Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services. Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results. We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions. Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow.
Ready to take your career global?
Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a Senior Technical Product Owner, IAM Emerging Tech to join our ever-evolving Identity and Access Management (IAM) Emerging Technology team and help shape the future of global commerce. In this role, you’ll drive the vision and delivery of next-generation identity capabilities that protect our global enterprise while enabling seamless experiences for customers, developers, and employees. By translating emerging threats, evolving regulations, and innovative technologies into measurable business outcomes, you’ll help strengthen security, reduce risk, and accelerate growth across Global Payments. This is an opportunity to influence enterprise-wide strategy, lead transformational initiatives at scale, and play a key role in advancing our mission of delivering trusted, secure, and innovative payment experiences around the world.
What you'll own- Define and execute the long-term IAM product strategy, delivering a multi-year roadmap that reduces security risk, improves operational efficiency, and enables scalable digital growth across the enterprise.
- Drive adoption of AI-powered identity capabilities, creating measurable improvements in governance, automation, and decision-making while accelerating the maturity of the identity program.
- Lead cross-functional delivery of strategic identity initiatives, aligning Security, Engineering, Compliance, Data, and Business teams to achieve business outcomes, strengthen resilience, and maximize return on investment.
- Establish data-driven visibility into identity risk, delivering actionable insights and transparent performance measures that enable informed decisions and continuous improvement across the organization.
- Champion innovative and friction-right identity experiences, balancing security, compliance, and usability to improve stakeholder adoption, strengthen trust, and support business objectives globally.
- Proven experience leading complex Identity and Access Management and security product initiatives, with a track record of delivering measurable outcomes across multiple stakeholders and business functions.
- Deep expertise across Identity and Access Management domains, including authentication, authorization, identity governance and administration, privileged access management, directory services, machine identity, and modern identity protocols.
- Hands-on experience implementing Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions within security or identity environments, including governance, risk management, automation, and operational performance measurement.
- Strong product leadership capabilities, with experience building business cases, defining objectives and key results, prioritizing roadmaps, and driving alignment from strategy through execution.
- Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, executive-ready recommendations that drive action and results.
- Experience within payments, financial technology, or highly regulated industries, including knowledge of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and global privacy frameworks.
- Success implementing passwordless authentication, policy-as-code authorization models, or advanced identity threat detection and response capabilities at scale.
- Relevant industry certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), cloud security certifications, or Identity and Access Management platform certifications.
Our inclusive and global teams win together every day. We’re proud to have the best minds in the industry, who you can learn from as you grow your career. The people, the energy, the connections – it’s unmatched. Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.
Our perks - what we’ll bring for youWe know it’s bigger than just your career. It’s your life, and your world. That’s why we offer global benefits and programs to support you at every stage. Here’s a taste of what you can expect.
• A competitive salary and benefits package that recognizes your contribution
• Opportunities to grow your skills and build your career within a global business
• Access to learning, development and on-the-job experiences that expand your expertise
• A supportive, inclusive team environment where your ideas and input matter
• Time to give back through community and charity initiatives
• A global employee assistance programme to support your wellbeing
• Recognition through a global platform that celebrates your achievements
Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team. We’re curious and innovative – always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions, and it’s our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.
Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.
Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Globalpayer. Apply now to take your career global.
Diversity and EEO Statements
Global Payments is an organization that stands against racism, intolerance and injustice in all its forms — one that respects, honors and celebrates the diversity of our team members and the differences among us. Our commitment to fostering a company culture that values and respects Inclusion and Diversity is steadfast. Standing together as one company, we will continue to work to drive positive change for the communities in which we live and work and stamp out injustice.
Global Payments is an equal opportunity employer. Global Payments provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by law. Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application and/or interview process should notify a representative of the Human Resources Department.
Global Payments Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Global Payments provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by law. If you wish to request reasonable accommodations related to applying for employment or provide feedback about the accessibility of this website, please contact [email protected].
Skills Required
- Proven experience leading complex Identity and Access Management and security product initiatives
- Deep expertise across IAM domains including authentication, authorization, identity governance and administration, privileged access management, directory services, machine identity, and modern identity protocols
- Hands-on experience implementing AI solutions within security or identity environments, including governance, risk management, automation, and operational performance measurement
- Strong product leadership: building business cases, defining objectives and key results, prioritizing roadmaps, and driving alignment from strategy through execution
- Exceptional communication and influencing skills, translating complex technical concepts into executive-ready recommendations
- Experience within payments, fintech, or highly regulated industries and knowledge of PCI DSS and global privacy frameworks
- Experience implementing passwordless authentication, policy-as-code authorization models, or advanced identity threat detection and response capabilities at scale
- Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, cloud security certifications, or IAM platform certifications
Global Payments Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Global Payments and has not been reviewed or approved by Global Payments.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage includes medical, dental, vision, and employee assistance programs, and is commonly regarded as a strong component of the total package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs feature a company 401(k) match and an employee stock purchase plan, which are positioned as meaningful parts of overall rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid holidays, PTO, and parental/family‑friendly policies are part of the offering, contributing to perceived overall value even when cash pay is seen as average.
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What We Do
Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) is a Fortune 500 payments technology company, delivering the leading complete worldwide commerce ecosystem. Our unique, connected infrastructure unifies every aspect of commerce, from issuer solutions to payments, and the innovative software that delivers seamless customer experiences. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we’re a worldwide team of over 24,000 people—including local experts on the ground in nearly 40 countries. Together, we support thousands of businesses across more than 100 industries. Empowering commerce for everyone.








