Saqueb Ahmad

Ambitious, accomplished and performance driven Product & Solutions Expert with accomplished expertise in ownership of product journey from cradle to grave. Having worked in multitude of roles ranging from product management to solution design I have over the years touched upon the facets of product management, product development, commercialization, pre-sales, partnership development, solution consultancy and relationship management across the whole of digital payments ecosystem covering cards issuing & processing, traditional & instant payments, and merchant acquiring including developing and managing solutions for payment facilitators, fintech & challenger banks. Skilled at consulting with internal and external partners to delineate and analyze their needs to develop product and transaction solutions that strengthen digital payments ecosystem. Relationship development expertise that complements the ability to aggressively build coherent, goal oriented and progressive partnerships with external partners and internal stakeholders. Pre-sales consultancy and relationship development skills to develop, retain and grow strong footed client/partner relationship to drive growth through consultative and advisory solution sales/development. Proven leadership and team-building skills, coupled with the ability to direct strong teams in managing and delivering client relationships & projects, complex change projects, organization & strategic restructuring, and multi-entity industry wide solutioning. Subject matter expertise in E2E digital payments ecosystem from card issuing & processing to acquiring system design, enablement, and processing. Equipped with Comprehensive knowledge of, and experience in, leveraging local and international network/schemes and transaction banking capabilities (Virtual Accounts, Liquidity sweeps, Payment Factory, Agency Banking, multi-currency accounts, FX & Cross Currency Payments) and systems in a variety of complex scenarios to build an end-to-end digital payments ecosystem for varying use cases.

Director / Senior Product Manager – PPaaS Payment Services, Ingenico, London, United Kingdom Duration: February 2022 to Date

Bachelor in Business Administration