Project Lead

ACE Money Transfer Limited; Lahore; On-site; PKR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

ACE Money Transfer Limited is seeking a Project Lead to plan and deliver cross-functional projects end to end, from mobile app features to payment partner integrations. You will own scope, schedule, cost, risk and quality from initiation to closure.

You will lead IT, Product, Compliance, Payments, Operations and Finance teams, applying Agile, Waterfall or hybrid methods, with Jira as the main tool, and coordinate UAT, go-live readiness and post-implementation reviews.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• 4–6 years of project management experience, including at least 2-3 years leading cross-functional projects end to end.
• A track record of delivering software, digital product or system integration projects.
• Solid grounding in project management methods (PMBOK, Waterfall, Agile/Scrum and hybrid).
• Strong skills in scope, schedule, cost, risk and change management.
• Hands-on use of Jira, Generative AI, MS Project or Planner, and Excel.
• Clear written and spoken English, with confidence presenting to senior leaders.
• Strong stakeholder management, attention to detail and an ownership mindset.

Responsibilities

• Initiation and planning: Define project scope, objectives, deliverables and success criteria with sponsors.
• Execution: Lead cross-functional teams across IT, Product, Compliance, Payments, Operations and Finance.
• Monitoring and control: Track progress against the baseline plan and manage RAID log and blockers.
• Reporting and communication: Publish weekly status reports and run steering/team meetings.
• Closure: Secure sign-off and hand over to business-as-usual teams.

Skills

End-to-end delivery

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

English communication

Jira

Generative AI

MS Project/Planner

PM knowledge PMBOK/Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/CS/Engineering

Tools

Jira

MS Project

Planner

Excel

Generative AI

Job description

Job Description:

About the role

As Project Lead, you will plan and deliver cross-functional projects end to end, from mobile app features and payment partner integrations to new-market launches. You will own scope, schedule, cost, risk and quality from initiation to closure, and keep teams and stakeholders aligned throughout.

Reports to: Group PMO

Time Zone: USA(GMT-6)

What youll do

Initiation and planning

• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables and success criteria with sponsors.
• Build detailed plans: work breakdown structure, schedule, milestones, resource plan, budget and RACI.
• Identify stakeholders and dependencies, and set up the communication plan.
• Coordinate requirements (BRDs, FSDs) and design sign-off with Product, Business and IT.

Execution

• Lead cross-functional teams across IT, Product, Compliance, Payments, Operations and Finance.
• Run delivery using Agile (Scrum), Waterfall or hybrid methods as each project needs; manage tasks and backlogs in Jira.
• Manage payment partners, banks and vendors to agreed timelines.
• Plan and coordinate UAT, go-live readiness, cutover and hypercare.

Monitoring and control

• Track progress against the baseline plan and take corrective action early.
• Manage scope changes through formal change control.
• Maintain the RAID log (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies) and elevate blockers with options.
• Monitor budget and resource use.
• Make sure regulatory and compliance requirements are built in and signed off before launch.

Reporting and communication

• Publish weekly status reports covering RAG status, milestones, risks and decisions.
• Run steering and team meetings, recording minutes, decisions and actions.

Closure

• Secure formal sign-off and hand over to business-as-usual teams.
• Run lessons-learned sessions and post-implementation reviews against the business case.

What youll bring

• Bachelors degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• 4–6 years of project management experience, including at least 2-3 years leading cross-functional projects end to end.
• A track record of delivering software, digital product or system integration projects.
• Solid grounding in project management methods (PMBOK, Waterfall, Agile/Scrum and hybrid).
• Strong skills in scope, schedule, cost, risk and change management.
• Hands-on use of Jira, Generative AI, MS Project or Planner, and Excel.
• Clear written and spoken English, with confidence presenting to senior leaders.
• Strong stakeholder management, attention to detail and an ownership mindset.

Nice to have

• PMP orPRINCE2certification.
• Experience in fintech, payments, remittance or banking.
• Delivery of multi-country launches or payment partner API integrations.
• Working knowledge of AML/KYC and regulatory requirements in financial services.
• Reporting with Power BI; an MBA or Masters in Project Management.