About this role
A career at Lombard Odier means working for a renowned global wealth and asset manager, with a strong focus on sustainable investing. An innovative bank of choice for private and institutional clients, our independently owned Firm is one of the best-capitalised banking groups in the world, managing close to CHF 300 billion and operating from over 25 offices across 4 continents.
With a history spanning over 230 years, Lombard Odier is an investment house providing a comprehensive offering of discretionary and advisory portfolio management, wealth services and custody. We also offer asset management services and investment strategies through Lombard Odier Investment Managers and provide advanced banking technology to other financial institutions.
“Rethink Everything” is our philosophy – it is at the heart of everything we do. We have grown stronger through more than 40 financial crises by rethinking the world around us to provide a fresh investment perspective for our clients.
Temenos Payments Hub Lead Expert (80-100%)
At Lombard Odier, technology is a key enabler of our business strategy and client experience. While our proprietary Core Banking platform (GX) powers the bank's core activities, we continuously leverage best-in-class market solutions to strengthen specific business capabilities.
To support the evolution of our payments landscape, we are looking for a Temenos Payments Hub Lead Expert to act as the Bank's internal reference and platform owner for the Temenos Payments Hub (TPH) package, driving its evolution, resilience and strategic adoption across the organization.
This role sits at the intersection of Payments, Technology, and Operations, and requires a deep platform expertise and understanding of the payment value chain in order to ensure a seamless integration between TPH, our proprietary Core Banking system, and the broader banking ecosystem.
This is a unique opportunity to play a critical role in one of the bank's most strategic and business-critical domains while contributing to major transformation and modernization initiatives.
YOUR ROLE
- Act as the subject matter expert and trusted advisor for Temenos Payments Hub across the organization.
- Ensure the stability, performance, scalability, security, and continuous evolution of the platform.
- Design, maintain, and enhance integrations between Temenos Payments Hub, Lombard Odier's proprietary Core Banking platform (GX), and the wider payments ecosystem.
- Participate in the relationship with Temenos and external partners, challenge vendor recommendations, and influence platform evolution in line with Lombard Odier's strategic objectives.
- Collaborate with architects, developers, business analysts, and operations teams to deliver robust end-to-end payment solutions.
- Drive improvements across domestic and international payment processing, ensuring compliance with market standards and regulatory requirements.
- Support the implementation of new payment capabilities and market infrastructure changes, including ISO 20022, SWIFT, SEPA, SIC, TARGET, and Instant Payments.
- Lead or contribute to platform upgrades, transformation initiatives, and strategic payment projects.
- Investigate complex production issues, improve monitoring and controls, and drive continuous improvement across payment processes.
- Maintain high-quality functional and technical documentation and promote knowledge sharing across teams.
YOUR PROFILE
- You bring solid experience in banking technology, with a strong specialization in payments and a proven track record working with Temenos Payments Hub in a banking, consulting, software vendor, or systems integration environment.
- You possess a deep understanding of payment processing platforms, payment lifecycles, and payment operations, as well as hands-on experience integrating vendor solutions with complex Core Banking ecosystems. Exposure to proprietary banking platforms and enterprise-scale architectures is highly valued.
- You have strong knowledge of Temenos Payments Hub architecture and configuration, along with a good understanding of APIs, middleware, messaging technologies, data integration patterns, and modern payment architectures. Familiarity with international payment standards and infrastructures, including ISO 20022, SWIFT, SEPA, SIC, TARGET, and Instant Payments, is essential.
- Beyond your technical expertise, you are recognized for your analytical mindset, problem-solving abilities, and capacity to navigate complex environments. You can effectively engage with both technical and business stakeholders, translate requirements into practical solutions, and drive initiatives from concept to delivery.
- You are self-driven, collaborative, and pragmatic, with a strong focus on quality, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
- Fluency in English is required. French is a strong asset.
Our Maison’s DNA is defined by five core values. Excellence drives us to be the best at what we do, while Innovation fuels our progress. Respect underpins every interaction, and Integrity shapes our actions. Together, we are One Team, united in serving our clients with unwavering dedication.
As a responsible and supportive employer, we promote a diverse and inclusive work environment for our employees and candidates. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are woven into the fabric of our Maison’s DNA, and we strive to ensure that our employees can fulfill both their personal and professional aspirations by encouraging internal mobility and individual upskilling programs. We firmly believe that building Diverse Teams contributes to our successes and to deliver on this, we actively embed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in our business strategy.
It is an exciting time to join our Teams. All applications will be handled in the strictest confidence.