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About the Role
This 3-month contract role leads high-profile modernization initiatives within the Payments Product team, shaping the future of payments for Canadian credit unions and driving the evolution of Central 1's payments strategy.
Responsibilities
- Lead critical workstreams for multi-year regulatory and industry mandated programs including Real Time Rails and Future State of Retail Batch.
- Ensure alignment across external and internal stakeholder change management and industry communications.
- Identify opportunities for product innovation and features to enhance member experience and drive commercial value.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver and roll out new products and services.
- Partner with Marketing Communications, Client Engagement, and Business Development teams on initiatives driving business growth and client education.
- Partner with Payments Product leadership to shape medium- and long-term product vision.
- Contribute to building a high-performance product organization, including people management and development of a direct report.
- Own end-to-end strategy and execution of the Strategic Advisory Council.
- Advance key payments transformation programs, including Real-Time Rail (RTR).
- Partner with senior leaders, clients, and industry stakeholders to navigate opportunities, regulatory changes, and market trends.
- Prioritize strategic initiatives, strengthen client relationships, and ensure credit unions are prepared for industry mandates.
- Bring teams together across Product, Client Engagement, Marketing & Communications, Technology & Operations, Delivery, Fraud, and Compliance to drive alignment and deliver outcomes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 7+ years of experience in a related role, preferably in Payments Strategy or Payments Product Management.
- Strong understanding of the Canadian payments landscape, including regulatory developments and their impact.
- Experience contributing to or leading payments modernization initiatives (e.g., Real-Time Rail) is an asset.
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically, conceptually, and analytically.
- Proven experience gathering, analyzing, and communicating customer feedback and product requirements.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong research and analytical capabilities.
- Experience developing executive-level presentations.
- Ability to balance customer experience, business objectives, and regulatory requirements.
- Adaptable and effective in evolving regulatory, market, and organizational environments.
- Capable of managing strategic priorities and detailed execution.
- Self-motivated and able to make sound business decisions with limited supervision.
- Exceptional relationship-building, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated leadership capabilities.
- Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and time management skills.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality results in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience working with payments networks, industry associations, or related organizations is an asset.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Copilot, and other productivity tools.
Skills
- Payments Strategy
- Payments Product Management
- Canadian payments landscape
- Regulatory developments
- Payments modernization
- Real-Time Rail (RTR)
- Strategic thinking
- Analytical skills
- Product innovation
- Client relationship management
- Stakeholder management
- Communication
- Presentation skills
- Research
- Leadership
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Microsoft Office
- Copilot
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Contract
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 7+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
Salary/Compensations
- $90.00-$100.00 per hour
Benefits
- Work-life flexibility
- Hybrid work environment
- Variable annual incentive plan
- Generous annual vacation allotment
- Top-notch flexible benefits plan including family building and gender affirmation
- Retirement Plan, matched contributions at 6%
- Access to a learning platform and educational assistance support
- Access to a virtual wellness platform
- Career development opportunities
- Wellness Flex Fund
- Day off to volunteer in your community
- Other paid time off options
- Corporate discounts
About the Company
- Central 1 empowers credit unions and other financial institutions to deliver banking choice to Canadians.
- Central 1 provides critical services at scale to enable a thriving credit union system.
- We collaborate with our clients, developing strategies, products, and services to support the financial well-being of their more than 5 million diverse customers in communities across Canada.
Equal Opportunity
- Central 1 is an equal opportunity employer and committed to building an inclusive workforce by creating an environment where everyone feels like they belong and has the opportunity to be successful.
- We welcome all applicants to join our diverse workforce and we will provide an accessible candidate experience including, but not limited to accommodations to interview sites and alternate formats upon request to our Recruitment team.