IT Lead / Manager - Payment Systems / Responsable d'équipe / Gestionnaire TI - Systèmes de paiement
- Montréal, QC, Canada
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- English · French
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The French version of this job posting is below. / La version française de cette offre se trouve plus bas.
At Nöord Technologies, we empower top-tier financial institutions with exceptional talent in banking and capital markets. For the needs of one of our prestigious clients, a major banking actor in Montreal currently experiencing strong growth, we are actively seeking an IT Lead / Manager - Payment Systems.
About the role
Based in Montreal, this role takes full technical and operational ownership of the Payment Systems IT perimeter for an international banking institution. You will lead the strategy, support, and delivery for mission-critical USD payment and settlement platforms across North American operations. In addition to team leadership and production oversight, you will bridge payment processing with commercial lending ecosystems to ensure seamless technological and functional alignment.
Key responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of IT analysts, fostering a culture of high performance, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Take full ownership of the IT delivery, operational stability, and lifecycle management of the payment systems perimeter.
- Oversee daily production support, interface monitoring (SWIFT, FEDWIRE, CHIPS), and critical incident resolution to guarantee high availability.
- Act as the primary technical partner for business stakeholders, driving project scoping, architecture, testing, and deployment.
- Ensure robust cross-domain integration between payment infrastructures and commercial loan applications.
- Uphold stringent IT governance, risk controls, and regulatory standards, including AML compliance and sanctions filtering.
- Manage relationships with third-party software vendors and collaborate closely with internal infrastructure, security, and operations teams.
Requirements
- 5 to 8 years of overall IT experience within banking or financial technology environments.
- 1 to 2 years of targeted exposure to Commercial Loans systems.
- Proven track record in an IT lead, management, or technical supervisory role.
- In-depth knowledge of payment infrastructures (SWIFT, FEDWIRE, CHIPS) and messaging standards (ISO, SWIFT GPI).
- Solid technical background with databases (SQL Server, Oracle PL/SQL), Linux, and Windows environments.
- Familiarity with enterprise middleware and scheduling tools, such as Control-M, MQ Series, JBoss, and shell scripting.
- Working knowledge of AML, sanctions filtering, and financial compliance frameworks.
- Strong background in technical solution design, project delivery, and Agile/DevOps tools (such as JIRA).
- Exceptional problem-solving, communication, and multi-disciplinary stakeholder management skills.
- Availability to support critical operational escalations, overnight batch processing, or weekend interventions when required.
Position details and conditions
- Location: Montreal
- Employment type: Term to perm (contract-to-hire)
Read the full bilingual original
The French version of this job posting is below. / La version française de cette offre se trouve plus bas.
At Nöord Technologies, we empower top-tier financial institutions with exceptional talent in banking and capital markets. For the needs of one of our prestigious clients, a major banking actor in Montreal currently experiencing strong growth, we are actively seeking an IT Lead / Manager - Payment Systems.
About the role
Based in Montreal, this role takes full technical and operational ownership of the Payment Systems IT perimeter for an international banking institution. You will lead the strategy, support, and delivery for mission-critical USD payment and settlement platforms across North American operations. In addition to team leadership and production oversight, you will bridge payment processing with commercial lending ecosystems to ensure seamless technological and functional alignment.
Key responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of IT analysts, fostering a culture of high performance, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Take full ownership of the IT delivery, operational stability, and lifecycle management of the payment systems perimeter.
- Oversee daily production support, interface monitoring (SWIFT, FEDWIRE, CHIPS), and critical incident resolution to guarantee high availability.
- Act as the primary technical partner for business stakeholders, driving project scoping, architecture, testing, and deployment.
- Ensure robust cross-domain integration between payment infrastructures and commercial loan applications.
- Uphold stringent IT governance, risk controls, and regulatory standards, including AML compliance and sanctions filtering.
- Manage relationships with third-party software vendors and collaborate closely with internal infrastructure, security, and operations teams.
Requirements
- 5 to 8 years of overall IT experience within banking or financial technology environments.
- 1 to 2 years of targeted exposure to Commercial Loans systems.
- Proven track record in an IT lead, management, or technical supervisory role.
- In-depth knowledge of payment infrastructures (SWIFT, FEDWIRE, CHIPS) and messaging standards (ISO, SWIFT GPI).
- Solid technical background with databases (SQL Server, Oracle PL/SQL), Linux, and Windows environments.
- Familiarity with enterprise middleware and scheduling tools, such as Control-M, MQ Series, JBoss, and shell scripting.
- Working knowledge of AML, sanctions filtering, and financial compliance frameworks.
- Strong background in technical solution design, project delivery, and Agile/DevOps tools (such as JIRA).
- Exceptional problem-solving, communication, and multi-disciplinary stakeholder management skills.
- Availability to support critical operational escalations, overnight batch processing, or weekend interventions when required.
