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ML

Solution Lead / Product Lead

On site

London, United kingdom

Senior

Freelance

11-01-2026

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Skills

Project Management

Job Specifications

Solution Lead / Product Lead - Payments - Acquiring - Contract - URGENT!

My client, a leading payments and banking giant is looking to hire the above role on contract. This is based in their office to work with a wider European team to work on major acquiring transformations.

Please see job spec below:

Work with client and internal stakeholders to define E2E Product Proposition, Target Operating Models, Engagement Scope and the end-to-end Solution for selected merchant segments as part of integration initiative aiming at replacing scattered local propositions and solutions with strategic, consolidated offering
Work with business representatives to define mandatory features to make this proposition successful in identified segments and markets.
Create prioritized product backlog for initial deployment
Define HL roadmap for evolving the proposition / offering as well as the further deployment into market, including transition approach from local solutions to consolidated one
Plan solution related delivery activities, align with project management, other workstreams and manage a team of business analyst from solution team to execute on the plan and provide guidance and support
Oversee definition of Solution requirements across customer experience, processing, operational engagement and business performance
Work with a team of Business Analysts to capture client requirements
Responsible for following agreed engagement model and solution design methodology and responsible for initial internal quality standards for all deliverables
Report and escalate to Solution Director, engage with product / process leads to establish yourself as the internal point of solution orchestration, inquiry and decision validation
Identify major gaps, issues and new product or capability implementations and work with Product Leads and Technical Solution Architect(s) on resolution
Manage quality, accuracy and integrity of proposition, requirements, process and solution documentation
Drive the handshake of solution documentation into the development organisation

People with experience with merchant acquiring, payments, Visa/Mastercard processing preferred.

About the Company

Established in 2007, ML has developed deep roots within the payments and banking industry. A leading name across the deployment and engagement of professional consultants across EMEA, Americas and APAC regions, we have gained exemplary insight into our domains. To ensure the benefit of this knowledge is delivered to you, we consult to provide expertise you can trust. Know more