About Us
Network International is the largest Financial Technology company in Middle East and Africa. Payments is our core business where we provide services in more than 50 countries – UAE, Jordan, South Africa, Egypt are some of our key markets. Apart from payments, we provide services on Data and Insights, Lending, Insurance, Risk Solutions, etc. Our core customers are businesses at every scale and segment, though recently we are growing in direct to consumer card segment as well.
Our EVP:
At Network International, we always stay ahead. . In the fast-paced world of financial services, we thrive on innovation, agility, and purposeful collaboration. We invest first in our people, empowering you to make bold decisions, learn fast, and grow your expertise alongside industry leaders. Here, solving complex problems means more than using cutting-edge technology; it’s about creating meaningful value for our customers, together. We foster a culture where trust, accountability, and achievement go hand in hand—because success isn’t just a goal; it’s how we work, every day, as one team.
About The Role:
The Switch Implementation Head will lead the end-to-end delivery, implementation, and optimization of payment switching solutions. This role is accountable for driving successful onboarding of clients onto the Network Flex platform, ensuring seamless integration with issuing, acquiring, and scheme ecosystems.
The incumbent will work closely with product, technology, operations, and external stakeholders (banks, schemes, vendors) to deliver scalable and compliant switching capabilities while maintaining high service reliability and performance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end implementation of payment switch solutions for Egypt market (issuance, acquiring, ATM/POS, e-commerce).
- Drive delivery governance across multiple concurrent implementation projects, ensuring timelines, quality, and budget adherence.
- Act as the primary interface between Egypt business, central platform teams, and external partners for all switch-related programs.
- Oversee integration with card schemes (Visa, Mastercard, Meeza, etc.) and ensure compliance with scheme mandates.
- Manage client onboarding lifecycle including requirements gathering, solution design, certification, UAT, and go-live.
- Ensure optimal configuration and performance of switching platforms (e.g., BASE24, Postilion, or equivalent).
- Collaborate with Product and Architecture teams to align Egypt requirements with global platform strategy (Network Flex).
- Drive continuous improvement in implementation processes, tools, and delivery methodologies.
- Ensure operational readiness, including handover to support teams and establishment of SLAs and monitoring frameworks.
- Identify and mitigate delivery risks, including regulatory, technical, and operational challenges specific to Egypt market.
- Build and lead a high-performing local implementation team, fostering accountability and technical excellence.
- Engage with regulators and internal risk/compliance teams to ensure all implementations meet local and international standards.
Key Requirements:
- 12+ years of experience in payments technology with significant exposure to payment switching and transaction processing.
- Proven leadership experience managing large-scale switch implementations in banking/fintech environments.
- Strong knowledge of card payment ecosystems (issuing, acquiring, ATM/POS, e-commerce).
- Hands-on experience with switching platforms (e.g., BASE24, Postilion, Connex, or similar).
- Strong understanding of integration protocols (ISO 8583, APIs, host-to-host).
- Experience working with card schemes (Visa, Mastercard, domestic schemes such as Meeza).
- Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional stakeholders and complex program delivery.
- Strong understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements in payments (preferably Egypt market).
- Excellent problem-solving, delivery management, and stakeholder communication skills.
- Experience with Network Flex or similar modern switching/cloud-native platforms.
- Exposure to cloud environments (AWS / Azure) and microservices-based architectures.
- Knowledge of real-time payments and digital wallet integrations.
- Experience in transformation programs or platform migrations.
- Arabic language proficiency (preferred for Egypt market stakeholder engagement).
Skills Required
- 12+ years of experience in payments technology with significant exposure to payment switching and transaction processing
- Proven leadership experience managing large-scale switch implementations in banking/fintech environments
- Strong knowledge of card payment ecosystems (issuing, acquiring, ATM/POS, e-commerce)
- Hands-on experience with switching platforms (e.g., BASE24, Postilion, Connex, or similar)
- Strong understanding of integration protocols (ISO 8583, APIs, host-to-host)
- Experience working with card schemes (Visa, Mastercard, domestic schemes such as Meeza)
- Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional stakeholders and complex program delivery
- Strong understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements in payments (preferably Egypt market)
- Excellent problem-solving, delivery management, and stakeholder communication skills
- Experience with Network Flex or similar modern switching/cloud-native platforms
- Exposure to cloud environments (AWS / Azure) and microservices-based architectures
- Knowledge of real-time payments and digital wallet integrations
- Experience in transformation programs or platform migrations
- Arabic language proficiency
What We Do
At NI, we Engineer Ambitiously. We celebrate creative problem solving. And we take our customer relationships to heart. We believe in the power and potential of making connections—between people, ideas, and technology. In fact, connection is central to everything we do. We constantly challenge ourselves to find those connections because that’s what creates a path forward. This means bringing the right people together to build solutions that make a difference. It means combining fresh perspectives with new technologies to turn your vision into reality. For more than four decades, we’ve set the standard in automated test and automated measurement systems. We’re proud to partner with the talented engineers and enterprises using our systems to solve the world’s most pressing technology challenges and build better businesses. From data and automation to research and validation, our tailored, software-connected approach is rooted in helping you engineer what’s next. As your trusted partner, we’re committed to helping you set your goals higher and reach them sooner. We’re here for you, for each other, and for the next generation of innovators who think bigger, aim higher, and go faster. Let’s Engineer Ambitiously.
