KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOUNTABILITIES OF THE POSITION

This position is responsible for assisting management in the continuous improvement of network and network security operations, including the following key responsibilities:

• Lead the development and execution of IT strategies, major technology initiatives, and modernization programs aligned with LankaPay’s corporate objectives, digital transformation roadmap, and long-term growth.

• Lead and oversee IT operations, including infrastructure, applications, networks, cybersecurity, and disaster recovery, ensuring high availability and operational resilience.

• Lead IT strategy, governance, and continuous enhancement of the national payment network infrastructure, ensuring secure, resilient, highly available, and scalable connectivity.

• Oversee the design, security, performance, and optimization of enterprise and payment network architecture, ensuring uninterrupted transaction processing, operational resilience, and regulatory compliance.

• Drive the modernization of network technologies by enhancing interoperability, infrastructure resilience, and ecosystem connectivity to support business growth.

• Ensure the stability, performance, and continuous enhancement of mission-critical payment systems, maintaining service reliability and operational readiness across primary and disaster recovery environments.

• Drive IT governance, cybersecurity, compliance, and risk management initiatives, ensuring adherence to regulatory, audit, and business continuity requirements.

• Manage IT budgets, technology resources, vendors, and strategic stakeholder relationships, ensuring cost optimization, service excellence, contractual compliance, and effective delivery of technology initiatives.

• Provide strategic technology leadership and operational insights to strengthen LankaPay’s technology capability, support informed decision-making, and advance Sri Lanka’s national digital payment infrastructure.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team, fostering accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field; a Master’s Degree in IT or Business Administration is an added advantage.
• Minimum 12 years’ IT experience, including 05 years in senior management, with proven success in leading enterprise IT operations and transformation initiatives.
• Expertise in networking digital financial payment systems, clearing/trading platforms, banking settlement/connectivity platforms, enterprise infrastructure, cybersecurity, disaster recovery, and business continuity, preferably in FinTech, Digital Payment, Banking, Financial Services or ICT environments.
• Strong knowledge of IT governance, compliance, risk management, audit requirements, infrastructure security, and high-availability systems.
• Proven ability to lead strategic technology initiatives to stay ahead of the curve, manage teams and resources, and deliver operational excellence in demanding environments.
• Excellent leadership, analytical, communication, stakeholder management, negotiation and strategic thinking skills, with high degree of integrity, strong commercial acumen and the ability to operate in a regulated and fast-paced environment.

The above position offers an attractive remuneration package and benefits commensurate with industry standards. The selected candidate can look forward to prospects for career growth in a rapidly growing and stable company.

LankaPay is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, as our final selections will based solely on merit.

Please send your CV including names and contact details of two non-related referees within 07 days of this advertisement to the Careers@lankapay.net. Applicants should state the post applied in the subject field.

(While we value all applications received, only short-listed candidates will be called for interviews)