Technical Project Manager

LA International; Fleet; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology provider in the UK seeks a Delivery Project Manager to lead the implementation of a cloud-native Cards Infrastructure Gateway. The successful candidate will manage numerous projects involving the modernization of card transaction systems, ensuring compliance with industry standards and effective stakeholder coordination. Expertise in AWS and Kubernetes will be crucial to successfully manage cloud-based environments and drive operational effectiveness across teams.

Qualifications

• Expertise in cloud-hosted payment routing and secure transaction processing.
• Strong vendor and partner management skills.
• Proven track record managing high-availability, low-latency cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end implementation of cloud-native cards infrastructure.
• Drive multi-region deployments and ensure compliance with PCI standards.
• Manage stakeholder interactions with payment processors and cloud service providers.

Skills

Authorization flows

ISO 8583, EMV, Tokenization

Strong delivery experience in AWS cloud environments

Excellent communication with senior stakeholders

Strong risk framing

Tools

Kubernetes (AKS/EKS/GKE)

Cloud HSM

IAC (Terraform/CloudFormation/Bicep)

Job description

Role Title: Delivery Project Manager
Location: Fleet
Duration: 31/12/2026
Days on site: 2-3
Rate £385 Inside IR35
MUST BE THROUGH UMBRELLA

Delivery Project Manager - Cloud Based Cards Infrastructure Gateway

Role Overview

We are seeking a delivery-driven Project Manager to lead end-to-end implementation and modernization of a cloud-native Cards Infrastructure Gateway—the core switching, routing, and security layer that processes real-time card transactions across issuing and acquiring ecosystems. The role spans delivery governance, cloud infrastructure orchestration, platform engineering, scheme integrations, and partner/vendor coordination. You will drive multi-region deployments, zero downtime releases, PCI compliant architectures, and modern, scalable payment processing built on cloud-native services.

Key Responsibilities

1. Delivery Leadership (Cloud Transformation & BAU Change)
   • Own delivery of cloud-native gateway initiatives: migration from on-prem to cloud, infra re-platforming, API gateway modernization, resilience uplift, and regional expansion.
   • Shape delivery strategy across Agile/Hybrid models; manage scope, budget, timelines, and resource plans.
   • Lead proactive RAID management for distributed cloud infra and multi-system dependencies.
2. Cloud-Native Platform & Technical Coordination
   • Drive workstreams across key components of a cloud-native gateway:
     • Microservices, API Gateway (Kong/Apigee/AWS API Gateway/Azure APIM)
     • Event streams (Kafka/Pulsar)
     • Service mesh (Istio/Linkerd)
     • Kubernetes (AKS/EKS/GKE) and containerized workloads
     • Cloud load balancers (ALB/NLB), WAF, NAT, VPC/Virtual Networks
     • Cloud HSM / KMS for cryptographic operations and PIN/token security
   • Govern multi-region active-active deployments and ensure traffic distribution, failover, and DR patterns.
   • Oversee implementation of NFRs: performance/latency, scalability, 99.99% availability, auto-scaling, observability, and compliance.
3. Cloud Security & Compliance
   • Ensure compliance with PCI DSS, data encryption standards, tokenization, and cloud security guardrails.
   • Coordinate HSM/KMS integration, cryptographic key ceremonies, and secure API authentication (OAuth2, mTLS).
   • Govern cloud access, IAM roles, network isolation, and regulatory audit readiness.
4. Stakeholder, Vendor & Scheme Coordination
   • Lead delivery interactions with Visa, Mastercard, Amex, payment processors, and cloud service providers (AWS).
   • Manage SoWs, SLAs, and multi-vendor dependencies across platform engineering, networks, SRE, and security.
   • Navigate scheme certification cycles, cloud service limits, change windows, and release gates.
5. Governance, Reporting & Financials
   • Drive steering committees, architecture forums, and platform governance meetings.
   • Provide transparent reporting: milestones, burn-up charts, risk heatmaps, dependency matrices.
   • Manage CapEx/OpEx budget for cloud infrastructure, consumption-based costs, and resource optimization.
6. Cloud Testing, Observability & Operational Readiness
   • Govern performance testing using cloud-native tools and distributed load strategies.
   • Ensure robust observability: logs, metrics, tracing (CloudWatch/Prometheus/Grafana/Splunk/OpenTelemetry).
   • Deliver runbooks, operational dashboards, SRE onboarding, and production readiness gates.
7. Cutover, Multi-Region Deployment & Transition
   • Own migration and cutover strategy for moving gateway workloads to cloud with minimal user impact.
   • Coordinate DR, region failover tests, and resilience validation.
   • Ensure smooth handover to SRE/BAU teams with SLAs, OLA documentation, and monitoring frameworks.

Required Skills & Experience

Domain Expertise

• Authorization flows
• ISO 8583, EMV, Tokenization
• Scheme mandates & certifications
• Expertise in cloud-hosted payment routing, scheme connectivity, and secure transaction processing.

Cloud & Infrastructure Skills

• Strong delivery experience in AWS cloud environments.
• Coordination across:
  • Kubernetes (AKS/EKS/GKE)
  • API Gateway / Service Mesh
  • Event streaming (Kafka/Pulsar)
  • Cloud HSM (AWS CloudHSM, Azure HSM, GCP Cloud HSM)
  • KMS, IAM, security groups, VPC, firewall rules
  • IAC (Terraform/CloudFormation/Bicep - exposure preferred)
• Understanding of cloud scalability models, distributed systems, caching layers, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven track record managing high-availability, low-latency cloud platforms.
• Large-scale migration experience (on-prem ? cloud) is highly desirable.
• Strong vendor and partner management across schemes, cloud providers, processors, and SI partners.

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication with senior stakeholders, engineering leads, and business heads.
• Strong risk framing, decision-making, and negotiation capability.
• Ability to drive delivery across large matrix enterprises and multi-disciplinary teams.