Director, Solution Architect, Digital Assets & Tokenized Payments Job at Barclays (Pune)

Job Description

Purpose of the role: To design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problems, collaborating with stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements, and design and implement solutions that meet those needs and create solutions that balance technology risks against business delivery, driving consistency.

Job Responsibility

Define and lead the end-to-end architecture strategy for Digital Assets and Tokenized Payments, covering business, application, data, integration, control, security, and operational architecture across the broader payments ecosystem
Bring deep domain expertise in payments, including cross-border payments, domestic payments, real-time payments, payment hubs, payment engines, orchestration layers, clearing and settlement models, and associated payment lifecycle controls
Operate at the intersection of traditional payments and digital asset infrastructure, with the ability to design architectures that bridge DLT/blockchain-based ecosystems with existing bank payment platforms, core systems, channels, compliance controls, and client servicing journeys
Demonstrate strong understanding of the broader digital asset ecosystem, including blockchain/DLT concepts, tokenized deposits, stablecoins, wallets, custody, smart contracts, on-chain/off-chain integration patterns, settlement models, and emerging market infrastructure relevant to enterprise banking and payments
Assess and articulate the end-to-end impact of onboarding traditional payment journeys onto tokenized or DLT-based infrastructure, including implications across DDA integration, account servicing, client onboarding, billing, reconciliation, liquidity, compliance, controls, operations, support, and risk management
Shape target-state solution architecture aligned to business outcomes and client experience, ensuring that digital asset and tokenized payment capabilities are designed not as isolated technology components, but as part of an integrated end-to-end client journey and enterprise operating model
Engage credibly with CxO-level stakeholders, senior business leaders, product teams, operations, risk, compliance, legal, and engineering teams to explain complex architecture decisions in clear business language, influence strategic direction, and secure alignment on investment and execution priorities
Lead architecture discussions with industry partners, market infrastructures, fintechs, vendors, and internal platform teams, evaluating solution options, integration models, control boundaries, scalability, resiliency, and fit for enterprise adoption
Provide architectural leadership on solution options, trade-offs, and decision-making, balancing innovation, regulatory considerations, security, operational readiness, client needs, cost, time-to-market, and long-term strategic architecture principles
Educate and influence stakeholders across business and technology on the practical implications of digital asset adoption in payments, including how tokenized payment models affect existing processes, control frameworks, operating models, product constructs, and client propositions
Drive enterprise-level architecture governance and roadmap definition, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, compliant, commercially viable, and aligned to broader modernization priorities across payments, cash management, transaction banking, and digital assets strategy
Act as a strategic thought partner and architecture leader for senior leadership, helping define the bank's position on tokenized payments, digital asset-enabled payment infrastructure, and future-state cross-border and programmable payment capabilities

Requirements

Define and lead the end-to-end architecture strategy for Digital Assets and Tokenized Payments, covering business, application, data, integration, control, security, and operational architecture across the broader payments ecosystem
Bring deep domain expertise in payments, including cross-border payments, domestic payments, real-time payments, payment hubs, payment engines, orchestration layers, clearing and settlement models, and associated payment lifecycle controls
Operate at the intersection of traditional payments and digital asset infrastructure, with the ability to design architectures that bridge DLT/blockchain-based ecosystems with existing bank payment platforms, core systems, channels, compliance controls, and client servicing journeys
Demonstrate strong understanding of the broader digital asset ecosystem, including blockchain/DLT concepts, tokenized deposits, stablecoins, wallets, custody, smart contracts, on-chain/off-chain integration patterns, settlement models, and emerging market infrastructure relevant to enterprise banking and payments
Assess and articulate the end-to-end impact of onboarding traditional payment journeys onto tokenized or DLT-based infrastructure, including implications across DDA integration, account servicing, client onboarding, billing, reconciliation, liquidity, compliance, controls, operations, support, and risk management
Shape target-state solution architecture aligned to business outcomes and client experience, ensuring that digital asset and tokenized payment capabilities are designed not as isolated technology components, but as part of an integrated end-to-end client journey and enterprise operating model
Engage credibly with CxO-level stakeholders, senior business leaders, product teams, operations, risk, compliance, legal, and engineering teams to explain complex architecture decisions in clear business language, influence strategic direction, and secure alignment on investment and execution priorities
Lead architecture discussions with industry partners, market infrastructures, fintechs, vendors, and internal platform teams, evaluating solution options, integration models, control boundaries, scalability, resiliency, and fit for enterprise adoption
Provide architectural leadership on solution options, trade-offs, and decision-making, balancing innovation, regulatory considerations, security, operational readiness, client needs, cost, time-to-market, and long-term strategic architecture principles
Educate and influence stakeholders across business and technology on the practical implications of digital asset adoption in payments, including how tokenized payment models affect existing processes, control frameworks, operating models, product constructs, and client propositions
Drive enterprise-level architecture governance and roadmap definition, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, compliant, commercially viable, and aligned to broader modernization priorities across payments, cash management, transaction banking, and digital assets strategy
Act as a strategic thought partner and architecture leader for senior leadership, helping define the bank's position on tokenized payments, digital asset-enabled payment infrastructure, and future-state cross-border and programmable payment capabilities

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