Senior PM, Card Migration Lead – 12-Month FTC

Mastercard

Auckland

On-site

NZD 58,000 - 82,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Accommodation near client offices
Extensive travel

Job summary

Mastercard seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead a fixed-term card migration program based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. You will manage cross-functional workstreams, align with client teams, and drive a complex transformation to migrate client scheme cards to Mastercard.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in project management, strong stakeholder communication, and a delivery-focused mindset.

Qualifications

  • Strong customer-centric mindset with a focus on clarity and experience.
  • High attention to detail and strong process discipline.
  • Ability to manage ambiguity and shifting priorities in large transformation programs.
  • Proven experience in Project Management within large-scale transformation programs.
  • Experience working on projects in the Pacific Islands is preferred.
  • Highly organised with excellent stakeholder communication skills.
  • Professional, accountable and delivery-focused approach.
  • Undergraduate degree with work experience in project management and change management methodologies and techniques
  • Minimum 5 years of Project Management experience
  • Exposure to financial institutions, payments, and/or consultancies
  • Experience managing clients or internal stakeholders
  • Logical, structured thinking
  • Ability to communicate effectively in English and the local office language (if applicable)

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute a comprehensive Project plan aligned to program milestones, risk controls and customer outcomes.
  • Project KPI and milestones tracking.
  • Program governance & executive rhythm: Establish and run working groups, RAID (risks/actions/issues/decisions), and decision logs; surface trade-offs and recommendations for timely executive decisions
  • Collaborate across workstreams to ensure end-to-end project delivery.
  • Act as the day-to-day Project Manager embedded within the client’s organisation, working closely with client stakeholders to integrate seamlessly with internal processes, decision‑making forums, and delivery teams.
  • Work closely with the Mastercard delivery team to ensure strong alignment through the key delivery milestones.
  • Coordinate delivery across multiple teams including Product, Technology, Operations, Risk, Compliance, Marketing, Customer Care, and external partners, ensuring interdependencies are clearly understood and actively managed.
  • Serve as the central point of contact for migration-related activities, providing clear, regular, and structured communication to senior stakeholders on progress, risks, issues, and decisions required.
  • Proactively identify, assess, and manage delivery risks and issues associated with scheme migration, including customer impact, operational readiness, regulatory considerations, and cutover execution.
  • Oversee migration readiness activities, including data validation, operational preparedness, and end-to-end rehearsals. Coordinate cutover planning and execution to ensure a controlled and low-risk transition from Visa to Mastercard.
  • Collaborate closely with Change Management, Training, and Communications teams to ensure business readiness, frontline preparedness, and effective adoption of new Mastercard products and processes.
  • Apply strong problem-solving skills to navigate complex delivery challenges, adapt plans as required, and continuously improve project execution in a fast-paced, regulated environment.
  • Ensure all project deliverables meet internal quality standards and client compliance requirements, maintaining robust documentation, audit trails, and approvals throughout the migration lifecycle.

Skills

Customer-centric mindset
Attention to detail
Stakeholder communication
Ambiguity management
Project management
Change management
English proficiency
Organizational skills
Delivery-focused

Education

Undergraduate degree

Job description

Mastercard seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead a fixed-term card migration program based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. You will manage cross-functional workstreams, align with client teams, and drive a complex transformation to migrate client scheme cards to Mastercard.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in project management, strong stakeholder communication, and a delivery-focused mindset.

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