Head of Solutions Architecture, Banked
Global payments network
Job no longer available
Global payments network
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
101-200 employees
Company mission
To deliver a fairer, faster and highly secure payment network to merchants and consumers.
Role
Who you are
- Experience with Payments and Financial Technology
- Experience with integrating consumer facing payments solutions and making them successful with merchants
- Knowledgeable with cloud technologies and cloud deployment models
- Experience selling to and collaborating on technical solutions with technical staff, management, and executive stakeholders
- Proven experience partnering with the broader organisation (commercial, product and engineering, marketing and customer success)
- Track record of successfully building, growing, and scaling global Solution Architect teams, delivering to bookings, revenue, and first order goals
- Ability to influence, negotiate and build consensus with executive and senior management, customers, and partners
- Brings experience building, scaling, and developing global teams in alignment with Banked's values
Desirable
- Presentation and white boarding skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with internal and external executives, IT management, and technical teams
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly
- Experience working at a high-growth start-up
- An understanding of the banking regulatory and security requirements
What the job involves
- As Head of Solutions Architecture, you will be responsible for leading and mentoring a team of global Solutions Architects, driving initiatives and programs to scale the organisation, and developing processes and metrics to improve technical evaluations and partnerships
- You will collaborate with Commercial and Customer Success teams to align on overall strategy, foster key relationships, and provide executive sponsorship for strategic accounts and partnerships
- You will also provide strategic guidance to prospects and partners, lead new developments, and serve as an expert in Solutions Architecture
- As Head of Solutions Architecture, you will own the co-creation and delivery of global partnerships, support customer success, and be a role model for the company's values and culture
- Own the relationships with senior technical stakeholders of our largest partners from the initial pitch and throughout their lifecycle
- Architect and lead the implementation of Pay by Bank, with a heavy focus on delivering business value for Banked and our partners
- Ensure Banked are meeting the architectural and security requirements of our customers
- Advise the Product and Engineering teams on how our products can best support enterprise partners
- Help Banked maintain the highest level of partner engagement in the industry
- Design elegant architectural solutions for our partners, and ensure stakeholder buy-in
- Advise and support our partners throughout delivery, deployment and scaling to help them be successful
Our take
Banked's software lets consumers, businesses and banks process payments faster, more cheaply and more securely. Leveraging open banking technology, merchants and customers are able to receive money from transactions as they happen, no longer having to wait days and weeks to see the funds.
Banked is already integrated with most UK banks including Barclays, HSBC and Santander, as well as challenger banks such as Monzo and Starling. To leverage the Banked checkout system, businesses simply need to embed the company’s API into their checkout process. Individuals can use the free Banked app to create payment links to request money from anyone, without sharing personal banking details.
One of Banked’s key challenges will be to convince consumers to switch to this new way of paying. The company's self-stated competitors are huge enterprises, including Visa and MasterCard, who have built immense financial empires by charging high fees. That said, the industry support for the company's pay-by-bank model is clear, as it boasts an impressive list of partners and collaborators. It has also raised significant funding, the latest of which is being used to accelerate US expansion and grow its team.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Nov 2022
$15m
SERIES A
Feb 2022
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $40.2m
Company benefits
- Udemy Training
- Spill Unlimited Therapy Sessions
- Volunteering Days
- Competitive 26 Day Holiday Allowance
- Fund a Goal — Employee Awards
- WFH Allowance
- Global Meet Ups
- Value Ambassadors + Incentives
- Flexible Working
Company HQ
Soho, London, UK
Leadership
Brad Goodall
(Co-Founder & CEO)15 years experience in finance. Co-founded 10x Future Technologies, a next-generation core banking business model.
Neil Ambler
(Co-Founder & COO)Experience in M&A and business consulting.
Ellen (Thornhill) Fernandes
(Co-Founder)Experience in strategy and innovation around the world.
Patrick Cox
(Co-Founder)Founder of Everything Set. Currently the Creative Advisor for Loom.
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