Product Business Architect - Cards/Payments

Urgently required a Product Business Architect for a 3 month rolling contract with RECENT experience of payments (one of: Cards, Corporate Payments, PoS, E-commerce, Mobile, Billing/Invoicing, e/m-Wallets) is essential.

Skills & Experience Required by the Product Business Architect
Experience of leading assessment of solution options and making business recommendations to address the needs of the organisation covering all key aspects including, but not limited to, fit to Strategy, Architecture, Technology, Product Requirements, Speed to Market, Cost/Commercials, "Sellability", Market Perception, Supportability etc.
Experience of payments (one of: Cards, Corporate Payments, PoS, E-commerce, Mobile, Billing/Invoicing, e/m-Wallets)
Experience in stakeholder management and alignment
Strong analytical skills and experience, covering analysis of commercials, technical solutions, operational process, strategic fit, programme scheduling and other critical facts-based materials that affect the viability of business solution options
Ability to recognise and articulate trade-offs as input to support effective business decision making
Project management skills, including planning, managing RAIDs and reporting progress
Good document writing skills
Ability to motivate others and lead them to produce output (eg balancing views, opinions, co-ordinating workshops, managing inputs, owning the final deliverables, etc)
Proficient in using MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Visio)
A good analytical thinker, both in terms of the subject matter and in executing efficient/effective analysis activities

Accountabilities
Support the Leading Edge Project in leading product component assessments to select the best component to support the product under development.
Co-ordinate activities across Procurement, Technology, Product Management, Product Strategy, Corporate Strategy and Operations to define shortlist product component options.