About the Role
Join Westpac Institutional Bank's Merchant Payments team to shape the future of digital payments for businesses. This role focuses on evolving our merchant acquiring portfolio, including eCommerce, in-store, mobile, and emerging payment acceptance solutions. You will develop and enhance products, translate customer needs into product capabilities, and partner with various teams to define roadmaps and deliver customer-focused solutions.
Responsibilities
- Develop and enhance products that help businesses accept payments more simply, securely, and efficiently.
- Translate customer needs, market trends, and industry opportunities into meaningful product capabilities and enhancements.
- Partner closely with technology, delivery, operations, risk, and external providers.
- Define product roadmaps and prioritize new features.
- Support the successful delivery of customer-focused solutions.
- Contribute to product governance, risk management, and ongoing portfolio performance.
- Act as a trusted subject matter expert in a rapidly evolving payments environment.
- Influence strategic outcomes and drive innovation.
Requirements
- Strong experience in payments, merchant acquiring, or related financial services products, including payment processing and acceptance solutions.
- Experience managing products end-to-end, from identifying opportunities and defining roadmaps through to delivery and ongoing enhancement.
- Ability to build trusted relationships, influence stakeholders, and collaborate effectively across business, technology, and delivery teams.
- Strong analytical thinking and customer focus, with the ability to translate insights into practical solutions and product improvements.
- Knowledge of the Australian payments landscape, including emerging technologies and digital payment trends such as SoftPOS and mobile acceptance solutions.
Skills
- Payments
- Merchant Acquiring
- Product Management
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Problem Solving
- Delivering Change
- Collaboration
- Analytical Thinking
- Customer Focus
- SoftPOS
- Mobile Payment Technologies
- eCommerce
- In-store Payments
- Emerging Payment Acceptance Solutions
Location
- Sydney
Work Type
- Hybrid
- 12-month max-term parental leave cover
Experience Level
- Associate Director
Benefits
- Special offers on banking products
- Discounts from top brands
- Generous employee-only mortgage rates
- Flexible work arrangements
- Variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave
- Tailored learning and development opportunities
- Opportunities to give back to the Community through volunteering initiatives
About the Company
- Westpac Institutional Bank's Merchant Payments team is focused on the evolution of our merchant acquiring portfolio.
- We are obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life.
- We are committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country.
Equal Opportunity
- We’re all about creating a supportive and inclusive community.
- We welcome everyone – no matter your age, gender, background, or abilities.
- We provide additional support to welcome our veterans, Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community.
- If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, you can find out more information and additional contact details by visiting the "People with Disability and/or needing Accessibility Requirements" page on our website.
