Payments Program Project Management Lead - 6540599

Accenture; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture Flex offers flexible, local fixed-duration project-based work within the Accenture network, delivering business transformation for clients while leveraging a diverse, skilled team. You will work onsite at client sites and coordinate across technology and business stakeholders to drive enterprise releases.

The role emphasizes delivering results in high-pressure environments with a strong focus on governance, budgeting, and cross-functional collaboration, often involving multi-city

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project or program management experience.
• Proven experience managing multiple moderate to high complexity projects.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, tools, and software.
• Ability to assess and improve project management processes across lifecycles.
• Demonstrated leadership, mentoring, and team-building capabilities.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and quality management skills.
• Effective communication skills including engagement with senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to estimate costs, manage budgets, and deliver within constraints.
• Bachelor's degree or Associate Degree.
• Experience in Banking or Payments Domain.

Responsibilities

• Technology project/program or release management with governance and funding alignment.
• Coordinate across technology teams and business partners in a matrixed environment.
• Support large-scale enterprise releases including release weekend execution.
• Experience with payments or high-volume transaction processing environments.
• Release governance MSPIs and regulatory-driven delivery models.
• Note: role requires 3 days per week onsite client work in Charlotte, Dallas, Atlanta, or Chandler AZ.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Budgeting

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associate degree

Tools

PM software

MS Project

Jira

Job description

Accenture Flex offers you the flexibility of local fixed-duration project-based work powered by Accenture, a leading global professional services company. Accenture is consistently recognized on FORTUNE's 100 Best Companies to Work For and Diversity Inc's Top 50 Companies For Diversity lists.

As an Accenture Flex employee, you will apply your skills and experience to help drive business transformation for leading organizations and communities. In addition to delivering innovative solutions for Accenture's clients, you will work with a highly skilled, diverse network of people across Accenture businesses who are using the latest emerging technologies to address today's biggest business challenges.

You will receive competitive rewards and access to benefits programs and world-class learning resources. Accenture Flex employees work in their local metro area onsite at the project, significantly reducing and/or eliminating the demands to travel.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technology Project/Program or Release Management, managing enterprise release activities, deliverables, CRQs estimates and funding alignment.
• Coordinate across technology teams and business partners in a matrixed environment.
• Support large scale enterprise releases including release weekend execution.
• Payments or high-volume transaction processing environments.
• Release governance MSPIs and regulatory driven delivery models.
• Note: role requires 3 days per week onsite client work in Charlotte, Dallas, Atlanta, or Chandler AZ

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of project or program management experience
• Proven experience managing multiple moderate to high complexity projects
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies tools and software
• Ability to assess and improve project management processes across lifecycles
• Demonstrated leadership mentoring and team building capabilities
• Strong analytical problem solving organizational and quality management skills
• Effective communication skills including engagement with senior stakeholders
• Proven ability to estimate costs manage budgets and deliver within constraints
• Bachelors degree or Associate Degree
• Experience in Banking or Payments Domain

Preferred Qualifications:

• Program management experience across multiple departments or initiatives
• PMP certification
• Experience identifying and eliminating redundancies across portfolios
• Advanced expertise in project management theory and team dynamics
• Demonstrated ability to lead change make tough decisions and take on complex assignments
• Comprehensive knowledge of business unit operations and cross functional collaboration

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below. We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 11/06/2026.

Accenture Flex offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:

Accenture Flex Jobs (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/local/flexcareers#block-section-total-rewards)

Role Location

• California - $47.00 - $57.00/hour
• Colorado - $47.00 - $57.00/hour
• Connecticut - $47.00 - $57.00/hour
• District of Columbia - $47.00 - $57.00/hour
• Illinois - $47.00 - $57.00/hour
• Maine - $47.00 - $57.00/hour
• Maryland - $47.00 - $57.00/hour
• Massachusetts - $47.00 - $57.00/hour
• Minnesota - $47.00 - $57.00/hour
• New Jersey/New York - $47.00 - $57.00/hour
• Ohio - $47.00 - $57.00/hour
• Virginia - $47.00 - $57.00/hour
• Washington - $47.00 - $57.00/hour

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