Position details and conditions
- Location: Montreal
- Employment type: Term to perm (contract-to-hire)
Chez Nöord Technologies, nous accompagnons des institutions financières de premier plan en leur proposant des talents d'exception dans les domaines bancaire et des marchés des capitaux. Pour les besoins de l'un de nos prestigieux clients, un acteur bancaire majeur à Montréal en forte croissance, nous sommes activement à la recherche d'un(e) Responsable d'équipe / Gestionnaire TI - Systèmes de paiement.
À propos du rôle
Basé à Montréal, ce rôle assume l'entière responsabilité technique et opérationnelle du périmètre TI des systèmes de paiement pour une institution bancaire internationale. Vous dirigerez la stratégie, le soutien et la livraison des plateformes de paiement et de règlement en USD hautement critiques pour l'ensemble des opérations nord-américaines. En plus du leadership d'équipe et de la supervision de la production, vous assurerez le lien entre le traitement des paiements et les écosystèmes de prêts commerciaux afin de garantir un alignement technologique et fonctionnel fluide.
Responsabilités principales
- Diriger, encadrer et perfectionner une équipe d'analystes TI, en favorisant une culture de haute performance, de responsabilisation et d'amélioration continue.
- Assumer l'entière responsabilité de la livraison TI, de la stabilité opérationnelle et de la gestion du cycle de vie du périmètre des systèmes de paiement.
- Superviser le soutien quotidien de la production, la surveillance des interfaces (SWIFT, FEDWIRE, CHIPS) et la résolution des incidents critiques afin de garantir une haute disponibilité.
- Agir à titre de partenaire technique principal auprès des parties prenantes d'affaires, en pilotant la définition de la portée des projets, l'architecture, les essais et le déploiement.
- Assurer une intégration interdomaines robuste entre les infrastructures de paiement et les applications de prêts commerciaux.
- Faire respecter des normes rigoureuses en matière de gouvernance TI, de contrôle des risques et de réglementation, incluant la conformité en matière de recyclage des produits de la criminalité (AML) et le filtrage des sanctions.
- Gérer les relations avec les fournisseurs de logiciels tiers et collaborer étroitement avec les équipes internes d'infrastructure, de sécurité et d'opérations.
Exigences
- 5 à 8 ans d'expérience globale en TI au sein d'environnements bancaires ou de technologies financières.
- 1 à 2 ans d'expérience ciblée avec les systèmes de prêts commerciaux.
- Expérience éprouvée dans un rôle de chef d'équipe TI, de gestion ou de supervision technique.
- Connaissance approfondie des infrastructures de paiement (SWIFT, FEDWIRE, CHIPS) et des normes de messagerie (ISO, SWIFT GPI).
- Solides compétences techniques avec les bases de données (SQL Server, Oracle PL/SQL), ainsi que les environnements Linux et Windows.
- Connaissance pratique des logiciels médiateurs d'entreprise et des outils d'ordonnancement, tels que Control-M, MQ Series, JBoss et les scripts shell.
- Connaissance pratique des cadres de conformité financière, de lutte contre le blanchiment d'argent (AML) et de filtrage des sanctions.
- Solide bagage en conception de solutions techniques, en livraison de projets et avec les outils Agile/DevOps (tels que JIRA).
- Compétences exceptionnelles en résolution de problèmes, en communication et en gestion des parties prenantes multidisciplinaires.
- Disponibilité pour soutenir les escalades opérationnelles critiques, les traitements par lots de nuit ou les interventions de fin de semaine lorsque requis.
Détails du poste et conditions
- Lieu : Montréal
- Type d'emploi : Contrat avec possibilité de permanence (contract-to-hire)
More about this job
Responsibilities
The IT Lead will lead and develop a team of IT analysts while owning delivery and stability of payment systems. They will oversee production support and SWIFT, FEDWIRE and CHIPS interfaces, and act as the main technical partner for business stakeholders.
Requirements
Candidates need 5 to 8 years of banking or fintech IT experience and 1 to 2 years with commercial loan systems. They need deep knowledge of payment infrastructures, SQL, Linux and Windows, middleware tools like Control-M and MQ Series, and AML and sanctions compliance.
Skills
- SWIFT
- FEDWIRE
- CHIPS
- ISO messaging
- SWIFT GPI
- SQL Server
- Oracle PL/SQL
- Linux
- Windows
- Control-M
- MQ Series
- JBoss
- Shell scripting
- JIRA
- Agile
- DevOps
- AML compliance
- Sanctions filtering
- Commercial loan systems
- Technical solution design
- Project delivery
- Vendor management
- Team leadership
- Stakeholder management
- Production support
Categories
- Finance & Accounting
- Technology
- Management & Leadership
- Software
Keywords
- IT Lead
- IT Manager
- Payment Systems
- SWIFT
- FEDWIRE
- CHIPS
- ISO 20022
- SWIFT GPI
- Commercial Loans
- Banking IT
- Payments
- SQL Server
- Oracle PL/SQL
- Linux
- Windows
- Control-M
- MQ Series
- JBoss
- Shell scripting
- JIRA
Seniority
Lead
Tools
- SWIFT
- FEDWIRE
- CHIPS
- SQL Server
- Oracle PL/SQL
- Control-M
- MQ Series
- JBoss
- JIRA
Languages
- English
- French