Director, Enterprise Payments & Strategy

About the job

Req ID: 78089 ****

Location: Dallas -DAL, Tulsa -TUL, Oklahoma City -OKC, Denver -DEN, Houston -HOUS, Kansas City -KSCY, Phoenix -PHOE ****

Areas of Interest: Treasury Services ****

Pay Transparency Salary Range: $200,000 - $300,000 ****

Application Deadline: 09/30/2026

BOK Financial Corporation Group includes BOKF, NA; BOK Financial Securities, Inc. and BOK Financial Private Wealth, Inc. BOKF, NA operates TransFund and Cavanal Hill Investment Management, Inc. BOKF, NA operates banking divisions: Bank of Albuquerque; Bank of Oklahoma; Bank of Texas and BOK Financial®.

Bonus Type

Formula Based

Summary

This is an enterprise leadership role with broad influence and visibility, positioned to shape the future of payments strategy and execution across BOK Financial.

As Director, Enterprise Payments & Strategy, you will define and drive the vision, roadmap, and execution of payments strategy across all lines of business—modernizing capabilities and positioning the bank for long-term growth and innovation. Operating at the center of the organization, you will connect product, technology, operations, and risk to deliver scalable, client-centric solutions across ACH, wires, cards, and emerging payment rails.

You will serve as a key strategic advisor and decision-maker, leading governance, influencing investment priorities, and partnering directly with senior and executive leadership to align enterprise direction.

If you are energized by operating at scale, influencing complex organizations, and delivering meaningful business impact, this role offers exceptional visibility and the opportunity to help define the future of payments at BOK Financial.

Job Description

The Head of Enterprise Payments Strategy is responsible for defining and driving the enterprise-wide payments strategy and multi-year roadmap across all payment rails, ensuring alignment with Commercial Treasury and broader bank objectives.  The position chairs payments governance forums, leads cross-LOB decisioning, and resolves strategic, funding, and prioritization conflicts to enable consistent, scalable payments capabilities.  This role drives financial performance, client experience, and stakeholder alignment across the enterprise.

Team Culture

At BOK Financial, we operate with a strong sense of purpose, collaboration, and ownership. You’ll be joining a culture that values:

• Enterprise mindset – aligning teams and priorities to deliver seamless, client-first outcomes

• Innovation with discipline – advancing capabilities while maintaining strong risk and governance practices

• Leadership at every level – empowering teams while influencing across a matrixed organization

• Continuous evolution – embracing change as we modernize and scale

This is a team where ideas gain traction quickly, leaders are accessible, and impact is visible.

How You'll Spend Your Time

• You will define and lead the enterprise payments vision, roadmap, and investment priorities across all payment rails.

• You will drive governance and guide critical decisions on prioritization, funding, sequencing, and trade-offs.

• You will accelerate transformation by advancing modernization and innovation across payments capabilities.

• You will partner across lines of business to align on and deliver integrated, scalable solutions.

• You will lead product strategy, pricing, and lifecycle execution across ACH, wires, cards, and emerging rails.

• You will collaborate with technology and operations to ensure seamless execution and performance.

• You will own payments risk and ensure alignment with regulatory expectations.

• You will influence and communicate strategy, progress, and outcomes to senior and executive leadership.

• You will drive portfolio performance, including growth, adoption, and operational efficiency.

Education & Experience Requirements

This level of knowledge is normally acquired through completion of a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related field of study, and 12-15 or more years of directly related experience in payments, treasury, financial services, or transaction banking with a significant portion in a leadership role, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Extensive expertise in the payments domain, with practical experience across multiple payment rails (ACH, Wires, Cards, RTP).

• Proven success in developing and executing enterprise-level product strategies and roadmaps in banking or payments environments.

• Strong cross-functional leadership skills, with experience collaborating across product, technology, operations, and risk teams.

• Ability to thrive in a matrixed organization, effectively influencing stakeholders at all levels without direct authority.

• Expertise in product governance and executive decision-making, including prioritization, trade-off analysis, and escalation of critical issues.

• Deep understanding of payments technology architecture and delivery constraints, with the ability to engage effectively with technology leadership.

• Experience integrating risk, compliance, and regulatory requirements into product design and strategic decision-making.

BOK Financial Corporation Group is a stable and financially strong organization that provides excellent training and development to support building the long term careers of employees. With passion, skill and partnership you can make an impact on the success of the bank, customers and your own career!

Apply today and take the first step towards your next career opportunity!

The companies in BOK Financial Corporation Group are equal opportunity employers.  We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for training, compensation, transfer, promotion and other aspects of employment for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy status, sexual orientation, genetic information or veteran status.

Please contact recruiting_coordinators@bokf.com with any questions.

Dallas, TX, US, 75001

Denver, CO, US, 80202

Tulsa, OK, US, 74101

Kansas City, MO, US, 66012

Oklahoma City, OK, US, 73102

Phoenix, AZ, US, 85001

Houston, TX, US, 77001

Top 3 reasons to apply

Investing in our talent and building a great workplace is a top priority for us.

• Empowered employees

• Award-winning culture

• Community commitment

[ **BOK Financial Corporation Group adheres to state specific pay transparency requirements.

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In order to be considered for a position with BOK Financial Corporation Group, you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the application deadline.**

Base salary range explanation:

The base salary range represents an average range for this position. Actual offers to be determined based on the candidate’s qualifications, skills, experience and education. See job details for salary range and bonus type.

Benefits:

**BOK Financial Corporation Group offers industry-leading benefits addressing your complete physical, financial and emotional health. Click ** here** to see our benefits.

About BOK Financial Corporation

For more than a century, BOK Financial Corporation has helped fuel the success of clients and communities. Since our humble beginnings in Tulsa, Oklahoma, we’ve grown into a diversified financial services company that serves consumers, small businesses and international corporations—and everything in between.

Facts:

• Operations focused in an eight-state footprint

• 5,000 team members

• $53.2 billion in assets*

• $129.3 billion in assets under management and administration*

• $9.3 million donated to local nonprofits in 2025

• 56,000 volunteer hours by our employees in 2025

*At June 30, 2026