Head of Department

• Own Solance's payment rails and core platform strategy
• Determine which payment rails, access models and partners Solance uses, including timeframe and cost
• Understand and challenge payment infrastructure designs and supplier proposals
• Ensure Solance is not quietly locked into external providers
• Build durable knowledge resources, including maps, dependency registers and vendor scorecards
• Challenge partner roadmaps, scopes and pricing
• Evaluate potential direct participation in payment systems as European regulation evolves
• Report directly to the CEO
• Work closely with product and engineering teams and meet regularly with sponsor banks, scheme operators and industry bodies

Head of Payments

• Provide strategic oversight, day-to-day management, and operational governance of WEX’s regulated electronic money institutions across EMEA
• Serve as primary operational liaison to the Central Bank of Ireland and Financial Conduct Authority
• Ensure entity operations align with compliance, risk management, governance, legal, and regulatory requirements
• Drive execution of strategic initiatives established by the WEX Group Executive Leadership Team and local Boards of Directors
• Oversee operational resilience frameworks for OFEL and OFL, including critical third-party and internal service providers
• Guide the OFEL and OFL Boards on operational resilience
• Manage, oversee, and monitor internal Outsourced Service Providers and external vendors
• Supervise the Outsourced Service Implementation Manager
• Direct IT-related operational matters, systemic stability, data security, and service delivery
• Take responsibility for annual certification and ongoing oversight of relevant employees under the CBI Individual Accountability Framework
• Manage Ireland- and UK-based personnel and operational expenditure with Finance Directors
• Identify and leverage AI, Large Language Models, automated reporting platforms, and other digital technologies
• Communicate business performance, emerging risks, regulatory changes, and strategic recommendations to the Group ELT and local Boards
• Maintain strategic relationships with commercial and ecosystem partners including Mastercard, eNett, and banking partners
• Provide guidance, mentorship, performance management, and development for Ireland- and UK-based staff

Head of Department jobs in Ireland

Head of Payments

Head of Regulated Entities