Payment Technology Strategy & Execution

Overview

East West Bank is seeking a highly experienced Payment Technology Strategy & Execution to lead the bank’s next-generation payments modernization and international payments strategy.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the enterprise payment technology strategy and multi-year modernization roadmap with emphasis on international and cross-border payment capabilities.
• Lead large-scale payment transformation initiatives spanning SWIFT, ISO 20022 migration, correspondent banking, payment orchestration, faster payments interoperability, and operational modernization.
• Drive end-to-end execution across payment product integration, payment operations, client servicing, workflow redesign, vendor implementation, and enterprise rollout.
• Partner with product, treasury, operations, risk, compliance, legal, and technology teams to ensure payment innovation is scalable, compliant, secure, and operationally sound.
• Evaluate and operationalize emerging payment technologies including stablecoin settlement, tokenized payments, blockchain-enabled infrastructure, and modern digital asset payment models.
• Lead architecture and integration strategies across payment rails, APIs, treasury systems, compliance systems, fraud controls, and enterprise platforms.
• Drive vendor strategy, implementation, and optimization across major payment and banking technology providers including FIS, Fiserv, SWIFT ecosystem vendors, and fintech partners.
• Establish measurable KPIs tied to payment resiliency, operational efficiency, client experience, adoption, risk reduction, and business growth.
• Ensure strong governance, controls, and regulatory alignment across payment processing, sanctions screening, AML/BSA, fraud prevention, cybersecurity, and third-party risk management.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on global payment trends, fintech innovation, regulatory developments, and competitive positioning.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in payments, transaction banking, treasury technology, fintech, or financial services technology within regulated environments.
• Deep hands-on expertise in cross-border payments, SWIFT infrastructure, correspondent banking operations, international payment workflows, and payment modernization initiatives.
• Strong practical experience leading enterprise payment technology implementations and integrations, not solely strategy or consulting roles.
• Demonstrated experience with major payment and banking technology vendors including FIS, Fiserv, SWIFT ecosystem providers, or equivalent enterprise payment platforms.
• Strong understanding of payment architecture, APIs, payment orchestration, operational workflows, real-time processing, and modern integration patterns.
• Hands-on experience implementing ISO 20022, payment messaging transformation, sanctions screening integration, payment tracking, and operational resiliency initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of payment operations, reconciliation, exception handling, fraud controls, AML/BSA, compliance, and regulatory expectations within financial services.
• Experience evaluating and operationalizing emerging payment technologies including stablecoin-enabled settlement, tokenized payments, blockchain-based infrastructure, or digital asset ecosystems.
• Strong execution discipline with experience leading large-scale cross-functional transformation programs from strategy through production delivery and operational adoption.
• Demonstrated ability to influence executive stakeholders and drive alignment across business, operations, risk, compliance, legal, treasury, and technology organizations.
• Excellent executive communication, vendor management, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Highly Preferred: Direct experience modernizing international payment platforms within commercial banking or global transaction banking environments.
• Experience implementing stablecoin, blockchain-enabled settlement, tokenized money movement, or digital asset payment use cases in regulated financial institutions.
• Strong knowledge of treasury management, FX workflows, liquidity management, and international commercial banking payment needs.
• Experience leading enterprise payment interoperability initiatives across SWIFT, RTP, FedNow, ACH, wire, and emerging payment rails.
• Strong understanding of payment risk frameworks, regulatory expectations, and operational resiliency standards.
• Experience partnering with fintechs, payment networks, infrastructure providers, and strategic technology vendors.
• MBA or advanced degree in business, finance, engineering, or related discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to balance innovation, operational execution, and regulatory risk management at enterprise scale.