Job Description

Ciklum
is looking for an
Associate Director Domain Consulting
to join our team full time in India.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About The Role

We are seeking a seasoned, high-impact an Associate Director Domain Consulting to anchor and scale our Fintech & Payments vertical. With 12–15 years of industry expertise, you will act as the core consultative bridge between our global banking, financial services, and fintech clients' business challenges and our advanced IT and Digital Engineering services.

In this role, your primary responsibility will be up-front business consulting, proactive discovery, and strategic advisory. You will lead high-value presales engagements, shape proactive transformational pitches,



and author industry-specific solutions across Digital Banking, Modern Payments Infrastructure, and Next-Gen Fintech ecosystems. You will partner closely with Regional Sales Leaders and Technical Solution Architects to accelerate pipeline conversion and position our firm as an elite digital transformation partner.

Responsibilities

Domain Consulting & Advisory (50%)
- Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as the global designated authority on contemporary financial technology ecosystems, driving the foundational business strategy across:

Digital & Neo-Banking: Core banking modernization, customer onboarding/KYC virtualization, open banking/PSD2 APIs, and omni-channel digital wealth management

Payments Infrastructure: Real-time/Instant payments (e.g., FedNow, UPI, SEPA), cross-border remittance, ISO 20022 messaging standards, card management, and merchant acquiring ecosystems

Next-Gen Fintech: Embedded finance, Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) framewo

📌 Associate Director Domain Consulting(Fintech (Pune Division)
🏢 Ciklum India
📍 Pune Division