Expert Product Manager - Payment Transactions in the Banking Platform Program (SIC / SWIFT)

Product management for payment transactions - help shape the banking platform! For a demanding mandate with our client, we are looking for an experienced personality with comprehensive expertise in payment transactions at the SIC and SWIFT level. The focus is on the collection and documentation of functional requirements, the support of supplier selection, and the coordination of different stakeholders in the Banking Platform program. You will work closely with front-end units, other product managers, IT, and external suppliers, and will make a significant contribution to risk reduction and the further development of controls in payment transactions. For this demanding mandate, we are looking for you as:

Expert Product Manager - Payment Transactions in the Banking Platform Program (SIC / SWIFT) #

your AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY In this role, you will take on the representation in product management for payment transactions within the Banking Platform program. You will collect, analyze, and document the requirements of payment transactions, thereby creating a sound basis for the further development of the banking platform as well as a possible replacement of the core banking functionality in payment transactions. In doing so, you will coordinate functional needs with the relevant contact persons and ensure a clear and traceable preparation of the requirements. Another focus of your activity lies in supporting the supplier selection. You will contribute your expertise, support the functional assessment of possible solutions, and coordinate the alignment between the involved departments and external suppliers. Furthermore, you will drive initiatives for risk reduction and further develop existing controls in payment transactions. As a connecting personality, you will orchestrate the different stakeholders and promote goal-oriented cooperation between front-end units, product management, IT, and external partners.

your PERSONALITY You have extensive knowledge of payment transactions at the SIC and SWIFT level as well as at least five years of professional experience in product management, consulting, or a project management role in the financial industry. Ideally, you bring a total of eight to twelve years of relevant experience to this expert function. A completed degree in business administration, banking, or engineering complements your professional profile. Your strong analytical-conceptual skills enable you to capture complex requirements in a structured manner, recognize connections quickly, and develop viable solution approaches. You work independently, show a high degree of initiative, and bring a good sense of customer needs and market requirements. Thanks to your very good written and oral communication skills, you move confidently in exchange with a large number of internal contact persons and external suppliers. You know how to bring different interests together and to communicate functional topics in an understandable and binding manner. German language skills at level C1 are required.

your PERSPECTIVES At our client, you will take on a responsible representative function in a significant program for the further development of the banking platform. You will have the opportunity to specifically contribute your experience in payment transactions and actively help shape the requirements for a possible future core banking solution. At the same time, through initiatives for risk reduction and the further development of controls, you will make a concrete contribution to the quality of payment transactions. The close cooperation with different specialist departments, IT, and external suppliers offers you a versatile environment with room for co-shaping and further development of the offering. The workload is 100 %. The assignment is scheduled to start on January 1, 2027, and run until December 31, 2027, with a volume of 210 person-days.