Implementation Consultant, Cards and Payments

Visa Visa · Fintech · Warsaw, Poland, Poland

Visa is seeking an Implementation Consultant for their Cards and Payments team in Warsaw, Poland. The role involves leading end-to-end implementation workstreams for Cards, Payments, and Core Banking solutions, acting as the primary client contact, managing delivery risks, configuring platform modules, coordinating technical integrations, and supporting certification and migration activities. The ideal candidate will have domain expertise in payments, experience with API-based platforms and cloud-native architectures, and familiarity with Visa/Mastercard certification processes and EU regulatory frameworks.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead and execute end‑to‑end implementation workstreams for Cards, Payments, and Core Banking solutions across EU markets.
  2. Act as the primary point of contact for assigned workstreams, providing regular updates and managing expectations with clients and internal stakeholders.
  3. Identify delivery risks and cross‑functional dependencies, escalate issues and propose mitigation strategies.
  4. Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to align on objectives and deliverables.
  5. Conduct client workshops, validate business and technical needs, and configure platform modules to meet the client requirements.

Skills

Required

  • Domain expertise in Cards, Payments, and Core Banking
  • Experience delivering projects across the EU
  • Hands-on experience with API-based platforms, microservices, integrations, and cloud-native architectures (AWS preferred)
  • Ability to configure platform modules including BIN setup, authorization flows, fees, limits etc.
  • Ability to own the overall client delivery end-to-end, including: onboarding, configuration, testing and pilot
  • Experience producing implementation plans, RAID logs, and handover artefacts
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across cross-functional and multicultural environments
  • Ability to work independently, with ownership and accountability in remote or distributed teams
  • Experience with modern issuer-processing and core banking systems
  • Familiarity with Visa or Mastercard certification processes (CIQ, BIN configuration, scheme mandates)
  • Experience delivering migration projects (e.g., processor replacement, ledger migrations)
  • Understanding of EU regulatory frameworks: PSD2, SCA, PCI DSS, and GDPR

What the JD emphasized

  • Proven domain expertise in Cards, Payments, and Core Banking
  • Hands‑on experience with API‑based platforms, microservices, integrations, and cloud‑native architectures (AWS preferred)
  • Familiarity with Visa or Mastercard certification processes (CIQ, BIN configuration, scheme mandates)
  • Understanding of EU regulatory frameworks: PSD2, SCA, PCI DSS, and GDPR