Senior Payments Program Lead

The Panel; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Panel is seeking a Senior Project Manager with deep payments expertise to lead delivery across a portfolio of banking initiatives. You will bring payments requirements, processes, regulatory obligations, and technical integration together to define, prioritise, plan, and deliver complex programmes.

Ideal candidates will have a track record of leading large transformations in payments, strong stakeholder influence at senior levels, experience with Agile delivery, and relevant project

Qualifications

• Significant banking payments experience across domestic and international payment services (e.g. SEPA, SWIFT, Real-Time Payments).
• Proven track record as a senior project manager or workstream lead on large, multi-year transformation initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management with executive/senior management influence.
• Experience of Agile delivery environments and confident RAID, dependency, and vendor management.
• Project management certification (PRINCE2, PMP, or equivalent); Agile or payments certifications a plus.

Responsibilities

• Represent the payments domain across programme governance, planning, design, and delivery activity.
• Lead the definition, validation, and prioritisation of payments business requirements with Product Owners, BAs, Architects, and Tech teams.
• Coordinate dependencies across payment engines, middleware, core banking platforms, digital channels, fraud systems, AML controls, and reporting solutions.
• Own delivery plans for payments workstreams, managing scope, timeline, budget, and RAID across multiple teams and vendors.
• Provide clear status reporting to programme governance forums and senior stakeholders.
• Drive business readiness, testing, and go-live activity through to post-implementation stabilisation.

Skills

Payments domain knowledge

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Vendor management

Program/Project management

Job description

The Panel is seeking a Senior Project Manager with deep payments expertise to lead delivery across a portfolio of banking initiatives. You will bring payments requirements, processes, regulatory obligations, and technical integration together to define, prioritise, plan, and deliver complex programmes.

Ideal candidates will have a track record of leading large transformations in payments, strong stakeholder influence at senior levels, experience with Agile delivery, and relevant project