Director Banking Integration

Our client is looking for a highly experienced Director – Banking Integration to lead the design and evolution of an enterprise-grade banking integration platform. This is a strategic and hands-on role requiring a unique blend of deep banking domain expertise and strong technical architecture experience.

The ideal candidate will play a critical role in shaping how data moves between core banking systems and modern AI-driven platforms, ensuring scalability, governance, lineage, auditability, and operational excellence.

About the Role

This is a senior individual contributor position that works closely with Banking Domain, Data & AI, Engineering, and Implementation teams. The role focuses on designing and governing integration architectures that support large-scale banking operations while enabling AI-powered decision-making capabilities.

Success in this role requires the ability to bridge banking operations and technology, translating real-world banking concepts into robust integration and data architectures.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end banking integration architecture and roadmap.
• Design scalable integration frameworks for data ingestion, transformation, lineage, reconciliation, and monitoring.
• Lead integration initiatives involving:
• Oracle FLEXCUBE (Mandatory)
• Core Banking Systems
• Payments Platforms
• Treasury Systems
• General Ledger Systems
• Regulatory Reporting Platforms
• Analytics & Data Platforms
• Build integration capabilities supporting batch, near real-time, and real-time processing.
• Establish data governance, lineage, auditability, and reconciliation frameworks.
• Partner with Data & AI teams to enable AI-ready banking data architectures.
• Drive resiliency, observability, compliance, and operational readiness across banking integrations.

Required Experience

• 15+ years in Banking, Financial Services, Core Banking Product Companies, or Banking Technology Consulting.
• Strong knowledge of:
• Deposits
• Payments
• Treasury Operations
• Banking Data Models
• Regulatory & Compliance Requirements
• Hands-on experience with Oracle FLEXCUBE implementation and integration (Mandatory).
• Proven expertise in:
• API-led Integration
• Event-Driven Architecture
• Messaging Platforms (Kafka, MQ, etc.)
• Enterprise Data Pipelines
• Data Lake / Lakehouse Architectures
• High-volume banking integrations