Senior Project Manager, Payments

ZipRecruiter; London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital bank is seeking a Senior Project Manager to drive impactful payment projects within their Transformation and Change team. This permanent position in London offers the opportunity to manage critical payment initiatives, ensuring compliance, innovation, and cross-functional collaboration. You'll thrive in a supportive culture, with ample opportunities for growth while being pivotal in redefining the banking landscape.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits

Flexible hybrid working

Opportunities for growth and development

Dynamic, supportive team-oriented culture

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Project Manager in Banking or FinTech.
• Hands-on experience managing payments projects.
• Solid experience leading projects involving cloud-based solutions.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end delivery of critical payment projects.
• Lead projects across core processing, payment gateways, and new payment solutions.
• Deliver regulator-driven initiatives ensuring compliance with regulations.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Communication Skills

Risk Management

Project Management

Agile Methodology

Job description

Job Description

Senior Project Manager, Payments

Location: London (Hybrid)

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: £90,000 + Benefits

About Our Client

They're a fast-growing digital bank, innovating to redefine the financial landscape. They build cutting-edge, secure digital solutions, empowering their customers and driving their ambitious growth. Our client is looking for passionate individuals to help them shape the future of banking.

The Opportunity

Our client is seeking a dynamic Senior Project Manager to join their Transformation and Change team, specifically within their Payments Portfolio. This is a pivotal role for a self-starter who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, ready to drive complex, high-impact projects that define their payment offerings. You will be instrumental in delivering key initiatives that support their strategic growth and reinforce their position as a leader in digital banking.

What You'll Do

As a Senior Project Manager, you'll manage the end-to-end delivery of critical payment projects for our client. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Full Project Lifecycle: From scoping and business case through execution, deployment, and benefits realization.
• Payments Expertise: Lead projects across core processing, payment gateways, card schemes (Visa, Mastercard), and new payment solutions.
• Cloud Transformation: Manage projects for payment system migration/development on cloud platforms, ensuring scalability and security.
• Regulatory Change: Deliver regulator-driven initiatives, ensuring compliance (e.g., PSD2, Open Banking, SCA).
• Governance & Reporting: Provide robust oversight and clear reporting to all stakeholders.
• Risk & Issue Management: Proactively identify and mitigate risks and issues using RAID logs; manage change control.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner effectively with product, tech, compliance, and operations, fostering collaboration in a matrixed environment.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years as a Project Manager in Banking or FinTech, leading complex projects.
• Hands-on experience managing payments projects, focusing on core payment infrastructure, processing, gateways, and various payment methods (e.g., Faster Payments, SEPA, SWIFT, real-time payments).
• Solid experience leading projects involving cloud-based solutions.
• Extensive knowledge of card schemes (e.g., Visa, Mastercard), card issuance, and related regulatory aspects.
• Proven ability to deliver projects driven by significant regulatory changes.
• Experienced in managing projects end-to-end, including budgeting, scope, and risk.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience interacting effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of project methodologies (Waterfall, Agile), with Agile experience being highly desirable.
• A self-starter with a customer-focused mindset.

Why Join Our Client?

• Impactful projects at a leading digital bank.
• Dynamic, supportive, team-oriented culture.
• Opportunities for growth and development.
• Competitive salary and benefits.
• Flexible hybrid working (London).

Ready to lead the future of payments? Apply now!