VP of Payments
19 days ago
London
The VP of Payments will define and lead the group-wide payments vision for TopCo (our group’s umbrella brand) that builds and supports multiple iGaming operating companies (OpCos). The role is responsible for setting strategy, governance, and product direction at a TopCo group level, while enabling the OpCos to make market- appropriate payment decisions within a supportive and scalable framework. TopCo’s payments function exists to empower OpCos - accelerating market entry, improving player experience, and optimizing commercial outcomes - without removing necessary local flexibility. Key responsibilities: • Define the group payments strategy and long-term payments product vision, • Own the payments product roadmap at TopCo level, ensuring reusable capabilities, standards, and tooling that support OpCo needs, • Partner with Product and Technology leadership to build shared payment components, cashier standards, and platform capabilities, • Establish clear payment frameworks, principles, and guardrails that guide OpCo decision-making without over-centralization, • Support OpCos in market entry and scale by providing expertise, tooling, and best practices, • Act as strategic advisor to OpCo leadership on payments, while respecting local autonomy, • Define group-level PSP strategy, selection criteria, and evaluation frameworks, • Lead group negotiations to secure strong commercial terms, MDR, FX, and settlement conditions, • Centralize payment-related contracts under TopCo where legally possible, while allowing OpCos flexibility in execution, • Set group-wide payment KPIs and reporting standards, • Ensure appropriate balance between cost, risk, regulatory compliance, and player experience, • Act as escalation point for critical payment or PSP issues, • Build and lead the TopCo payments team Collaborate closely with Product, Technology, Finance, Risk, and Compliance across TopCo and OpCos Qualifications: • Senior leadership experience in payments within iGaming or regulated high- risk industries, • Strong background in payments product strategy, PSP ecosystems, and, • multi-market operations, • Proven ability to operate in group structures balancing central strategy with local execution What we offer: • Career and skills development opportunities #J-18808-Ljbffr