Technical Implementation Project Manager

Fractal; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Fractal London is seeking a Technical Implementation Project Manager to own end-to-end delivery of payments-focused implementations. You will coordinate issuers, processors, and engineering teams to achieve certification, tokenization, and production readiness in fast-paced projects.

Based in London (Canary Wharf), this on-site role requires deep payments domain expertise, strong stakeholder management, and the ability to translate complex technical requirements into executable plans.

Qualifications

• Experience in Payments, Cards, Banking, or Financial Services.
• Experience managing card issuing, processor migration, or payment implementation programs.
• Exposure to large-scale payment platform implementations and production migrations.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end execution of implementation activities across issuers, processor, technology, and business teams.
• Drive planning, execution, governance, and delivery of key workstreams including: Host Certification, Tokenisation, Clearing & Settlement, Testing and Production Readiness & Cutover
• Act as the primary coordination point between architects, engineers, processors, and business stakeholders.
• Manage implementation dependencies, risks, issues, and critical-path activities while driving timely resolution.
• Facilitate discussions and decision-making across implementation teams, processor teams, engineering teams, and business stakeholders.
• Track certification progress, testing outcomes, settlement readiness, tokenization onboarding, and post-launch stabilization activities.
• Ensure alignment and execution across multiple concurrent workstreams and delivery teams.
• Translate complex technical requirements into actionable delivery plans and milestones.

Skills

Payments domain

Card issuing platforms

Processor integrations

Payment lifecycle

API integrations

Agile delivery

Waterfall delivery

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Delivery governance

Job description

Technical Implementation Project Manager Fractal London

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they are doing!

Technical Implementation Project Manager

Location: London, UK (Canary Wharf)

On-site Expectation: Up to 5 days per week in office

Brief about the Team & Fractal:

Fractal Analytics is Leading Fortune 500 companies leverage Big Data, analytics, and technology to drive smarter, faster and more accurate decisions in every aspect of their business.

Fortune 500 companies recognize analytics is a competitive advantage to understand customers and make better decisions. We deliver insight, innovation, and impact to them through predictive analytics and visual storytelling.

We are seeking a Technical Implementation Project Manager with deep payments domain expertise to act as an embedded implementation lead within the delivery team. This role is responsible for driving end-to-end implementation activities across business, technology, processor stakeholders, ensuring successful delivery of certification, testing, tokenization, settlement, and production readiness milestones.

Domain Experience:

• Strong experience within Payments, Cards, Banking, or Financial Services.
• Experience managing card issuing, processor migration, or payment implementation programs.
• Deep understanding of implementation/integration processes and operating models.
• Experience working with issuers, processors, card schemes, and payment technology providers.
• Exposure to large-scale payment platform implementations and production migrations.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end execution of implementation activities across issuers, processor, technology, and business teams.
• Drive planning, execution, governance, and delivery of key workstreams including: Host Certification, Tokenisation, Clearing & Settlement, Testing and Production Readiness & Cutover
• Act as the primary coordination point between architects, engineers, processors, and business stakeholders.
• Manage implementation dependencies, risks, issues, and critical-path activities while driving timely resolution.
• Facilitate discussions and decision-making across implementation teams, processor teams, engineering teams, and business stakeholders.
• Track certification progress, testing outcomes, settlement readiness, tokenization onboarding, and post-launch stabilization activities.
• Ensure alignment and execution across multiple concurrent workstreams and delivery teams.
• Translate complex technical requirements into actionable delivery plans and milestones.

Technical Skills:

• Strong understanding of payment processing ecosystems and card issuing platforms, processor integrations, and payment lifecycle.
• Knowledge of host certification, connectivity, scheme testing, tokenisation, and production readiness.
• Familiarity with API integrations and payment architecture concepts.
• Experience working with Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.

• Expertise in risk management, stakeholder management, and delivery governance.
• Ability to manage technical delivery across engineering, architecture, and operational teams.
• Strong program planning, dependency management, and implementation governance skills.

Non-Technical Skills:

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate and influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Excellent problem-solving, risk management, and decision-making capabilities.
• Strong ownership mindset with a focus on delivery and execution.
• Ability to operate effectively in complex, fast-paced delivery environments.
• Proven ability to drive outcomes across multiple teams and external partners.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

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