Job Title: Solution Architect (Banking / Payments)
Contract Type: Contract (Initial 6 months)
Location: Ireland
Overview
We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect to support the delivery of key strategic initiatives within a retail banking environment. This role will focus on producing both high-level and low-level solution designs across multiple payments-related workstreams.
This is a critical position requiring a proactive and self-sufficient individual who can operate effectively within a complex organisational landscape and engage confidently with a wide range of stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and produce high-level and low-level solution architectures for strategic banking initiatives
- Translate business and functional requirements into clear, scalable technical designs
- Work closely with business analysts, delivery teams, and engineering resources to ensure design readiness
- Engage with stakeholders across multiple domains, managing expectations and resolving challenges
- Navigate internal systems, processes, and dependencies to gather required inputs and drive progress
- Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards and governance frameworks
- Support development teams by providing clarity on design decisions and technical direction
Key Skills & Experience
- Proven experience working as a Solution Architect within retail banking or financial services
- Strong background in payments architecture, ideally including card-based or digital payment solutions
- Ability to produce both high-level and detailed technical designs independently
- Demonstrated experience working in complex, large-scale organisational environments
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and challenge when required
- Experience working across distributed teams and navigating organisational dependencies
Desirable Experience
- Exposure to card schemes
- Experience delivering solutions related to transaction data enrichment or digital checkout/payment journeys
- Prior experience working on time-sensitive or high-priority transformation initiatives
Candidate Profile
- Highly proactive and capable of working autonomously
- Strong problem-solving mindset with the ability to remove blockers and drive outcomes
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving delivery environment
- Politically aware, with the ability to navigate complex stakeholder landscape
About Korn Ferry
Korn Ferry unleashes potential in people, teams, and organizations. We work with our clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people and advise them on how to reward and motivate their workforce while developing professionals as they navigate and advance their careers. To learn more, please visit Korn Ferry at www.Kornferry.com
