Remittance & Payments Project Lead

PayTech Group; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 270,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

PayTech Group seeks a hands-on Remittance Business Project Manager to lead end-to-end payments and remittance projects embedded within a major bank's Cards & Payments team in Riyadh. You will own requirements, UAT, go-live and post-deployment monitoring, coordinating with internal and external partners.

The role is on-site in Saudi Arabia, demanding strong coordination, vendor management and regulatory compliance, with a 6–12 month contract and a focus on delivering timely, scalable payment

Qualifications

• 6–8 years of project management experience in payments or financial services.
• Demonstrated delivery of payments/remittance projects at banks, fintechs, or MTOs in KSA or GCC.
• Solid understanding of Saudi/GCC payment schemes and SAMA regulatory requirements.
• Hands-on experience with SWIFT MT/MX messages and ISO 20022, plus cross-border flows.
• Experience with API integrations and vendor collaboration across multiple teams.
• Familiarity with core payments platforms and UAT testing processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of payments and remittance projects from initiation to go-live.
• Develop detailed plans, RACI matrices, and status reports; track milestones and risk.
• Coordinate across business, tech, compliance, and vendors to meet scope.
• Oversee UAT, test case creation, defect tracking, and post-deployment monitoring.
• Support day-to-day remittance operations and regulatory compliance activities.

Skills

Project management

Payments & remittance

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

JIRA

APIs

Regulatory compliance

SWIFT & ISO messages

Core payments platforms

Team leadership

Tools

JIRA

CLM

Open Banking / API tools

Job description

PayTech Group seeks a hands-on Remittance Business Project Manager to lead end-to-end payments and remittance projects embedded within a major bank's Cards & Payments team in Riyadh. You will own requirements, UAT, go-live and post-deployment monitoring, coordinating with internal and external partners.

The role is on-site in Saudi Arabia, demanding strong coordination, vendor management and regulatory compliance, with a 6–12 month contract and a focus on delivering timely, scalable payment