End to End Tech Lead-Banking/Payments

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Working with one of our top financial clients, this role calls for a End to End Tech Lead-Banking/Payments to provide end-to-end technical ownership across complex enterprise initiatives. This six-month contract offers the opportunity to lead solution integration, coordinate multiple technology teams, and support card, payments, and banking technology initiatives involving applications, APIs, data flows, and downstream systems. The successful candidate will collaborate with architects, analysts, developers, quality assurance teams, delivery leaders, and business stakeholders to drive technically sound solutions from requirements and design through testing and implementation.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Solution Architects to understand proposed solutions, architecture, and technical objectives.
• Review and integrate technical designs from multiple application, platform, and development teams.
• Own the end-to-end technical design, ensuring completeness, consistency, and alignment with business and architectural requirements.
• Coordinate technical design discussions and ensure that solution components integrate effectively.
• Assess integration points, APIs, data flows, data models, and data mapping requirements.
• Identify technical dependencies, design gaps, integration risks, and implementation challenges.
• Develop comprehensive technical implementation plans with cross-functional technology teams.
• Lead and coordinate end-to-end testing to validate solution integrity and alignment with approved designs.
• Facilitate Jira and SRD sessions, track technical action items, and drive timely issue resolution.
• Provide technical guidance throughout the project lifecycle, from initial requirements and design through testing and implementation.
• Communicate technical decisions, risks, dependencies, and delivery progress to business and technology stakeholders.
• Take accountability for technical delivery, proactively resolving challenges and driving solutions through to completion.
• Support multiple concurrent initiatives and transition effectively across comparable enterprise technology projects.

Desired Skill-Set

• At least five years of experience as a Technical Lead, End-to-End Technical Lead, Platform Technical Lead, or in a comparable senior technical leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise solution architecture, application design, and systems integration.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating technical delivery across multiple application and technology teams.
• Strong understanding of APIs, integration patterns, data flows, data modelling, and data mapping.
• Experience reviewing technical designs and ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
• Proven ability to manage technical dependencies and support complex end-to-end implementations.
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle, technical testing, and implementation processes.
• Experience using Jira and coordinating technical requirements and design documentation.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and technical decision-making skills.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage technical and business stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, take initiative, and maintain ownership of technical outcomes.

Nice to Have

• Experience supporting Wealth Management, Credit Cards, Payments, or related banking technology initiatives.
• Previous experience within a major Canadian bank or large financial institution.
• Experience working with complex enterprise applications involving multiple downstream systems and integration points.
• Previous experience as a Platform Technical Lead or technical integration lead.
• Familiarity with banking technology governance, architecture standards, and cross-functional delivery environments.

BeachHead is an equal opportunity agency and employer. We advocate for our candidates and welcome applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, or physical or mental disability. BeachHead or our clients may use technology-enabled tools, including automation and artificial intelligence (AI), to support parts of the recruitment process such as resume screening, application management, and candidate matching. These tools assist our recruiters and our clients, and do not replace human decision-making. This job posting represents a current or anticipated vacancy. The position may be filled at any time, and the posting may be removed without notice once the role has been filled.

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