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We’re looking for people who are passionate about payments to chart GlobalPayments’ path to being the largest and most-loved payments company in the world.\nWhat you'll be doing\nPlans and manages application development and client delivery activities for an assigned WPG application portfolio, including components of large-scale, complex payment gateway platforms.\nLeads teams responsible for designing, developing, testing, implementing and supporting software product applications and proprietary internal technology services.\nManages the full software development lifecycle, including planning, design, delivery, testing, implementation, release readiness, production support and audit obligations.\nOversees product design, technical analysis, bug verification, beta support and continuous improvement activity across assigned applications and services.\nResolves critical delivery, quality and operational issues, acting as an escalation point for complex engineering and client delivery 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architecture, quality engineering, production support and client delivery practices.\nKnowledge of regulated technology environments, including PCI, security, risk, audit, compliance evidence and operational control obligations.\nKnowledge of cloud, platform and DevOps engineering principles, including CI/CD, automation, observability, infrastructure as code and modern deployment practices.\nSkill in project management, organisation, communication, analysis, stakeholder engagement and people leadership.\nSkill in leading, supervising and managing effectively under pressure across complex, high-availability technology environments.\nSkill in translating client, product and operational requirements into clear engineering priorities and delivery plans.\nAbility to interact confidently with executive-level clients, senior internal stakeholders, suppliers and technology leaders.\nAbility to analyse client and business needs and determine the related application, platform and information services support required.\nAbility to maintain positive working relationships with clients, product partners, engineering teams and operational stakeholders.\nAbility to manage multiple projects, delivery priorities, dependencies, risks and problem areas concurrently.\nAbility to delegate work to qualified managers, supervisors, engineers, analysts and delivery leads as appropriate.\nAbility to lead, direct and manage effectively across matrixed, distributed and cross-functional teams.\nAbility to operate independently while maintaining appropriate governance, communication and escalation.\nAbility to demonstrate sound decision-making and problem-solving skills in complex delivery and operational situations.\nAbility to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.\nExperience\nTypically requires nine or more years of experience in software development, application delivery, technology operations or platform engineering.\nTypically requires seven or more years of management or supervisory experience.\nExperience managing application development teams delivering complex, business-critical or high-volume technology services.\nExperience managing managers, supervisors or senior technical leads, with responsibility for performance, capability, resource planning and delivery outcomes.\nExperience working in payments, financial technology, regulated technology or other high-availability environments is desirable.\nSenior-level management role working under the general direction of middle or executive-level technology management.\nManages and mentors teams of software development managers, supervisors, engineers, programmer analysts and associated delivery resources.\nParticipates in the corporate development of methods, projects, programmes, operating practices and people capability.\nControls decisions across a broad application development and client delivery function.\nServes as a project leader, escalation point and subject matter expert for application 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