Senior PM — Payments & Tech Delivery Leader

Apex Systems; Chester; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Systems is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead payments and technology delivery initiatives. You will coordinate across multiple delivery teams, drive governance, manage risks and dependencies, and ensure alignment with business objectives and enterprise change management standards.

The role requires strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, and a delivery-focused mindset. The successful candidate will work with business and technology leaders to ensure timely execution of complex

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex technology and payments programmes.
• Strong governance, risk management, and reporting capabilities.
• Ability to coordinate across business, technology, and operations teams.
• Proven track record with cross-stakeholder alignment and decision governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, coordination and execution of complex initiatives with scope, timelines and milestones.
• Establish and maintain programme governance with status reporting and steering forums.
• Consolidate updates from delivery teams and provide clear reporting to leadership.
• Identify delivery risks and drive mitigation, escalation, and resolution.
• Maintain oversight of schedules, dependencies and critical paths.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Stakeholder management

Governance and reporting

Risk management

Programme coordination

Job description

Apex Systems is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead payments and technology delivery initiatives. You will coordinate across multiple delivery teams, drive governance, manage risks and dependencies, and ensure alignment with business objectives and enterprise change management standards.

The role requires strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, and a delivery-focused mindset. The successful candidate will work with business and technology leaders to ensure timely execution of complex