Senior Project Manager (Global Payments) Remote - £700 per day

Exalto Consulting; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Exalto Consulting is seeking an experienced Senior Payments Project Manager for a 6-month remote contract inside IR35. The role covers end-to-end payments program delivery, including gateway implementations, PSPs, and payment platforms, with regional scope across EMEA, Americas and APAC.

Strong governance and vendor management are essential. The ideal candidate will have in-depth knowledge of payment ecosystems, card acquiring, tokenisation, and regulatory regimes, plus extensive experience with

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of payment gateway architecture and payment processing ecosystems is required.
• Experience delivering end to end payment gateway/PSP implementations across regions.
• Proven ability to evaluate vendors, run RFPs and strategic sourcing exercises.
• Strong PM practices: RAID, Change Management, Vendor Management, Budget controls, Governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end payment gateway/PSP or payment platform implementations.
• Manage cross-functional teams across multiple regions (EMEA, Americas, APAC).
• Oversee vendor negotiations, contracts and implementation partners.
• Drive business cases and executive-level recommendations for technology decisions.

Skills

Payment gateway architecture

Card acquiring

Issuer networks

PCI DSS

SCA & PSD2

Fraud management

Cross border payments

Vendor management

ERP integration

SAP 4HANA

Business case development

Operating models

Agile & Waterfall

RAID

Budget controls

Governance

Job description

My Global client are looking to recruit an experienced Senior Payments Project Manager on an initial 6 month contract to start ASAP. This role is fully remote and Inside IR35.

The ideal candidate will have the following experience:

• Deep understanding of payment gateway architecture and payment processing ecosystems.
• Knowledge of card acquiring, issuer networks, payment routing, tokenisation and digital wallets.
• Understanding of PCI DSS requirements and payment security standards.
• Familiarity with Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), PSD2, 3D Secure and regional payment regulations.
• Knowledge of fraud management tools and payment risk controls.
• Understanding of cross border payments and regional market payment preferences.
• Experience evaluating payment vendors and conducting option assessments, RFPs and strategic sourcing exercises.
• Understanding of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) modelling for payment platforms.
• Previous experience delivering large scale payments, fintech, digital commerce, or financial technology projects.
• Proven experience leading end to end payment gateway, payment service provider (PSP), payment orchestration, or payment platform implementations.
• Experience working with global payment providers such as CyberSource, Adyen, Adflex, Stripe, Worldpay, (url removed), Ingenico, Braintree, or similar.
• Demonstrable track record managing complex, multi country payment transformations across EMEA, Americas and APAC regions.
• Experience delivering projects involving payment processing, settlement, reconciliation, chargebacks, fraud prevention and order to cash processes.
• Strong understanding of eCommerce and omnichannel payment ecosystems.
• Experience managing third party payment vendors, commercial negotiations, contracts and implementation partners.
• Experience delivering technology and business change programmes involving ERP integration, preferably SAP 4HANA.
• Proven experience creating business cases, investment proposals and executive level recommendations for strategic technology decisions.
• Experience shaping target operating models and global capabilities rather than solely delivering predefined projects.
• Strong Project Management skills including RAID, Change Management, Vendor Management, Budget Controls, & Governance using Agile & Waterfall delivery methods.

This role is initially for 6 months and to start ASAP.