Senior Cards Issuing & Acquiring Migration SME

About the role

A 12-month contract position for a Senior Cards Issuing & Acquiring Operations SME based in Amman, Jordan. The ideal candidate brings extensive expertise in card payments, issuing and acquiring operations and end-to-end payment processing, with a proven track record of managing complex processor migrations, card portfolio conversions and host migrations.

Key responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise across end-to-end card issuing and acquiring operations.
• Oversee card transaction processing, including authorization, clearing, settlement and transaction routing.
• Lead and support processor migrations, card portfolio conversions and host migration initiatives.
• Coordinate migration activities with payment schemes, external processors, banks and internal stakeholders.
• Manage BIN and ICA-related activities and ensure alignment with payment scheme requirements.
• Support card scheme operations and ensure operational readiness during migration and transition.
• Provide expertise in ISO 8583 messaging and card transaction processing flows.
• Support Mastercard Digital Enablement Service (MDES), tokenization and digital wallet initiatives.
• Identify operational risks, resolve processing issues and work with Technology, Operations, Product and other teams to deliver successfully.

Required profile

• 15+ years of experience in card payments, card issuing, acquiring or payment processing.
• Proven experience in processor migrations, card portfolio conversions and host migrations.
• Strong stakeholder management, problem-solving and communication skills.
• Previous experience in large-scale card migration or payment transformation programmes is highly desirable.

Required skills

• End-to-end card transaction flows (authorization, clearing, settlement, routing)
• BIN, ICA and payment scheme operations
• ISO 8583 messaging
• Exposure to MDES, tokenization and digital wallets