identity, fraud prevention, payment processing, and financial accounting work together as one reliable ecosystem. You will partner closely with Product, Finance, Compliance, Risk, Operations, and external providers to balance conversion, security, regulatory requirements, and financial integrity. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity to modernize business-critical systems and establish scalable engineering practices across a complex international environment.
Accountabilities
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Build, scale, and lead the engineering domain covering Payments, KYC/Identity, Anti-Fraud, and Core Ledger.
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Lead approximately 30 engineers and engineering leaders, defining organisational structures, team boundaries, leadership models, ownership areas, and reporting lines.
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Establish the domain strategy, target architecture, and execution roadmap in close partnership with Product, Finance, Compliance, Risk, and Operations.
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Ensure reliable interaction across the complete customer and money lifecycle, connecting KYC data, fraud controls, payment flows, and accurate financial records.
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Improve the speed, quality, reliability, and predictability of integrations with payment service providers, KYC/AML vendors, and other external partners, particularly across regions with complex or inconsistent APIs.
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Establish standards for resilient and observable external integration