Project Lead

ACE Money Transfer; Lahore; On-site; PKR 2,000,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

ACE Money Transfer in Lahore seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery across multiple workstreams. You will own project charters, governance, timelines, RAID logs, and stakeholder communications to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery aligned with business goals.

The role requires 4–7 years of PM experience, knowledge of Agile/Waterfall/hybrid approaches, and proficiency with MS Project, Jira or Azure DevOps, and the MS Office suite. A PMP/Prince2/CAPM is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in PM/Business/IT.
• 4-7 years of end-to-end project management experience.
• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies.
• Experience producing Project Charters, timelines, UAT docs, and post-project reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project delivery across the full lifecycle with PMO governance.
• Define and maintain the Project Charter and scope documentation.
• Establish governance structures with roles, escalation paths, and communication protocols.
• Conduct project kick-off sessions and align stakeholders on objectives and timelines.
• Develop, manage, and update project timelines and identify critical path dependencies.
• Monitor progress, identify slippages, and take corrective actions to stay on track.
• Manage project scope and document impacts of changes.
• Maintain a live RAID log and drive blocker resolution.
• Plan and lead stakeholder meetings and document outcomes.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Project governance

Communication

Meeting facilitation

Requirements management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in PM/Business/IT

Tools

MS Project

Jira

Azure DevOps

MS Office

Job description

About Us:

ACE Money Transfer is a UK-based company headquartered in Manchester, United Kingdom. The company is an online remittance service provider for customers in the UK, Canada, Australia, and the European Union, including Switzerland. The company is a parent company in a group of companies with a diversified portfolio, including digital wallet services in the UK and real estate, advertising businesses, and software solutions in Pakistan.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project delivery by owning the full project lifecycle from initiation through closure, ensuring all phases are executed in alignment with business objectives and PMO governance standards.
• Define and maintain the Project Charter and supporting rationale documentation, clearly articulating project scope, objectives, justification, and expected outcomes for stakeholder sign-off.
• Establish project governance structures at initiation, including roles and responsibilities, escalation paths, and communication protocols.
• Conduct project kick-off sessions to align all stakeholders on objectives, timelines, deliverables, and ways of working.
• Develop, manage, and continuously update the project timeline, identifying critical path dependencies, milestone targets, and delivery deadlines throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitor progress against the plan on an ongoing basis, proactively identifying slippages and taking corrective action to keep delivery on track.
• Manage project scope by assessing and documenting the impact of any change requests on timeline, resources, and business outcomes.
• Maintain a live RAID log (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) and drive resolution of blockers with urgency and accountability.
• Plan, schedule, and lead all stakeholder meetings including project kick-offs, steering committee sessions, progress reviews, and escalation meetings.
• Prepare structured meeting agendas, facilitate productive sessions, and ensure all outcomes, decisions, and actions are accurately documented and distributed.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all project stakeholders, maintaining clear, consistent, and timely communication throughout the project lifecycle.
• Build and sustain strong working relationships with business sponsors, technical teams, and cross-functional departments to ensure sustained project alignment.
• Own the requirements completion process by assessing, tracking, and validating that all project requirements are fully delivered, accepted, and traceable to agreed business outcomes.
• Drive stakeholder engagement and formal approvals by coordinating requirement sign-offs, change approvals, and stage-gate decisions with relevant business and technical stakeholders.
• Conduct structured requirements review sessions to identify gaps, ambiguities, or scope changes and manage their resolution in a timely manner.
• Maintain a Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) that is reviewed and updated at each major project milestone.
• Coordinate and oversee the end-to-end UAT (User Acceptance Testing) process, including test planning, environment readiness, stakeholder participation scheduling, and defect management.
• Work closely with QA teams and business stakeholders to ensure test cases are aligned with acceptance criteria and business requirements.
• Track and manage UAT defects from identification through to resolution, escalating critical issues to the appropriate stakeholders with recommended actions.
• Produce formal UAT completion reports and obtain documented sign-off from business stakeholders prior to deployment or go-live.
• Produce and distribute comprehensive monthly project status reports covering progress against timeline, milestone achievement, risks, issues, budget status, and upcoming activities.
• Ensure reports are tailored to the audience — detailed operational summaries for delivery teams and executive-level summaries for PMO leadership and business sponsors.
• Maintain project dashboards and status trackers that provide real-time visibility of project health to all relevant stakeholders.
• Uphold PMO governance standards by ensuring all reporting follows standardised templates, protocols, and submission timelines.
• Lead the formal project closure process, ensuring all deliverables have been accepted, documentation is complete, and handover to operational teams is confirmed.
• Conduct post-project analysis and produce structured closure reports covering delivery performance against baseline, lessons learned, and benefit realisation status.
• Facilitate post-project retrospective sessions with key stakeholders and document actionable recommendations for future projects.
• Maintain an organised and audit-ready project documentation repository covering the full project lifecycle, accessible to authorised personnel.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Project Management, Business Administration, IT, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 4-7 years of demonstrated experience managing projects end-to-end, including stakeholder management, formal approvals, and documentation.
• Solid understanding of project management methodologies including Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid approaches.
• Proven experience producing Project Charters, project timelines, UAT documentation, and post-project reports.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and project scheduling tools such as MS Project.
• Familiarity with project tracking tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps.
• Strong grip on project reporting and executive-level stakeholder communication.

Preferred

• Certification in project management - PMP, Prince2, or CAPM is strongly preferred.
• Experience delivering projects within fintech, banking, or financial services environments.
• Exposure to cross-functional or multi-workstream projects involving technology and business teams.
• Experience managing distributed or offshore delivery teams.

ACE Money Transfer Profile: https://acemoneytransfer.com/company-profile