Strategic Cards & Payments Program Lead

Coefficient Alliances & Ventures (Coefftalent); Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Coefficient Alliances & Ventures (Coefftalent) is seeking a Lead Project Manager – Cards & Payments to lead the cards change portfolio for a lean, digital-first team. You will own the plan, governance, and delivery of new card launches, regulatory mandates, and wallet capabilities, coordinating across the bank, networks and third parties.

The role requires 10+ years in project management within banking/payments, with strong leadership and stakeholder skills to drive on-time delivery across

Qualifications

• End-to-end delivery of a card issuing programme (a launch, a migration or a mandate).
• Structured project management: planning, RAID and governance.
• English for executive reporting.

Responsibilities

• Set up and lead a PMO for the cards change portfolio with a masterplan and steering governance.
• Act as the single point of contact between the client and payment schemes across all workstreams.
• Deliver new credit card propositions end to end from setup through to customers transacting.
• Drive scheme and regulatory mandates to on-time compliance; escalate blocking dependencies early.
• Coordinate the domestic scheme card rollout including customer journey and activation tracking.
• Improve the acquisition funnel focusing on approval rates, onboarding drop-off and eligibility rules.
• Coordinate client teams and vendors against the masterplan.
• Manage RAID and report portfolio performance regularly.

Skills

End-to-end delivery of a card issuing

Structured project management

English for executive reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

PMP or similar certification

Job description

Coefficient Alliances & Ventures (Coefftalent) is seeking a Lead Project Manager – Cards & Payments to lead the cards change portfolio for a lean, digital-first team. You will own the plan, governance, and delivery of new card launches, regulatory mandates, and wallet capabilities, coordinating across the bank, networks and third parties.

The role requires 10+ years in project management within banking/payments, with strong leadership and stakeholder skills to drive on-time delivery across