🚀 Be part of a movement to change the way Europe pays

You will be part of our mission at EPI to build and deliver a meaningful European payment solution.
Together, we want to enable a stronger European payment ecosystem by acting as both bridge and builder, delivering a payment solution for consumers across Europe.

🔎 What's in it for you

Tired of implementing the same payment project again and again ? You would like to be part of something bigger ? You want to have an impact on launching a truly innovative product, which is integrating and not suffering from the regulatory constraints ? This job might be for you.

💥 Your impact

You will lead the implementation of EPI by our acquiring members and PSPs. Hereby acting as the bridge between your EPI colleagues and the acquirers/PSPs. You make sure all aspects of the implementation are covered and the right support is provided. Ultimately, thanks to your experience, you create best practices to the benefit of this whole community.

To be successful, you will have to:

• Build the master plan for the implementation of EPI by acquirers or PSPs 
• Understand the EPI Product and the flexibility it offers for acquirers and PSPs
• Ensure the timely deployment by coordinating the activities cross EPI teams
• Solve product, rules, functional and technical challenges by acquirers or PSPs through organising deep-dive sessions with relevant experts
• Monitor and report on the progress of implementation on a regular basis
  

✅ If you had joined us last month, here’s what you could have done

You could have kickstarted this project with designing the master planning on a European level, been among the first 50 people to discover our extensive product features, shared your views with our Chief Product Officer, or contributed to the new EPI corporate brand identity. Now is a unique time to join and be a pioneer of this company.

🕵🏻‍♀️ To succeed, you should meet at least 70% of these requirements

• At least 5 years experience in managing implementation projects with acquirers or PSPs
• At least 3 years experience with implementing new payment solutions, especially for e/m-commerce usage
• Good knowledge of the payments ecosystem in Europe (banks, acquirers, PSPs)
• Good knowledge of modern technologies and platforms
• Having worked in a trusted advisor / consultant role
• Fluency in English (CEFR C1 or C2)
• Excellent Organisational Skills
• Ability to challenge and influence your stakeholders
• Ability to thrive in a full remote working environment

🐝 About the team

You will report directly to Gerry, our Chief Market Roll Out, who has more than 20 years of experience in the payments sector, and will be supported by a team of transversal project officers. In the daily interactions you will have contacts with members of EPI's product, scheme, engineering, marketing and operations teams.

🪜 If this looks like you, the recruitment steps are:

1. A first call with one of our recruiters
2. An interview focused on the mission and your expertise
3. Possibly, a business case or a tech assessment
4. An interview focused on our company skills
5. Hopefully, an offer you can’t refuse
   
   

⛔ Turn back if …

• You expect to manage a team immediately
• You thrive only in fully processed and guided environments
• You're expecting to change everything upon your arrival with no consideration for your colleagues work or the regulatory constraints
  
  

Otherwise apply!

€ Who are we?

The European Payments Initiative has a unique role in bringing together the various players in the payment industry. We are creating an innovative, future-proof payment solution designed to meet the needs of merchants, professionals, charities and other organisations that accept payments and to enhance the everyday lives of consumers in Europe.

We believe that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts; EPI acts as a bridge, giving banks and other payment service providers the opportunity to combine innovation efforts and to address shared challenges together. EPI is a catalyst for change, enabling banks, payment service providers, payment gateways and merchants to contribute collectively to the continued strength and resilience of the European Union.

We want to start and grow a new movement with the potential to change the way people across Europe pay in the future.

🫶 Our commitment to equal employment opportunities

EPI offers the same job opportunities to all, without distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability or age. EPI promotes the development of an inclusive work environment that mirrors the diversity of the clients our product is serving.