Business Analyst -Cards

Your Role

Delivery & Governance

• Own planning, execution, cutover, and stabilization for the assigned Cards workstream.
• Establish and maintain delivery plans, milestones, RAID, dependencies, and readiness checkpoints.
• Enforce delivery controls, reporting, and governance aligned to the overall program.

Execution & Coordination

• Coordinate daily execution across architects, BAs, system analysts, engineering, testing, and vendors.
• Manage cross-stream dependencies, integrations, and handoffs to ensure aligned timelines.
• Drive issue resolution and ensure milestone commitments are met.

Stakeholder & Communication

• Act as the primary workstream interface for bank stakeholders, product teams, vendors, and leadership.
• Provide structured status updates, KPIs, and escalation inputs to SteerCos.

Change, Risk & Readiness

• Own workstream-level change, risk, and dependency management.
• Ensure functional, technical, testing, and operational readiness across SIT, UAT, scheme certification, and cutover.

Cards Domain Oversight

• Apply Cards domain expertise to guide delivery across issuing flows, integrations, and certification cycles.
• Ensure adherence to scheme mandates, PCI-DSS, and bank compliance standards.

Your Profile

Skills & Competencies

Core Skills

• Strong program/workstream delivery management
• Deep understanding of Cards domain (issuing lifecycle, authorization, clearing, settlement)
• Risk and issue management expertise
• Stakeholder and executive communication
• Vendor and third-party management

Technical & Functional Knowledge

• Cards platforms (e.g., TSYS, VisionPLUS, PowerCARD, etc.)
• Payment networks (Visa, Mastercard, etc.)
• Integration architecture and APIs
• Testing lifecycle (SIT, UAT, certification)
• Compliance and regulatory standards (PCI-DSS, local regulations)

Leadership & Behavioral Competencies

• Strong ownership and accountability
• Results-driven with high attention to detail
• Ability to manage complexity and ambiguity
• Collaborative leadership and team coordination
• Excellent communication and influencing skills

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• On-time delivery of workstream milestones
• Adherence to budget and resource plans
• Defect leakage and quality metrics
• Risk and issue resolution timelines
• Stakeholder satisfaction and governance effectiveness

ata driven objectives.